A group of 23 students visiting Mumbai, Bangalore, and Delhi met with the co-founder of Infosys, visited TATA’s corporate headquarters, conversed with heads of Indian operations at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey, and learned about operations at private equity, consulting, and high-tech firms and investment banks on the India Trek for a total of 15 firms visited. The trek was covered by the Economic Times of India, among other media.
Some 124 students on the New York Bank Week trip visited 17 banks — a mix of large “bulge bracket” banks as well as boutique and mid-market banks. The Investment Banking Group organized the trek.
West Quest gave 65 students exposure to 25 companies including Apple, Visa, Intel, Yahoo!, Electronic Arts, PG&E, Mozilla, Gilead, Cisco, Nvidia,Genentech,RealNetworks, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Amgen and T-Mobile. The West Quest Group arranged the trip to San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle.
London Banking Days brought 44 students to visit Bank of America, Barclays Capital, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and UBS. The European Business Group played a key role in the preparation for this trek, which was organized by the firms and seven other leading business schools.
Some 23 students on the inaugural Clean Tech Trek to New York and Washington DC met with executives at 15 firms and energy and industry associations. They also met with a staff director for the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The trip was arranged by the Energy Group.
On the Brand Week Trek, 22 students discussed marketing with executives at 10 firms, most of them consumer products companies, but also a media company and a financial services firm. The trek was organized by the Marketing Group.
On the Shanghai Consulting Trek, eight students visited 10 firms, including some corporations. The trip was arranged by the Chicago Asia Pacific Group.
For Hong Kong Bank Week, 15 students visited some 12 investment banks, investment management firms, and private equity firms. The Chicago Asia Pacific Group organized the trip.
Organized by the Investment Management Group, the West Coast IMGTrek to San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego gave 10 students a chance to visit 10 firms, including Mellon Capital Management and Franklin-Templeton, where the small group discussions gave them a chance to get advice on preparing for interviews and talk about having a real passion for investing with experienced executives in the field.
The East Cost IMG Trek to Boston, New York, and Baltimore, arranged by the Investment Management Group, drew 42 students who visited 11 firms.
On the Retail Trek, 15 students traveled to New York and Philadelphia to visit nine firms including Urban Outfitters, Bloomingdale’s, Coach, Liz Claiborne, ScoopNYC, and Avon—a mix of companies so they could explore which roles and environments would make them thrive. It was organized by the Retail, Apparel, and Luxury Goods Group.
The EuroTrek trip arranged by the European Business Group gave 32 students a chance to visit hear company presentations at 11 firms, including Proctor & Gamble, BT, Fidelity, Diageo, McKinsey, Roland Berger, BP, Google, Bain, Shell, and Barclays.
The Minnequest trip to Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, gave 17 students a chance to talk about marketing at six firms. The Marketing Group arranged the trip.
On the High Tech Group’s Venture Capital Trek to San Francisco and Seattle, 24 students visited 24 firms including 4INFO, Advanced Technology Ventures, Azure Capital, Benchmark, CMEA Ventures, Cooliris, DFJ, Granite Ventures, Hercules Tech Growth Capital, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, MCN, MDV, NEA, Ngen Partners, Opus Capital, Panologic, SAP Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SVB Capital, and Yahoo! A visit to one of the Bay Area’s Plug and Play Tech Centers gave them a chance to see a start-up incubator.
Students across Chicago Booth programs arranged the Dubai Trek, which gave a cross-section of 12 students an opportunity to visit 18 firms, including consultancies, banks, investment banks, private equity firms, and media.
