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Portrait of Victor Akujobi

Honor Society® member

Victor Akujobi

Summer Analyst, New York Strategic Advisory at Centerview Partners

  • Emory University
  • finance
  • Class of 2021
  • Brooklyn, New York

Member since April 2020

About

A humble, motivated hard worker, driven to succeed financially in order to promote social change. I want to give back because so many have sacrificed to get me to this point.

Education

  • Emory University

    Finance

    2017 – 2021

Honors and awards

  • Dean's list

    Top 20% of my class in the spring of 2020

  • Prep for Prep alum

    Esteemed NYC organization that offers diverse candidates the opportunity to attend prestigious private schools

  • 100 Black Men Emerging Leaders Scholarship

    Award for gifted scholars in the Collegiate 100 of Atlanta Chapter

  • National Diversity Case Competition Runner Up

    Placed second place at the National Diversity Case Competition at IU - Kelley in Bloomington, Indiana

Goals and interests

Career goal

1) Investment Banking analyst
2) Private Equity associate
3) MBA at a top-tier business school
4) Private Equity senior-associate / Vice-president
5) Start my very own investment fund

Graduate school interests

1) Harvard Business School
2) Wharton
3) Columbia Business School
4) Stanford Business School
5) NYU - Stern

Outside the classroom

1) Watching the NBA - I'm a Brooklyn Nets fan!
2) Working out and staying active
3) Reading and learning new things
4) Cooking for my family and my girlfriend

Experience

  • Summer Analyst, New York Strategic Advisory

    Centerview Partners

    Jun 2020 – Aug 2020

  • Summer Analyst, New York Mergers & Acquisitions

    Greenhill & Co.

    Jun 2019 – Aug 2019

  • Summer Analyst, New York Equity Research

    Deutsche Bank

    Jun 2017 – Aug 2017

Volunteering

  • Mentor

    Collegiate 100 of Atlanta Chapter

    Aug 2019 – May 2020

  • Mentor and Treasurer

    Goizueta Black Student Association

    Aug 2019 – May 2020

  • Volunteer and Historian

    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

    Aug 2018 – May 2019

Languages

  • English (US) Fluent

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