Exposure into the World of Finance

Name: Eden Witelson Year: Sophomore Major: Economics Minor: Business Institutions CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: NewHold For my fall 2020 CFS internship, I worked at NewHold Enterprises, a Private Equity firm in New York City. At NewHold, I was responsible for evaluating target companies and seeing whether NewHold would want to own them. I…

Experiencing Interviews with CFS

Name: Anna Wang Year: Junior Major: Economics Minor: Business Institutions CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Accelerated Growth As a sophomore who is new to the recruiting process, having CFS early on in Fall 2020 was very helpful for me in many ways, one of them being that I was able to go through a…

Building Genuine Relationships

Name: Tyler Lee Year: Sophomore Major: Industrial Engineering and Economics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: E78 Partners As a sophomore new to the professional world, something that I was looking for was to be mentored throughout the hiring process and to be connected with professionals with a genuine interest in facilitating an intern learning…

Culture of Mentorship

Name: Jack Wan Year: Sophomore Major: Cognitive Science Minor: Business Institutions CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: NextGen Growth Partners This Fall, I worked at NextGen Growth Partners, a private equity firm based in Chicago. I would recommend CFS for all sophomores going into finance, because not only did it prepare me for behavioral &…

First CFS Intern at Green Courte Partners

Name: Kaloyan Valchev Year: Junior Major(s): Economics Minor(s): Business Institutions Program CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Green Courte Partners We all have a couple of friends who ace all of their exams, hold leadership roles in a bunch of clubs, and land Investment Banking internships in the middle of their sophomore year.  You don’t…

Experiencing Significant Milestones within a PE Firm

Name: Elijah Flomen Year: Junior Major: Economics Minor: Business Institutions CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Kinzie Capital Partners This summer, I had the opportunity of interning at Kinzie Capital Partners, a start-up private equity fund specializing in lower middle market, retail and manufacturing companies. Kinzie is a fairly small team, only making up around six full-time…

Rising Junior finds Success and Flexibility while Interning at Search Fund

Name: Derek Smith Year: Junior Major: Economics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Torchpass Management This summer quarter I am interning at Torchpass Management, a Chicago-based search fund operated by Kellogg alumnus Russ Johnston. Search funds are a little-known version of private equity whereby investors provide entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners the money to acquire and operate a…

The Right Mindset for Success in Your Internship

Name: Steven Zakuta Year: Sophomore Major: Economics & Philosophy CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: CORE Industrial Partners This quarter I am interning at CORE Industrial Partners through CFS in addition to taking another class on campus (not for CFS) so I’ve been keeping myself busy. However, I’m enjoying being able to enjoy the work…

A Second Experience in Private Equity

Name: Ibrahim Alkawaz Year: Junior Major: Economics CFS Class: Field Studies in Business Culture Employer: Shorehill Capital   A little bit of background: This is my second quarter of CFS and my second finance internship as well. Both of my internships have been within private equity and as such, the type of work I’ve done…

A Taste of Professional Life

Name: Riley Mech Year: Junior Major: Economics Minor: Legal Studies CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Cook M&A Doing an internship through CFS allows one to gain valuable experience in their desired prospective industry. It greatly complements the quarter system’s fast paced nature and the class associated with your line of work ties it all…

Building Business Skills at NextGen

Name: David Cheng Year: Sophomore Majors: Economics, Statistics CFS Program: Business Field Studies Employer:  NextGen Growth Partners I wanted to participate in the CFS program because I wanted to build my business acumen and explore the field of finance. Economics is mostly theoretical, and by working at NextGen Growth Partners I’ve learned how to apply those critical thinking skills…

Interning in Private Equity as a Sophomore

Name: Jonathan Hanitio Year: Sophomore Major: Economics Minor: Business Institutions CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Employer:  Tyree & D’Angelo Partners I am currently interning at Tyree and D’Angelo Partners: a private equity firm in Chicago that focuses on making acquisitions in the lower middle market. I am currently an economics major, but I have always been interested…