Episode 52: Secure Your Bag: From NY to Investment Banking to Harvard Business School w/Triston Francis
In This Episode, Minority Trailblazer Triston shares;
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The Key to Maximizing your Happiness & Productivity
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How to get into Investment Banking
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How he got into Harvard’s School of Business
ABOUT TRISTON
Triston Francis is an M.B.A. Candidate and Student Body Co-President at Harvard Business School (HBS). Prior to HBS, Triston was an Associate on Morgan Stanley’s Multicultural Client Strategy Team, where he assisted a Vice Chairman and Senior Client Advisor in strengthening relationships with Asian, Black and Hispanic clients across all the Firm’s revenue generating divisions. Prior to joining this team, Triston worked within Investment Banking and Sales & Trading.
Triston holds a Bachelor of Science with concentrations in Finance, Legal Studies and Business Ethics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. While at Penn, he served as President of both the Black Wharton Undergraduate Association as well as the African-American Senior Honor Society. He served as a college house resident advisor, as a writing tutor and as a public speaking coach. Triston was one of four students in his graduating class at Penn to be recognized by the University President at graduation for having positively impacted Penn’s campus.
Triston remains actively involved in Penn’s alumni community where he serves as the Penn Alumni Interview Program Co-Chair for Northeastern Prep Schools. In this role, Triston oversees a committee of 200+ Penn alumni that interviewed 1,500+ Penn applicants between 2013 and 2017. He is also active with two nonprofit organizations, Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) and Sponsorship for Educational Opportunity (SEO), which enable underrepresented minorities to maximize their professional success, positioning them to meaningfully give back and serve their communities.