HISTORY
The Youth About Business Summer Business Camp was created in 1999 to prepare high school students for a visit to the New York Stock Exchange. The program started in Nashville, Tennessee with 24 youth. Last year, more than 600 high school students participated in our Nashville, New York City, Chicago and Houston Summer Business Camps, held at Vanderbilt University, Columbia University, The University of Chicago and The University of Houston.
THE CAMPS
Enrolled students engage in a business competition performing mock mergers and acquisitions. They are taught to research and analyze public companies, and are exposed to financial terminology such as market capitalization, EBITDA, synergy, leverage ratios, and capital structure – many for the first time. They are also challenged to think through their decisions and understand the strategy and due diligence necessary to determine and execute a feasible transaction.
During the negotiations, student teams assume the leadership of their assigned corporation by acting as the executive management committee and begin their research by reading their annual report.
Each student team is advised by area professionals -- including accountants, attorneys, investment bankers, and marketing specialists -- who serve as business consultants to each team. The executives help students understand these very complex transactions, and give them guidance on the proper techniques used when negotiating a merger or acquisition.
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The Summer Business Camp was created in 1999 by Creating an Environment of Success (CES).
Students meet to go over the curriculum and learn about the general business fundamentals. |
