100 Best & Brightest Undergraduate Business Majors Of 2025 by: Jeff Schmitt on April 01, 2025 | 29 minute read April 1, 2025 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit 2025 Best & Brightest Undergraduate Business Majors Business Student Business School Hometown Post-Graduation Employer Haley Hanks University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) Wilmington, NC Greystar Spencer Shores University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) Greensboro, NC EY-Parthenon Sadeem Jaro Northeastern University (D’Amore McKim) Doha, Qatar Undecided Ananya Mahansaria Northeastern University (D’Amore McKim) Mumbai, India Undecided Annelise Hanson University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) Richland, WA McKinsey & Company Mark Metryoos University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) Orlando, FL Morgan Stanley Aya Dushnitzky Ohio State (Fisher) New Albany, OH American Airlines Isabelle Layding University of Pittsburgh Clinton, NJ McKinsey & Company Billy Qiu University of Pittsburgh Huntingdon Valley, PA Newrez Zackary Espat Providence College East Greenwich, RI Providence College (MBA) Rachel Labi Purdue University (Daniels) West Lafayette, IN Undecided Sam Wadlington Purdue University (Daniels) Sugar Land, TX BDT & MSD Partners Caroline Mazur-Sarocka Rice University (Virani) Buffalo Grove, IL Bain Capital Private Equity Gregory Hilldrup University of Richmond (Robins) Spotsylvania, VA Bon Secours Hospital Alice Mendelson University of Richmond (Robins) Richmond, VA Liberty Mutual Insurance Chinonso Anyanwu Rutgers Business School (Newark) Bloomfield, NJ Schwarzman Scholar Isabel Li Rutgers Business School (New Brunswick) Metuchen, NJ Becton Dickinson Shamarric Edwards St. John’s University (Tobin) St. Catherine, Jamaica Deutsche Bank Arthur Felipe Simoes Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) Novo Hamburgo, Brazil Undecided Brooke Levy Southern Methodist University (Cox) Las Vegas, NV Centerview Partners Jude Lugo Southern Methodist University (Cox) Flower Mound, TX LectureLogger Evan Kalish Syracuse University (Whitman) Winnetka, IL Deloitte Consulting Talia St. Angelo Syracuse University (Whitman) Scituate, RI Undecided Diamond Maria Clark University of Tennessee (Haslam) Memphis, TN JPMorganChase Timothy Held University of Tennessee (Haslam) Cleveland, TN University of Tennessee (Grad School) Pravalika Manchi Texas A&M University (Mays) College Station, TX Bank of America Tyler O’Neil Texas A&M University (Mays) McKinney, TX McKinsey & Company Kassidy Allen Texas Christian University (Neeley) Annapolis, MD krescent Luke Swan Texas Christian University (Neeley) Wichita, KS Nike Marley Gomez-Olivas University of Texas (McCombs) Laredo, TX McKinsey & Company Aryanna Baytop Tulane University (Freeman) Los Angeles, CA Tulane University (Grad School) Abbey Hochreiner Tulane University (Freeman) Springfield, NJ JPMorganChase Santiago Briones Lopez USC (Marshall) Ridgefield, CT FTI Consulting Wednesday Satterlee USC (Marshall) Seattle, WA JPMorganChase Aidan Connolly Villanova University Chicago, IL The Raine Group Olivia Hansen Villanova University Cornwall, NY Undecided Carson Breus University of Virginia (McIntire) Manhattan Beach, CA Altamont Capital Partners Josh Novick University of Virginia (McIntire) Laurel Hollow, NY Blackstone Credit Justin Simpkins Wake Forest University Hickory, NC General Mills Leigh Walters Wake Forest University Franklin, TN JPMorganChase Jibril Ali-Halane University of Washington (Foster) Burien, WA Undecided Lindsay Garza University of Washington (Foster) Federal Way, WA RSM US Finn Feldeisen Washington University (Olin) Ann Arbor, MI McKinsey & Company Arushi Ranasaria Washington University (Olin) Milwaukee, WI Lazard Daniel Babalola Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) Glen Burnie, MD Capital One Shivani Desai Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) Duluth, GA LGT Capital Partners Sam Beal William & Mary (Mason) Scituate, MA Undecided Amaya Jones William & Mary (Mason) Chesterfield, VA Undecided Hali Jama University of Wisconsin Eden Prairie, MN Nielsen Lily Peterson University of Wisconsin Minnetonka, MN Boston Consulting Group DON’T MISS: BEST & BRIGHTEST BUSINESS MAJORS: CLASS OF 2024 BEST & BRIGHTEST BUSINESS MAJORS: CLASS OF 2023 BEST & BRIGHTEST BUSINESS MAJORS: CLASS OF 2022 BEST & BRIGHTEST BUSINESS MAJORS: CLASS OF 2021 BEST & BRIGHTEST BUSINESS MAJORS: CLASS OF 2020 BEST & BRIGHTEST BUSINESS MAJORS: CLASS OF 2019 BEST & BRIGHTEST BUSINESS MAJORS: CLASS OF 2018 BEST & BRIGHTEST BUSINESS MAJORS: CLASS OF 2017 BEST & BRIGHTEST BUSINESS MAJORS: CLASS OF 2016 Previous PagePage 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 © Copyright 2026 Poets & Quants. All rights reserved. This article may not be republished, rewritten or otherwise distributed without written permission. To reprint or license this article or any content from Poets & Quants, please submit your request HERE.