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
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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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
Why That Hot Biotech IPO Could Be a Winner
Insights from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter show that biotechnology IPOs tend to do well over the long term just as financing markets begin to thaw. Read more in this story from the Wall Street Journal.
Corporate Partnerships: City Furniture
Familiarity between the UF Warrington College of Business and City Furniture started in the 1960s. Then known as Waterbed City, Keith Koenig spent his summers as a University of Florida business student selling waterbeds out of the back of his
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