Alumni success stories

Our thousands of successful finance alumni are successful and visible locally and internationally.

Here you can read just a few stories about their successes in both finance and life, and gain some wisdom from their experience.

Intel courts the best of the best and ASU finance students are in their elite list. Find out about the unique and exceptional relationship shared between Intel and ASU W. P. Carey Department of Finance. Read more.

IBIS puts finance students ahead of the pack in the hunt for Wall Street jobs. Ask Wise, Gladstone, and Mayfield ('10 Finance) who all landed coveted investment banking jobs in Manhattan—in large part due to the skills they learned in finance classes and through the Investment Banking Industry Scholars Program. Read more about their success.

Is it possible that an ASU finance degree provides students with the ability to make miracles? Just look at mberry CEO Charlie Lee ('09 Finance), who created a company using the skills he learned in finance classes to supply the world with miracle berries. Read more.

Based in New York City and working with the global community, Citigroup's Jerry Olivo ('83 Finance) unquestionably has gained international and networking insights valuable to anyone interested in showing how they add value to a firm. And how returning to your roots can be energizing. Read more.

It was an easy decision for Charles and Christine Michaels ('85 Finance and '87 Health Sciences) to send 10 kids to college, even when their two children hadn't yet made it to elementary school. Generosity is not always meant for the top of the class. Read more about how the Michaels' view their impact.