Class of 2026: Best & Brightest MBAs

MBA Student	MBA Program	Hometown	Pre-MBA Employer	Internship	Post-MBA Employer
Anuj Yadav	University of Maryland (Smith)	Bina-Etawa, India	Angles and Curves	Amazon	Amazon
Bintou Keïta	McGill University (Desautels)	Bamako, Mali	WSP	Eranove	Undecided
Ronald Manning	University of Miami (Herbert)	Miami, FL	Kaseya	L’Oréal	Undecided
Rahul Narain	University of Michigan (Ross)	Inverness, IL	Stripe	Nike	Undecided
Felipe Sahb Furtado	University of Michigan (Ross)	de Janeiro, Brazil	Amparo	McKinsey & Company	McKinsey & Company
Doğukan Günaydın	University of Minnesota (Carlson)	Istanbul, Türkiye	eCapital Advisors	Boston Consulting Group	Boston Consulting Group
Michael Autery	MIT (Sloan)	White House, TN	U.S. Navy	NA	Gander Robotics
Aditi Ramakrishnan	MIT (Sloan)	Bangalore, India	Dalberg Advisors	Sana Labs	Sana Labs
Hardi Vajir	MIT (Sloan)	Sunnyvale, CA	Capital One	OpenCourseWare	Undecided
Wataru Komai	National University of Singapore	Tokyo, Japan	Accenture	Hydroleap	Bain & Company
Justin Shalap	New York University (Stern)	Winchester, VA	Appian	Boston Consulting Group	Boston Consulting Group
Kate Thomson	New York University (Stern)	Atlanta, GA	Georgia-Pacific	NA	Undecided
Sagnik Mukherjee	North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	Pune, India	Nutrifam	Amazon	Amazon
Haley Hammond	Northwestern University (Kellogg)	Oak Park, IL	M1 Finance	UnitedHealth Group	UnitedHealth Group
Corey King	Northwestern University (Kellogg)	Hammond, LA	Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company	Boston Consulting Group	PepsiCo
Diab “Dody” Eid	Notre Dame (Mendoza)	Joshua, NH	Analysis Group	TriviaLinked	Analysis Group
Katie Wiggin	Notre Dame (Mendoza)	Oakland, NJ	Goldman Sachs	Target	PwC
Ramakrishnan Krishna Moorthy	Ohio State (Fisher)	Toronto, Canada	Evertz Technologies Ltd.	Power to Hydrogen	Undecided
Daina Mandewo	University of Oxford (Saïd)	Mutare, Zimbabwe	Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals	E&K Consulting	HPV Access
Rodrigo Zamorano	University of Oxford (Saïd)	Lima, Peru	Credicorp	Papernest	Undecided
Raven Byars	University of Pittsburgh (Katz)	Louisville, KY	Penn Medicine	Bristol Myers Squibb	Bristol Myers Squibb
Caroline Metts	Rice University (Jones)	Burlington, NC	Hermann Memorial City Medical Center	McKinsey & Company	McKinsey & Company
Karla Camarillo Huitron	University of Rochester (Simon)	Mexico City, Mexico	Procter & Gamble Mexico	Bimbo Bakeries USA	Bimbo Bakeries USA
Vladimir Bagaev	Rotterdam School of Management	Talnakh, Russia	Zakon Publishing	NA	Undecided
Nicholas Dellai	SDA Bocconi	Asiago, Italy	VETZ	NA	Undecided
Kasey McCravey	University of Texas (McCombs)	Scottsdale, AZ	U.S. Army	Nike	Nike
Soham Mukherjee	University of Texas (McCombs)	Kolkata, West Bengal	Citrin Corporation	PwC	PwC
Marcus Glass	Texas A&M (Mays)	Tomball, TX	NA	Houston Methodist System	Undecided
Anureet Kaur Mann	University of Toronto (Rotman)	Chandigarh, India	Dalberg Advisors	Bain & Company	Bain & Company
Scout O’Beirne	U.C. Berkeley (Haas)	Birmingham, AL	Google	Ownership Capital Lab	Undecided
James Wang	U.C. Berkeley (Haas)	Foster City, CA	Odyssey Energy Solutions	Tesla	Tesla
Gonzalo Vásquez Neyra	U.C. Berkeley (Haas)	Lima, Perú	Rappi	Intuit	Undecided
Shubhi Gupta	U.C. Davis	Bareilly, India	InMobi	Rocket	Undecided
Manali Chavan	U.C. Irvine (Merage)	Chandler, AZ	Primal Kitchen (a KraftHeinz brand)	Mattel	Undecided
Levy Aninditio	UCLA (Anderson)	Bandung, Indonesia	DBS Bank	Johnson & Johnson	McKinsey & Company
Carolina Troncoso Álvarez	UPF Barcelona School of Management	Santiago, Chile	Minister of Sports, Government of Chile	NA	Undecided
Melissa Soong	USC (Marshall)	Huntington Beach, CA	Publicis Sapient	EY-Parthenon	EY-Parthenon
Bukunola Ogundele	Vanderbilt University (Owen)	Lagos, Nigeria	Field Intelligence Inc.	Amazon	Amazon
Mike Gaynor	University of Virginia (Darden)	Phoenix, AZ	B&D Litho California	Kalon Aesthetics	Undecided
Chaitanya Baboo	Warwick Business School	Hyderabad, India	Amber Group	Amber Connect	Undecided
A’Lexus A. Murphy	University of Washington (Foster)	Fort Worth, TX	Avoq	DaVita	DaVita
Benjamin Vester	University of Washington (Foster)	Morgantown, WV	Office of U.S. Senator Joe Manchin	T-Mobile	T-Mobile
Jasdeep Kaur Dulay	Washington University (Olin)	Stockton, CA	Joaquin County Public Health Services	CVS Health	CVS Health
Abigael Bamgboye	Wharton School	London, United Kingdom	Bain & Company	Lengua	Bain & Company
Harshwardhan Singh	Wharton School	Mumbai, India	Plum	Artisan AI	Startup
Alyssa Marie Uy	Wharton School	Bacolod City, Philippines	GCash	Amazon	Undecided
Alexander Porte	University of Wisconsin	Medford, MA	Spectrum Nonprofit Services	UnitedHealth Group	UnitedHealth Group
J.B. Horsley	Yale School of Management	Menlo Park, CA	Stanford University	UnitedHealth Group	UnitedHealth Group
Caroline Petro	Yale School of Management	Norwood, MA	Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services	Redstone Strategy Group	Undecided

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