Matt Symonds

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Contributor at Forbes

Co-Founder Fortuna Admissions, MaKiNetwork, & CentreCourt with Poets & Quants; columnist for Forbes, BBC (formerly BusinessWeek, The Economist); rankings expert

Articles

Who Might Be Sitting Next To You In The M7 MBA Classroom?

2 months ago | poetsandquants.com | Matt Symonds |Fortuna Admissions

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. The famous words of hockey player, Wayne Gretzky could also apply to candidates applying to the world’s top business schools. If you don’t take your shot, you will never be admitted. The M7 schools – HBS, Stanford GSB, Wharton, Columbia, Chicago Booth, MIT Sloan, and Northwestern Kellogg – received over 48,000 applications in the 2023/24 MBA admissions cycle.
Which are the best engineering schools in the world?

Aug 29, 2024 | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Matt Symonds

The world’s most valuable companies are all run by engineers. From Apple and Nvidia to Microsoft and Alphabet (Google), all four CEOs studied engineering at undergraduate. Two of the four graduated from leading Indian institutes. All of them continued with graduate studies in the US, whether for a Master’s or an MBA.
As 11 melhores faculdades de engenharia do mundo em 2024

Aug 21, 2024 | forbes.com.br | Matt Symonds

As empresas mais valiosas do mundo são todas administradas por engenheiros. Da Apple e Nvidia a Microsoft e Alphabet (Google), todos os quatro CEOs são graduados em engenharia. E cada um deles continuou com pós-graduação, seja para um mestrado ou um MBA. Tim Cook, o CEO da Apple, cursou Engenharia Industrial na Auburn University e obteve seu MBA na Duke Fuqua. Jensen Huang, da Nvidia, estudou Engenharia Elétrica na Oregon State e depois na Stanford University.
The Ranking Of Engineering School Rankings 2024

Aug 20, 2024 | forbes.com | Matt Symonds

The world’s most valuable companies are all run by engineers. From Apple and Nvidia to Microsoft and Alphabet (Google), all four CEOs studied undergraduate engineering. Each of them continued with graduate studies, whether for a Master’s or an MBA. Tim Cook, the CEO at Apple pursued Industrial Engineering at Auburn University and got his MBA from Duke Fuqua, while Nvidia’s Jensen Yuang studied Electrical Engineering at Oregon State and then Stanford University.
The Ranking Of Engineering School Rankings 2024

Aug 20, 2024 | flipboard.com | Matt Symonds

3 hours agoHard as it may be to imagine, the massive data leak – which appears to include the personal data of everyone in the US, UK, and Canada – was even worse than we thought. In a truly epic security fail, the same data was hosted by a partner company which managed to publish its own passwords, enabling …
Faster, Higher, Stronger In Sport And In Business

Aug 7, 2024 | forbes.com | Matt Symonds

The era of having a single-career is over. It is predicted that Gen Z are likely to have three careers across their lifetime – one more than any previous generation – according to research by Resource Solutions. Though many expect to change careers at some point, for most it is not something they prepare for when they immediately enter the working world – in fact data from Zippia.com shows that the average age for a career change is actually 39 years old.
Cómo las escuelas de negocios están contribuyendo a dar forma al futuro del lujo

Jul 8, 2024 | forbesargentina.com | Matt Symonds

Matt Symonds Colaborador Marcas de peso internacional como Louis Vuitton, Bulgari o Chanel, se están aliando con instituciones educativas para formar talento, desarrollar habilidades y de ese modo gestionar el futuro de la industria. Sin dudas, Bernard Arnault, fundador y CEO de LVMH, desarrolló una gran gestión en el sector del lujo durante los últimos 40 años.
Can The Ideas And Research Of Management Professors Change The World?

Jul 8, 2024 | forbes.com | Matt Symonds

While the influential work of economists is recognized by the Nobel Prize, and mathematicians have the Fields Medal, there is no equivalent for their academic peers in business schools. But don’t underestimate the ability of professors in finance, strategy, marketing and other disciplines to change the way we think, and certainly how we do business.
How Business Schools Are Helping Shape The Future Of Luxury

Jul 4, 2024 | forbes.com | Matt Symonds

It is not enough to have a talented designer; the management must be inspired too. Bernard Arnault, the founder and CEO of LVMH, has certainly brought inspired management to the luxury sector in the past 40 years. With the purchase of a retail conglomerate in 1984, which included the fashion house Christian Dior, he now oversees the LVMH empire of 75 iconic brands across fashion, wines and spirits, watches and jewellery, perfumes and cosmetics, and hospitality.
Using Business School To Explore Your LGBTQ+ Identity

Jun 30, 2024 | forbes.com | Matt Symonds

Business school serves as an inflection point, from both a career and personal perspective. This was particularly true for Ryan Moran. Before starting his MBA at the Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management he was out at work, but still hadn’t come out to everyone in his personal life.