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The Wharton Global Youth Program mobilizes the extensive opportunities of the Wharton academic community to educate and inspire pre-collegiate students to explore business practices, analyze the world’s complex challenges, and take the first steps in becoming leaders who will transform the global economy.
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Wharton Global High School Investment Competition
The Wharton Global High School Investment Competition is a free, experiential investment challenge for high school students (9th to 12th grade) and teachers. Students work in teams of four to six, guided by a teacher as their advisor, and have access to an online stock market simulator. Together, they learn about strategy-building, teamwork, communication, risk, diversification, company and industry analysis, and many other aspects of investing.
News & Articles
Wharton Global Youth produces original content introducing high school students and educators to the broad scope of business and finance education. Explore hundreds of educational articles featuring Wharton analysis, discover enterprising teen entrepreneurs on our monthly Future of the Business World Podcast, and more.
Global Youth News
11 Teams Advance to the 2026 Wharton Global High School Investment Competition Global Finale
More than 5,400 high school teams from around the world began the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition, and now the top teams have advanced to the 2026 Global Finale. Run by the Wharton Global Youth Program, the competition challenges students to develop investment strategies for a real-world client. This...
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Future of the Business World Podcast
Designing for Focus: A Wharton Youth Launches a New Line of Fidget Jewelry
What if a simple classroom habit that many students share — fidgeting — sparked a real business idea? In this episode of Future of the Business World, Wharton Global Youth speaks with Roxanne Goldman, a 16-year-old entrepreneur who turned her personal experience with ADHD into Stim Stacked, a jewelry brand...
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Global Youth News
Wharton Global Youth Program Introduces a New Three-day Learning Sprint in Dubai
A priority this year for the Wharton Global Youth Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania: keep innovating and improving on the delivery of robust business education programs for high school students. The Global Youth team flipped the calendar year and pursued this goal in earnest with...
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