Faculty & Research
Jay Ritter

Pro Take: Instacart, Klaviyo IPOs Will Help Thaw Late-Stage VC, but Not for All
September 21, 2023 • Reading Time: < 1 minute

Finally, the ice is breaking on new technology company IPOs. That will help defrost the later-stage venture market, but only for some companies—those getting close to profitability and willing to accept lower valuations. The rest will continue to struggle to raise capital. Grocery delivery company Instacart, which went public Tuesday, is the first significant venture-backed tech initial public offering since the January 2022 listing of Credo Technology Group Holdings, said

Warrington in the News
  • September 21, 2023

    Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights on the Instacart (CART) IPO. On Tuesday, the grocery delivery company went public on the Nasdaq. Instacart stock opened at $42 a share, 40% higher than the anticipated $30 a share, which put the company’s market valuation at roughly $13.9 billion.

     

    Jay Ritter

    Instacart IPO: Why the odds may be against the grocery delivery chain in its public debut

     Yahoo! Finance
  • September 21, 2023

    Grocery delivery company Instacart, which went public Tuesday, is the first significant venture-backed tech initial public offering since the January 2022 listing of Credo Technology Group Holdings, said Jay Ritter, Cordell Eminent Scholar. The next expected debut this week is for the marketing automation company Klaviyo.

    Jay Ritter

    Pro Take: Instacart, Klaviyo IPOs Will Help Thaw Late-Stage VC, but Not for All

     The Wall Street Journal
  • September 21, 2023

    Like many MBA students, right now Alexander Schwartz (MBA ’24) is studying for his fall semester business school finals. But unlike most of his peers and classmates, he’s also reviewing the minutiae of Jewish law about keeping kosher and observing Shabbat.

    While attending the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida, where he is a second-year MBA student, Schwartz is also enrolled in the Miami Semicha Program working toward a degree in rabbinical law. He will finish both programs in 2024, becoming an MBA and an ordained rabbi.

    In addition to his studies, Schwartz, with his partner who is a longtime pastry chef off, is working on getting his cookie mix company Cookie Chips off the ground.

    Alexander Schwartz standing on top of a tank holding the Israeli flag.

    MBA. Veteran. Rabbi … And Cookie Tycoon?

     Poets&Quants
  • September 16, 2023

    Semiconductor designer Arm Holdings sold shares to the public Thursday. The IPO valued Arm at about $55 billion. Before the stock hit Nasdaq, big institutional investors had lined up to get a piece of the company and sent nearly $5 billion Arm’s way for shares that are now trading on the open market.

    The initial price was $51 per share, which was, you could say, a decision. That offering price is a choice. Marketplace looked into how that choice is made with insights from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter.

    Jay Ritter

    A lot goes into pricing a stock IPO

     Marketplace
  • September 13, 2023

    As millions of students return to school this fall, ABC News spoke with students and professors, including Clinical Professor and Executive Director of the Miller Retail Center Joel Davis, learning to navigate the influence of generative artificial intelligence.

    Joel Davis

    Back-to-school for higher education sees students and professors grappling with AI in academia

     ABC News

Alumni & Friends
Katie Saez

Purpose-driven leadership
August 29, 2023 • Reading Time: 4 minutes

Katherine “Katie” Saez (BSBA ’99) became a Gator long before she started at the University of Florida as a freshman in the mid-1990s. After moving to the United States from Cuba in the 1930s, her grandfather Octavio Garces (’42) became the first Gator in Saez’ family. Octavio’s son and Saez’ father Larry (BSBA ’73) followed in his father’s footsteps, inspiring Saez to continue the family’s Gator legacy. “Being a Gator

Students
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Inaugural Gator Business Leaders of Tomorrow Academy provides authentic, accessible college learning experience for high school students
September 7, 2023 • Reading Time: 5 minutes

Twenty-eight high school juniors and seniors from across the state of Florida and other states in southeast had the opportunity to experience life as a Business Gator for more than a week this summer as part of a new University of Florida Warrington College of Business program, the Gator Business Leaders of Tomorrow Academy (GBLT). The Gator Business Leaders of Tomorrow Academy is focused on providing high school students who

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Take a look at the latest UF MBA rankings
August 31, 2023 • Reading Time: 2 minutes

Over the 2022-2023 academic year, the UF MBA program received a number of top rankings from leading publications such as U.S. News & World Report, Financial Times and The Economist. The exceptional rankings affirm UF MBA’s quality students, alumni success, strong return on investment, faculty excellence, and first-class student and career services. Check out our most recent rankings below. U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools Full-Time MBA –