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UPCOMING EVENTS
1. Nov 4 – PE/VC Club Speaker Series: Managing Director & Co-Founder Vincenzo La Ruffa
- Susquehanna Growth Equity Managing Director and Co-Founder Vincenzo La Ruffa will speak about the day-to-day life of a VC and walk through a portfolio company case study.
When: Monday, November 4 at Noon
Where: SHDH 350
Speaker Bio:
Vincenzo La Ruffa is a Managing Director of Susquehanna Growth Equity and helped form the group in 2006. He focuses on investments in capital markets and payments technology. Vincenzo currently serves on the boards of The Logic Group, MMIT, and ETF Securities (Observer). He previously served on the boards of 29West (acquired by Informatica Corp), Ballista (acquired by IntercontinentalExchange), and Derivix (acquired by FlexTrade). Prior to joining SGE, Vincenzo invested in technology companies in the US and UK with NGP Energy Technology Partners and EnerTech Capital. Vincenzo began his career in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group of Deutsche Bank.
Vincenzo graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania. He earned a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School and a B.A. in Classics from the School of Arts and Sciences.
Company Overview:
Susquehanna Growth Equity, LLC (SGE) is a private equity group investing in growth capital and buyout opportunities in financial technology, information services, and software in the US, UK, and Israel. SGE is an affiliate of Susquehanna International Group, LLP.
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2. Nov 4-7 – PE/VC Club Industry Small Group Dinners
- Thank you for your overwhelming demand for industry SGDs (http://tinyurl.com/lpamf43)! Sign-ups are currently full. If you signed up for a dinner, please be on the lookout for an email from your dinner leader.
- Consumer Products and Services (November 4)
- Health Care (November 4)
- Technology, Media and Telecom (November 5)
- Energy Products and Services (November 5)
- Industrials (November 5)
- Social Impact (November 6)
- Venture Funds (November 6)
- Search Funds (November 7)
Please reach out to Anthony Lee (antlee@wharton.upenn.edu) if you have any questions.
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3. Nov 6 – Info Session for Entrepreneurship-focused Trip to New Orleans
- What: An information session for IDEAcorps—a nationally recognized MBA service learning program through which MBA students provide direct strategic consulting to startups during New Orleans Entrepreneur Week. IDEAcorps teams partner with select entrepreneurs and serve as their executive management team for a week, while simultaneously enjoying the rich culture and lifestyle of New Orleans.
Why: A chance to apply classroom concepts in actual entrepreneurial environment, meet VCs and investors, and network with peer teams from HBS, Stanford GSB, Tuck, The Johnson School, et al. And, New Orleans is pretty cool.
Who: Open to ALL students, particularly those interested in entrepreneurship, venture capital, startups, consulting, or emerging economic development ecosystems.
When: THIS Wednesday, November 6th at 3:00pm
Where: JMHH 340
RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ucbB3ozRmtb0P1--NXp43S1Bky9zsm6OHJN53f2i6Xk/viewform
Contact Blake Stanfill (stanfill@wharton.upenn.edu) or James Stone (jastone@wharton.upenn.edu) if you have any questions.
Late lunch/snacks will be provided.
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4. Nov 8 – 2013 Wharton Energy Conference
5. Nov 12 – PE/VC Club Private Equity 101 Event
- The PEVC Education team will be holding an introductory session on the basics of private equity. This ground level overview session is a must attend for anyone that is curious about the private equity profession but has had no prior work experience in the field. Topics to be covered include: PE fund structure, basics of a private equity investment, role of investment professionals and more.
When: 3:00-4:30
Where: TBD
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6. Nov 13 – International Small Group Dinner: Greater China
Yuchen Jin (yuchenj@wharton.upenn.edu), Heidi Deng (dengc@wharton.upenn.edu) and Wenrong Ji (wenrong@wharton.upenn.edu)
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7. Dec 6-8 – Training the Street Sessions – Sign Up Today!
- Back by popular demand, we've brought Training the Street - the leading financial trainer for Wall Street firms - for training sessions which cover LBO modeling and interviews. This is the last session before the year ends, so be sure to sign up today!
December 6th – Friday (9:00 – 5:00): Beginner LBO Modeling
December 7th – Saturday (10:00 – 4:00): Advanced LBO Modeling and M&A Topics
December 8th – Sunday (9:00 – 5:00): PE Interview Prep & Advanced Topics
The instructors will be former deal professional and will bring a "real world" perspective to the classroom. Please see attached brochure for further information and pricing details. Each class includes a substantial set of materials that will be distributed at the seminar. These events have received rave reviews from past Wharton students, and TTS will only provide the training if there is sufficient demand from students... so sign up ASAP to reserve a space! We are confirming room locations and will it out to the group once finalized.
To register:
1. Go to https://trainingthestreet.secure.force.com/register
2. Create your profile if you are a new user, or login using the username and password you created previously
3. Enter the class code listed for the workshop you would like to attend (see descriptions in attached PDF)
o 12/6 - Beginner LBO modeling - course code: EB3338
o 12/7 - Advanced LBO modeling & M&A Topics - course code: 6BA5EF
o 12/8 - PE Interview Prep & Advanced Topics - course code: D85DA0
If you have any questions please contact VPs of Education Nikhil Devulapalli (ndev@wharton.upenn.edu), D.J. Andrzejewski (dandrzej@wharton.upenn.edu), or VP of Career Development Michael Staub (mstaub@wharton.upenn.edu)
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8. Dec 6-8 – Wharton African American MBA Association Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Conference
- The 2013 conference themed, "The Crisis. The Opportunity", will take place Friday, December 6 through Sunday, December 8 at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
This year’s conference will include an alumni reception; prospective students day; keynote speakers; spotlights on successful entrepreneurs; panels on leadership, entrepreneurship, finance, as well as health & wellness; a community service event; homecoming party and dinner & gala. This is an excellent opportunity to connect with current MBA students, Wharton alumni, and representatives from top firms.
The 2013 keynote speakers include:
- Anré Williams, President of Global Merchant Services for American Express Company
- Willie Woods, President and Managing Director of ICV Partners
- Edward Powers, Managing Director and head of Capital Access Funds Team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Dr. Carl Mack, Executive Director of National Society of Black Engineers
Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at http://wmyconference.ticketleap.com/2013/. Buy your ticket before November 17, 2013 to receive an early bird discount of $15 off the regular ticket price.
For more information about our speakers, panels, and panelists, visit our website: www.wmyconference.com.
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9. Jan 16-18 – University Private Equity Summit
- Speakers confirmed for conference include:
- David Hornik-Managing Director of August Capital and member of 2012 Forbes Midas List.
- Ray Bradford-Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers--leads cloud investments; led teams at Amazon's AWS and Twitter.
- Matt Miller-Partner at Sequoia Capital, CEO/ Founder of Informera and former Investment Banker in Technology Division at Goldman Sachs.
- Stacey Bishop-Partner at Scale Venture Partners.
- Randal Quarles-Managing Director at the Carlyle Group
- Will West-Chairman/CEO at Control4
- Joel Peterson-Founder/CEO of Peterson Partners, Chairman of JetBlue and a professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business, who would be engaging the students in a great Case Study session.
The deadline for early registration is November 30th, after which the price will increase from $325 to $400. The conference fee is all inclusive and includes lodging at The University Guest House, access to all conference sessions, meals throughout the conference (including our catered dinner/cocktail hour on the first night of the conference), and skiing at Park City Mountain Resort (including transport to and from the mountain) or access to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City (transportation included, subject to availability).
If you are ready to register for the conference, please visit our registration page (https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1317834) as soon as possible.
For information please see attachment or visit http://www.uventurefund.com/conference/about
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PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
1. Nov 5 – The Raine Group EIS
- When: 5:30pm
Where: JMHH 260
The presentation is targeted towards first years interested in summer internships at Raine
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2. Nov 5 – The Sterling Group EIS
- When: 5:30pm
Where: JMHH 245
The presentation is targeted towards second years. Brad Staller and Erin Arnold will be attending from Sterling.
Job description is attached.
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3. Nov 13 – Blackstone EIS
- When: 6:30pm
Where: The Inn at Penn
Please see attachment for additional information.
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4. Summer Internship Opportunity
- Save the Date I Tarpon, a leading value-oriented asset manager active in Brazil since 2002, will visit Wharton on December 3 and invites all interested MBA candidates to learn about their 2014 summer internship program.
Application I Candidates interested in interviewing must access: http://bit.ly/summertarpon2014, upload a copy of their resume and answer the following questions:
1) What is the one thing that distinguishes you from other MBA candidates?
2) Which expertise you most want to develop during your Summer experience?
3) How will you measure the success of your Summer Program at Tarpon?
Deadline for applications is November 20
Please contact summer2014@tarpon.com.br with any questions or requests for additional information additional.
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Leadership Team Contact Details
Co-Presidents: Luke Chernosky, Alina Costica, Chris Eldridge
Alumni: Burton Flynn, Irina Parvanov | Career Dev: Michael Staub | Communications: Chad Smith | Competition: Zach Peckham | Education: D.J. Andrzejewski, Nikhil Devulapalli | Industries: David Gluckman | Internal Relations: Jacob Williams | Impact Investing: Zac McClure, Sarah Eversman | Search Fund: Mark Turner | Speaker Series: Fraz Ahmed,Michael Kirkman, Ashley Ciaburri | Sponsorship: Imran Siddiqui | Treasury & Ops: Teresa Chen | Treks: David Lee,John Harroff | Venture Capital: Paul Drews, Divya Venkatachari | West Coast: Julie Greenberg | Women in PEVC: Christina Antoniou,Charanya Rangamannar
Brazil: Marcelo Marim | E. Europe: Kamil Burganov | Greater China: Yuchen, Jin | HK & South Korea: Soonki Kook | India: Aditya Sharma | LatAm: Alvaro Guevara | M.E. and N. Africa: Omar Elimam | SE Asia: Aman Rangrass | Sub-Saharan Africa: Folarin Ogunsanya | W. Europe & Turkey: Pemra Narli
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