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100 Best & Brightest Undergraduate Business Majors Of 2026

P&Q’s annual profiles of the 100 most talented business majors from the top business schools

by: Jeff Schmitt on April 10, 2026 | 29 minute read

2026 Best & Brightest Undergraduate Business Majors

MBA Student Business School Hometown Post-Graduation Employer
Giovanni Antonio Ramos Loureiro Kizem Rodrigues Michigan State (Broad) Manaus, Brazil Antonio Rodrigues & Cia. Ltda.
Ayman Elhassan University of Minnesota (Carlson) Woodbury, MN Capital One
Mia McGraw University of Minnesota (Carlson) Cottage Grove, MN Procter & Gamble
Wendy Benitez Jaramillo New York University (Stern) Santa Barbara, CA HSBC
Martin Wu New York University (Stern) Sunnyvale, CA Evercore
Tyler Coffee University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) Cary, NC Deloitte
Mary Esposito University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) Raleigh, NC Money with Mary, Purple Pear
Samantha Asprelli Northeastern University (D’Amore McKim) Wrentham, MA Undecided
Aurrel Bhatia Northeastern University (D’Amore McKim) Bethpage, NY Morgan Stanley
Cole P. Cherian University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) Ardmore, PA McKinsey & Company
Grace Zaucha University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) Fort Worth, TX Undecided
Caleb Wooddell Ohio State (Fisher) Dublin, OH The Wendy’s Company
Shanele Tamulevicius University of Pittsburgh Langhorne, PA Ernst & Young
Elijah Osagie Providence College Randolph, MA Bank of America
Filippa Rodriguez Purdue University (Daniels) Bogota, Colombia PGIM Real Estate
Kensington Zwerner Rice University (Virani) Atlanta, GA Evercore
Nicholas Gabriel University of Richmond (Robins) Uniontown, PA KPMG
Ben (Duc) Nguyen University of Richmond (Robins) Hanoi, Vietnam Undecided
Steven Preval Rutgers Business School (Newark) West Orange, NJ Google
Noah Miller Rutgers Business School (New Brunswick) Flemington, NJ U.S. Navy
Carl Firch Southern Methodist University (Cox) Rockford, IL TPG
Juliana Lu Southern Methodist University (Cox) Dallas, TX JPMorgan Chase
Silke Pion Syracuse University (Whitman) Davis, CA GCM Grosvenor
Tyler Porter University of Tennessee (Haslam) Bowling Green, KY University of Tennessee (Graduate School)
Susan Liu Texas A&M University (Mays) The Woodlands, TX Lockheed Martin
Katie Hoang Texas Christian University (Neeley) Keller, TX Alpine Investors
Katie Russell Texas Christian University (Neeley) Peconic, NY Absolute Recomp
Nolan Watson University of Texas (McCombs) Orchard Park, NY Law School
José Manuel Salazar Bogado Trinity University (Neidorff) Caracas, Venezuela McKinsey & Company
Gianna Taveras Tulane University (Freeman) Westbury, NY Undecided
Noah George USC (Marshall) Pasadena, CA McKinsey & Company
Ty Keough USC (Marshall) Los Angeles, CA Actionist Consulting
John Henry Gingrich Villanova University Lancaster, PA Goldman Sachs
Sofia Arrascue Villanova University Deer Park, NY Wells Fargo
Carly Appel University of Virginia (McIntire) Atlanta, GA Bain & Company
Pranav Shah University of Virginia (McIntire) Pittsylvania County, VA PwC
Carter Kowalski Wake Forest University West Chester, PA JPMorgan Chase
Maddie Shannon Wake Forest University Charlotte, NC Barings
Krisanta Bolante University of Washington (Foster) Fife, WA Undecided
Lucas Bernicker Washington University (Olin) San Diego, CA Brandes Investment Partners
Grace Ehlert Washington University (Olin) Wilmette, IL UBS
Leah Elesinmogun Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) Bowie, MD Goldman Sachs
Francesco Salamone Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) Palermo, Sicily Undecided
Chloe Ausburn William & Mary (Mason) Thomasville, NC Deloitte Consulting
Ryan Yin William & Mary (Mason) Midlothian, VA KPMG
Joshua Elkin University of Wisconsin Delafield ,WI McKinsey & Company
Phoebe Vanna University of Wisconsin Chicago, IL Barclays
Ana Caroline Santana Sakai Worcester Polytechnic Institute Sao Paulo, Brazil Undecided

 

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