Patrick Martinchek
Patrick Martinchek
Stanford's Graduate School of Business is the most selective MBA program in the world, accepting only 7% of the people who apply. Harvard accepts 12%. It's ranked 1st by US News and Business Insider, and 2nd by the Financial Times.
Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, it's surrounded by the companies and minds that have created some of the most influential companies in the world.
Students don't just come to get a job that pays more after school, but to create disruptive companies and change the world. We've picked out some of the most impressive students there right now.
They include a former NASA engineer who worked on the Mars Rover; the deputy campaign manager for Julian Castro, last year's keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention; and the youngest fine art specialist ever employed by Christies.
Their dreams are as impressive as their experience. From disrupting health care and law to creating artificial intelligence machines, all of these students plan to have a serious impact.