Founded by the MBA Class of 2017, the IESE Impact Fund (formerly known as IESE For Impact Community Fund or IFIC) is IESE’s own student-led impact investment fund. Its mission is to create the next generation of impact-focused leaders, investors, and businesses poised to deliver tangible and sustainable good. Practically, this means giving students hands-on…
Student Life
My journey of transversal learning at IESE, Julio Wais MBA 22
“Learning happens in the minds and souls, not in the databases of multiple-choice tests” – Sir Ken Robinson To quote one of the lines from an iconic Spanish song, “What is a girl like you doing in a place like this?”, sometimes I can’t help but think what a person like me is doing in…
Taking the road less travelled: My summer internship in Tanzania
I still remember that the key element that brought me to IESE Business School was its mission to develop future leaders with ethics, social responsibility, and a calling to make a remarkable change. Thanks to the amazing alumni network, this summer I found myself doing my second internship for an NGO, Jobortunity, in Tanzania. Why did…
My journey from family business to IESE MBA, Ravi de Macêdo MBA 22
About Myself I was born and lived most of my childhood in the city of Fortaleza, a sunny coastal city in northeastern Brazil. My father raised my brother and I practically within the offices and factories of our family business, a company over 80 years old that operates mainly in the wheat milling, real estate…
Dear Incoming Class of 2023…
From day 1, the MBA is full of energy, activities, and people to meet. There are just too many cases to read, countless groups to sign up for, and a never-ending number of events to go to. It makes even the most social person feel overwhelmed. Now, looking back on the MBA, we realize how…
