A group of IESE MBA Class of 2024 students, Chris Batchelor (USA), Juliana Marroquin (Colombia), and Joaquin Santos (Argentina) took home 1st Place in the First Pitch Case Competition, sponsored by Sony Sports Businesses, at the 2023 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. This is the first time that an international business school has won the…
Student Life
What’s in a name? Diversity & inclusion at IESE
Our name is our primary handle and one of our principal sources of identity. It is the first thing that distinguishes us from the rest of the masses and the first part of us we offer to others to remember us by. It points to the person within, who may be marked by the same…
Dear Incoming Class of 2024…
Sit down, buckle up and get ready for the ride of a lifetime! For most of you the next two years will be a life-changing experience. You are about to embark on a journey full of late nights with friends debating your favourite classes (with some alcoholic beverages from around the world to go with),…
Landing in your family business, Family Business Day at IESE
Earlier in March, the IESE Family Business Club, together with Professor Heinrich Liechtenstein and two practitioners, Sebastian Ehrensberger and Ginka Christenson, organised the annual Family Business Day at IESE in conjunction with the LAND* elective course offered to 2nd years in the Winter Term. The event was organised specifically to bring together a diverse group…
Rocking the MBA – The story of Simplicity
An Eclectic Bunch The first time most of us met was at the start of our second year. Giancarlo organised a meetup by the turtle pond and as we introduced ourselves, it became quickly apparent how diverse the assembled group was in terms of musical backgrounds and tastes. Some with formal training and others self-taught…