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The Wharton School (/ ˈ hw ɔːr t ən / WHOR-tən) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia.Established in 1881 through a donation from Joseph Wharton, a co-founder of Bethlehem Steel, the Wharton School is the world's oldest collegiate business school.
Wharton was born in Philadelphia, on March 3, 1826, [2] the fifth child of ten to William and Deborah Fisher Wharton. [3] He was raised in the Quaker religion. [4]Wharton's youth was spent in the family's house near Spruce and 4th streets in Center City Philadelphia and at Bellevue, a country mansion near the Schuylkill River. [5]
Joseph Wharton Lippincott (February 28, 1887 [1] – October 22, 1976) was a noted publisher, author, naturalist, and sportsman. He was the grandson of Joshua Ballinger Lippincott , founder of Philadelphia publisher J.B. Lippincott Company , and of industrialist Joseph Wharton , founder of the Wharton School of Business of the University of ...
Wharton offers four degree programs: undergraduate, an MBA, an EMBA, and a Doctoral degree. As of 2023, there are approximately 105,000 alumni in over 150 different countries, including 79,280 in North America , 5,660 in Asia , 4,510 in Europe , 1,370 in the Caribbean and Latin America , 930 in Africa and the Middle East , and 380 in Australia ...
She is the dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is both the first woman and the first Black person to lead the business school. [1] James is known for her crisis leadership and workplace diversity research. [2] James was named dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in February 2020.
Clifton Reginald Wharton Jr. (September 13, 1926 – November 16, 2024) was an American university president, corporate executive, and United States deputy secretary of state. [ 1 ] In his multiple careers, he was an African-American pioneer.
Joseph Wharton Lippincott Jr., (1914–2003) [1] was Chairman and President of Philadelphia publisher J. B. Lippincott Company. He was born in Bethayres, Pennsylvania , the son of Joseph Wharton Lippincott and Elizabeth Schuyler Mills Lippincott.
Jeremy James Siegel (born November 14, 1945) is an American economist who is the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He appears regularly on networks including CNN, CNBC and NPR, and writes regular columns for Kiplinger's Personal Finance and Yahoo! Finance. Siegel's paradox is named ...