Carlin Lynch

MIT, Sloan School of Management

“I’m a passionate people person highly into everything from English literature to college football.”

Hometown: East Greenwich, RI

Fun Fact About Yourself: Participated twice in the New Bedford Whaling Museum’s Moby Dick Reading Marathon

Undergraduate School and Major: University of Richmond / B.S. Business Administration, Finance Concentration, English Minor

Most Recent Employer and Job Title: Macquarie Group–Associate, Specialized and Asset Finance Group

Aside from your classmates, what was the key part of MIT Sloan’s MBA programming that led you to choose this business school and why was it so important to you? The curriculum structure is unique among business schools. Having only one semester of core classes and having three semesters to pursue your own interests was highly attractive to me.

Action Learning Labs are one of MIT Sloan’s biggest attractions. Which lab interests you most? How does it fit with your interests? Both the Finance and Sustainable Business Labs are highly relevant to my interests as an investor in energy transition and industrial decarbonization sectors

When you think of MIT, what are the first things that come to mind? How have your experiences with the Sloan program thus far reinforced or upended these early impressions? MIT is a world leader in innovation. Being exposed to a wide variety of perspectives and creative thinking will be instrumental in my growth as an investor. In my limited experience with my class so far, I have met a huge number of highly intelligent and curious professionals who have exposed me to different world views and creative thinking as it relates to key problems that the world faces.

What excites you about earning an MBA in the Boston area? The high concentration of graduate students, academics, and innovation. There is no better place to be a student.

What is your unique quality that will enable you to make a big contribution to the Class of 2026? I believe my background as an investor in the asset finance- and asset-backed lending space offers a unique perspective for classmates looking to grow their business, and I can help figure out how to help classmates scale unique solutions from a lab-based solution to a real-world product.

Describe your biggest accomplishment in your career so far: Helping Lambda Labs scale their business by being a part of the team that gave Lambda a $500m structured asset-backed facility to turbocharge their growth.

What advice would you give to help potential applicants gain admission into MIT Sloan’s MBA program? MIT is a place full of interesting people who are genuinely interested in their classmates. Students display a noticeable lack of ego and are eager to learn from their classmates to broaden their horizons. Being able to demonstrate that you will be a humble addition to the class in their learning journey was key for me in my application process.

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