Bruins In Finance
We are UCLA students interested in finance and fintech as they are crucially important to our society and progressing the world forward.
Our mission is to bring together leaders of FinTech and Capital Markets and UCLA students through guest lectures, Q&A sessions, and networking events.
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Famous Alumni
At Bruins in Finance, we are inspired by our alumni, our professors, and their contributions to the industry. By connecting real practitioners and UCLA students, we can stand on the shoulders of giants and develop the next generation of financial professionals who will make their mark in the industry and beyond.
- BS ' 74, MBA '76
Current chairman and CEO of BlackRock, the largest money-management firm in the world with more than $10 trillion in assets under management.
Laurence Fink
- MBA '86
CEO of Qatalyst Partners, an American technology-focused boutique investment bank that specializes in mergers and acquisitions.
George Boutros
- MBA '71
Co-founder of Pacific Investment Management (PIMCO) and managed PIMCO's Total Return fund (once the world's largest bond fund with almost $293 billion in assets)
Bill Gross
- BA '55, MA '56, PhD '61
Nobel Prize in Economics 1990. Creator of the Sharpe Ratio for risk-adjusted investment performance analysis.
William F. Sharpe
- BA '54, MA '62, PhD '65
Nobel Prize in Economics 2009. First woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics
Elinor Ostrom
- BS '52
Former Chairman and CEO of Jefferies & Company, one of the largest and most successful investment banks.
