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Jason Altmire speaks to a classroom full of people.

What you can do with a DBA

Students and business professionals enroll in the University of Florida Warrington College of Business’s Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program for any number of reasons. Many intend to use their doctorate to attain academic jobs or further their research, but

Jay Ritter

Trump’s Truth Social is now a public company. Experts warn its multibillion-dollar valuation defies logic

For the first time in almost 30 years, part of Donald Trump’s business empire has gone public. Trading started with a bang. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights on the company’s long-delayed journey to public company which is

Mo Wang

Aflac’s CEO gave us that obnoxious, genius duck and changed the insurance industry. Now, he’s facing his aging customers’ mortality—and eventually his own

Associate Dean and Lanzillotti-McKethan Eminent Scholar Mo Wang shares his insights on how companies with aging CEOs are impacted, like Aflac’s Dan Amos, who is now the fifth-longest-serving CEO of any Fortune 500 company. For example, on average, companies’ financial performance

Students pose on a staircase with awards.

Heavener students secure 18 awards at annual sales competition

Eight students from the University of Florida Warrington College of Business earned 18 awards at the University of South Florida’s annual Selling with the Bulls competition, winning the event for the second year in a row. Selling with the Bulls

Jay Ritter

Donald Trump may be about to get $3 billion richer. But that likely won’t solve his cash crunch

Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of Trump’s struggling social media platform Truth Social, is on the cusp of going public as soon as next week following years of legal and regulatory obstacles. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter and DBA

Jay Ritter speaking on Yahoo Finance about the Reddit IPO

Reddit Rises 48% in First Day of Trading

Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights on the social media company’s debut on the New York Stock Exchange, one of the first major tech initial public offerings of the year. Read his insights from a number of publications,

Eugene F. Brigham 1930-2024

Warrington College of Business mourns the loss of renowned professor and benefactor Eugene F. Brigham

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – It is with deep sadness that the University of Florida Warrington College of Business shares the loss of former faculty member and finance education supporter Dr. Eugene F. Brigham. The author of one of the best-selling finance

Avani Desai

The unpredictable road to becoming CEO

Career fairs can be scary. Attendees have just 60 seconds to impress recruiters from hundreds of companies with their resumes and elevator pitches. But if Avani Desai (BS-ISOM ’02) hadn’t gone, she wouldn’t have started down the career path that

Tim Peterson

Sowing the seeds of success

Tim Peterson (BSAc ’85, MBA ‘87) was always in a rush to get through school, but not because he didn’t like it. He couldn’t wait to learn more. Peterson skipped the third grade and did his senior year of high

Stephanie Royer

On par for success

Golf is one of Stephanie Royer’s (MBA ’24) favorite sports – and now, she gets paid to watch it. For Royer, working with the PGA Tour is a dream come true. In her role as a digital content manager, she

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