Wharton School of Finance
business schoolPrivate business school
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| Motto | Knowledge for action |
| Formation | 1881 |
| Founder | Joseph Wharton |
| Headquarters | Joseph Wharton |
| Type | Private business school |
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, also known as Wharton Business School, The Wharton School or simply Wharton, is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League university in Philadelphia.
Origins
Established in 1881 through a donation from steel tycoon Joseph Wharton, the Wharton School is the world's oldest collegiate school of business.
Selected Alumni
Wharton school alumni include U.S. President Donald Trump, SpaceX founder Elon Musk, and billionaire investor Warren Buffett. Many current and former CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are also Wharton School alumni, and include a rouges' gallery of companies, like Alphabet Inc., General Electric, Boeing, Pfizer, Comcast, Oracle, PepsiCo and Johnson & Johnson
