Josh Tang

Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

“Former M&A professional from LA and Shanghai, enjoys running and playing in the Tuck Band!”

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

Fun Fact About Yourself: My first three pets were all Chinese dwarf hamsters named Jackie Chan.

Undergraduate School and Major: University of Notre Dame, Finance

Most Recent Employer and Job Title: Creative Artists Agency, Associate, Strategic Development

What has been your first impression of the Tuck MBA students and alumni you’ve met so far. Tell us your best Tuck story so far. I love my classmates. I already feel like I’ve met friends who will be in my life for a long time. Everyone is so committed to building a close-knit community, and it shows in the little things—like when a classmate needed to borrow a car to drive to another state, and within minutes of posting in our group chat, five to six people offered to help. These were strangers just a couple of months ago!

The alumni have been just as supportive. We’re in the thick of recruiting right now, and consulting alumni are almost certainly getting dozens of emails a day from T’27s. Networking doesn’t always come naturally to me, but every conversation I’ve had with alumni has been warm and genuine. Their willingness to take time for us has made me feel confident that I chose the right place.

Aside from your classmates, what was the key part of Dartmouth Tuck’s MBA programming that led you to choose this business school and why was it so important to you? The community was definitely a big part of why I chose Tuck and the Hanover/Upper Valley setting is a big part of that, but I was initially concerned that the seclusion would make the school a bubble. However, I ended up being very impressed by the level of connectivity Tuck has with the “outside world.”

From a recruiting perspective, alumni are so willing to come back to campus and chat with current students that you don’t really miss out on networking just because you’re not in a big city. There are executives and CEOs that visit campus through the Visiting Executive Program, so you can grab lunch or dinner with them if you choose. Lastly, experiences like the GIX and the First-Year Project give you the hands-on experiences that really attracted me to the school. It was important for me to find a tight-knit community, but it was also important for me to apply the academic learning to real life problems.

What excites you the most about coming to live in Hanover? What is the one activity you can’t wait to do? I’m excited for fall in Hanover! I saw a glimpse of it when I visited last year, but I think the view would definitely hit different on at the end of one of the many hikes around the Upper Valley.

What course, club or activity excites you the most at Dartmouth Tuck? I’m really excited to perform with the T’27 band. Each class at Tuck forms a band in the beginning of the year, and you’re given less than a month to plan a live performance in front of the entire school. It’s been stressful and quite a bit of work, but it’s been such a pleasure to jam with my very talented classmates. I’m very excited to put on a show for our class.

Describe your biggest accomplishment in your career so far: I’m most proud of the first deal I closed as an investment banker at Telos Advisors. Telos worked mainly with startups in the digital media and technology space, which meant I got to spend time with some incredibly talented founders. On this first deal, I worked side-by-side with the team as we pushed through a tough diligence process that took persistence and a fair bit of creative problem-solving. When the deal finally closed, it was incredibly rewarding—not just because the transaction went through, but because I had helped the founders take a big step toward realizing their dreams. Being part of that moment, and celebrating with them, is still one of the highlights of my career. I still keep the tombstone from that deal on my desk today as a reminder.

What do you hope to do after graduation (at this point)? I hope to go into management consulting after graduation. In my last role at CAA’s strategic development group, I worked on M&A transactions for the company. Through that experience, I realized I was most excited by the strategy behind an acquisition and the work that happens after a deal closes, rather than the valuation and deal term negotiations. Consulting feels like the best way to keep building those skills—learning more about strategy and operations while getting to work with companies across a variety of industries.

What advice would you give to help potential applicants gain admission into Dartmouth Tuck’s MBA program? Visit campus! I’ve lived in cities my whole life and was honestly skeptical about moving to a small town. But when I visited Tuck last year, it all clicked. The way the program is structured—your study group, career services, even the MBA Program Office—and the level of buy-in from classmates only makes sense once you’ve actually been to Hanover. I’d also recommend actually staying in Hanover so you can get a feel for the town.

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