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Career Insight: Advice from New York Stock Exchange President Stacey Cunningham

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On that topic of women in leadership roles – a conversation that we sometimes feel we shouldn’t still be having, but simply can’t ignore – Stacey Cunningham was just named the 67th president of the New York Stock Exchange Group on May 25, 2018 and the first woman to lead…Read More

Mobile Payments: A Cautionary Tale

A person using a smartphone to make a contactless payment on a terminal in a café setting, with a cup of coffee on the table.

Within seconds, the Venmo receipt arrived by email. Transfer date and amount: May 15, 2018 -- $80.00. And with a mere tap of her cell phone, high school student Julia Smith had used the Venmo app to transfer cash from her bank account directly to her classmate’s Venmo account to…Read More

The Business Behind the Swagger: A Look at the ‘3 Kings’ of Hip-Hop

A person wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket is performing on stage, holding a microphone.

While it has had its share of criticism through the years, the Hip-Hop industry last year was the top genre of music in the U.S. A good part of that success is attributed to three musicians and businessmen, Diddy, Dr. Dre and Jay-Z. Jay-Z is the founder of Roc Nation,…Read More

The Uncertainty Surrounding Your MoviePass Subscription

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For movie fans looking forward to this summer’s blockbuster hits, MoviePass is making an offer that’s tough to beat: Watch any 2D movie at any theater any day for $10 a month. Thus far, more than two million people have signed up for the subscription plan, which is the brainchild of…Read More

Educator Toolkit: The Chief Executive Officer

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Why This Matters Now In many ways, the Chief Executive Officers or CEOs of global companies are more accessible than ever. Whether it’s Amazon founder Jeff Bezos honoring his mom with a gushing Tweet on Mother’s Day, or sharing the latest news on Twitter about his space startup Blue Origin…Read More

Leadership Secrets from a School that Turned Out Some Top CEOs

What do Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Adobe Systems CEO Shantanu Narayen, MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga and Fairfax Financial Holdings founder and CEO Prem Watsa have in common? They are a few of the corporate leaders who spent their formative years at Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, a 95-year-old private high school…Read More

Student Investors Compete and Win, with a ‘Common Desire for Knowledge and Teamwork’

Four young people in business attire hold a large check and two trophies, standing in front of a brick building labeled "The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Jon M. Huntsman Hall."

On Saturday, May 5, 2018, more than 100 high school students, along with their families, advisors and mentors, traveled from around the world to Wharton’s Philadelphia campus to participate in the 2018 KWHS Investment Competition Global Finale. They were all soon reminded of another journey, the one that brought them…Read More

Getting Creative with Money

The image is a collage of four artworks representing the struggles and impact of student debt. It includes visuals of overwhelmed students, financial burdens like chains, and burning money.

As Financial Literacy Month 2018 in the U.S. comes to a close, we want to highlight a few more champions of youth financial education. As the KWHS Investment Competition illustrates (our Global Finale is this Saturday, May 5!), creativity, experiences and hands-on learning can be effective ways to teach money…Read More

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