Announcing the Semifinalists in the 2025 Wharton Global High School Investment Competition
More than 5,000 registrations began rolling in last June, ultimately resulting in more than 1,800 teams from 66 countries submitting final reports following the end of stock market trading on December 6, 2024 — our biggest Wharton Global High School Investment Competition yet.
And now, the moment that thousands of competitors have been waiting for! The Wharton Global Youth Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has identified the Top Semifinalist teams in our annual investment competition, which this year launched on Monday, September 30, 2024.
After careful consideration by our internal reviewers and a group of professional asset managers, we have selected this year’s strongest teams, including one team from last year’s first-place school, Spark Investments from Bergen County Academies (pictured above, along with Wharton Global Youth senior executive director Eli Lesser), which won an automatic spot among the semifinalists.
The top teams advancing to the 2025 Semifinal Round of the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition are:
313 Investments: Troy High School, Michigan, U.S.
Alpha Peak: UWC Robert Bosch College, Germany
BAM Investing: Deerfield Academy, Massachusetts, U.S.
Basking Ridge Associates: The Pingry School, New Jersey, U.S.
BID BEYOND: Delhi Public School Agra, India
BILLIONS: Shenzhen Middle School of Mathematics and Physics, China
Blaze Analysts: Montgomery Blair High School, Maryland, U.S.
Bolt Brokers: Lightridge High School, Virginia, U.S.
Brave New Investments: BASIS Chandler, Arizona, U.S.
Brearley Investment Beavers: Brearley School, New York, U.S.
Budong: Kang Chiao International School, Taiwan
Bullish Bears Capital🧸: Raffles Institution, Singapore
Canary Capital Management: Bergen County Academies, New Jersey, U.S.
CinnaJAAR: Richard Montgomery High School, Maryland, U.S.
Cornerstone Capital: Delbarton School, New Jersey, U.S.
Croton Securities Council: Croton-Harmon High School, New York, U.S.
DMV’s Finest: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Virginia, U.S.
Doofenshmirtz Capital Incorporated: Hwa Chong International School, Singapore
EMIS Capital Management: Eastern Mediterranean International School, Israel
Evergreen Asset Management: St. Robert Catholic High School, Canada
FA Quakers: Friends Academy, New York, U.S.
Fig Capital: Stuyvesant High School, New York, U.S.
Finance From France: Lycée Français de Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Flame Investments: Bergen County Academies, New Jersey, U.S.
FlyNance: Amity International School, Noida, India
Fordman Sachs: The Haverford School, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Gemstone Ventures: Amity International School, Noida, India
Gold Diggers Le Bocage: Le Bocage International School, Mauritius
Golden State Warriors: St. Robert Catholic High School, Canada
Harvard-Westlake Horizons: Harvard-Westlake School, California, U.S.
Intrigue Investments: Amity International School, Mayur Vihar, India
IT IS: Gymnázium a základní škola Nový PORG, Czechia-Czech Republic
Mango: The Harker School, California, U.S.
Nova Investments: Carmel High School, Indiana, U.S.
Oberoi on a Mission: Oberoi International School, JVLR, India
PolarisNavigator: JDFZ, China
Stampede Investments: Trabuco Hills, California, U.S.
Summit Knights Investors: The Summit Country Day School, Ohio, U.S.
Tailored Investments: West Forsyth High School, Georgia, U.S.
Talon-ted Capital: Edison Academy Magnet School, New Jersey, U.S.
The Ladi’s: Shanghai American School, China
The Spartan Equity Partners: Mountain View High School, California, U.S.
The Vogue Investors: G.W. Carver High School of Engineering and Science, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Trade – Thrifters: Amity International School, Pushp Vihar, India
Wave Estate Management: Delbarton School, New Jersey, U.S.
Wharton’s Most Wanted: Iowa City West High School, Iowa, U.S.
White Paper Capitol: Pioneer High School, Michigan, U.S.
WOW Ltd.: Western Canada High School, Canada
Wreckers Wealth Management: Staples High School, Connecticut, U.S.
Congratulations to the 2025 semifinalists!
And to the thousands of competing students and teacher-advisors who joined us in September 2024, we appreciate your time, energy and enthusiasm for this year’s Wharton Global High School Investment Competition.
We consider you all part of our Wharton Global Youth community. We hope you will check back here in our newsroom, as well as sign up for our monthly newsletter, to stay connected to Wharton Global Youth and to follow the progress of the top teams as they compete virtually in the semifinals in March 2025 to determine the 10 teams that will move on to the Global Finale on April 25 and 26, 2025. And remember, registration for our 2025-2026 competition begins in June!
Until then, keep following those stocks and ETFs with a strategic eye and a long-term mindset.