Wharton School

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The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania offers MBA students exposure to entrepreneurship through acquisition via its finance and entrepreneurship departments. Wharton's curriculum includes courses on leveraged buyouts, private equity, and small business management that are directly applicable to the search fund model. The school's Entrepreneurship Club has an ETA-focused subgroup that organizes panels with search fund investors, site visits to acquired businesses, and workshops on deal structuring. Wharton's deep finance expertise gives students strong skills in valuation, capital structure, and deal negotiation. The school's alumni network spans both traditional private equity and search fund investing, providing graduating searchers with warm introductions to potential capital partners. Wharton has seen steady growth in students pursuing search funds upon graduation.