Wharton Global Youth Program

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The Wharton Global Youth Program mobilizes the extensive opportunities of the Wharton academic community to educate and inspire pre-collegiate students to explore business practices, analyze the world’s complex challenges, and take the first steps in becoming leaders who will transform the global economy.

Wharton Global High School Investment Competition

The Wharton Global High School Investment Competition is a free, experiential investment challenge for high school students (9th to 12th grade) and teachers. Students work in teams of four to seven, guided by a teacher as their advisor, and have access to an online stock market simulator. Together, they learn about strategy-building, teamwork, communication, risk, diversification, company and industry analysis, and many other aspects of investing.

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News & Articles

Wharton Global Youth produces original content introducing high school students and educators to the broad scope of business and finance education. Explore hundreds of educational articles featuring Wharton analysis, discover enterprising teen entrepreneurs on our monthly Future of the Business World Podcast, and more.

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Future of the Business World Podcast

Lucio Hightower-Rojas Wants to Solve Students’ Scholarship Struggles

As a high school senior, Lucio Hightower-Rojas (pictured above) is no stranger to tests, quizzes, essays and research. After all, he’s spent countless hours in his Los Angeles, California, high school putting quality time into all of the work. So, when he began a year or so ago to search...
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Entrepreneurs & Leaders

Author John Green Stops By the Wharton School to Talk about Life, Creativity and Compassion

What’s your favorite novel by author and YouTuber John Green? Looking for Alaska? Turtles All the Way Down? An Abundance of Katherines? Or maybe The Fault in Our Stars, one of the best-selling books ever? Green’s books, with more than 50 million copies in print worldwide, often feature young adult...
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Environment

A Wharton Graduate Chooses Entrepreneurship to ‘Fight the Fire’ of Saving Our Planet

Students who attend the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania as undergraduates are known for pursuing internships and jobs in investment banking and management consulting. They seek prestige, competitive edge, great salaries, and the kind of strategic thinking that advances careers in business. When Svanika Balasubramanian (pictured above talking...

Our annual report highlights the Wharton Global Youth team’s achievements in a year’s time. Discover Global Youth’s mission-driven work, partnerships, markets and vision as we deliver quality business-education opportunities to high school students and educators.

WATCH THE GLOBAL YOUTH SUMMER OVERVIEW

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Our Policies

Our policies help ensure that students and participants engage responsibly with AI technology and contribute to a safe, educational online community.

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Badges & Certificates

Your Wharton digital credentials are professional tools highlighting your unique achievements. Use them to share what you’ve accomplished!