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
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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
Reddit plans to let its users get in on the ground floor of its initial public stock offering
Nearly 20 years after it first became a thing, the social media site Reddit is planning to go public. Monday morning the company filed details of its initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among them, Reddit says it’s reserving
A Time to Weep, A Time to Laugh
Aron Weingard (BSBA ’07, MSE ‘09) is a 2023 40 Gators Under 40 honoree who helps some of the 6 million American kids who bury a parent or sibling before graduating high school. Read how Weingard makes a difference through
Donald Trump Is Poised to Pocket Billions in a Meme Stock Media Merger
The former president has kept his finances in the dark. But now he’s pressed for cash and Truth Social could be the answer. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights on the company’s quest to go public in this
4 in 10 women feel underpaid – compared to 2 in 10 men: survey
March 8 marked International Women’s Day, and the stats are still not great when it comes to women in the workplace. Overall, 40% of female professionals in North America feel underpaid for what they do, compared with just 24% among
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