"Most people imagine Wall Street careers beginning in familiar ways: internships at major banks, economics coursework, and early exposure to markets. But some of the young professionals on Business Insider's 2025 Rising Stars of Wall Street list started out somewhere entirely different, long before entering finance. One hoped to be a professional football player. Another was a collegiate golf champion with a goal of playing on all seven continents."
"A third conducted anthropology fieldwork in Sierra Leone. And another began in a chemistry lab before deciding research wasn't the right fit. We're looking back at this year's cohort, focusing on those whose formative professional years were spent far from trading floors and deal teams. Today, this group has gone on to find success across a spectrum of industry niches from investment banking and private equity to hedge funds and quantitative investing."
The 2025 class of Rising Stars of Wall Street comprises seven young professionals who began their careers outside traditional finance pathways. Early ambitions included professional football, collegiate golf with a goal of playing on all seven continents, anthropology fieldwork in Sierra Leone, and laboratory research in chemistry. Those early experiences helped these individuals rise to roles at firms including JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Moelis, and BlackRock. Career transitions led them into investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, and quantitative investing. Backgrounds are presented alphabetically by last name and emphasize how nonfinancial formative years contributed transferable skills for finance careers.
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