2017 Best & Brightest: Benjamin Fouch, Notre Dame (Mendoza)

Benjamin Fouch

University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business

“A Hoosier from the Heartland who caught the business and startup bug.”

Fun fact about yourself: I am related to an original pilgrim from the Mayflower named John Smith!

Hometown: Brownsburg, Indiana

High School: Brownsburg High School

Major: Finance, Political Science

Favorite Business Courses:

• Global Portfolio Management
• Applied Investment Management
• Corporate Financial Management

Extracurricular Activities, Community Work and Leadership Roles During College:

Awards:

• Fulbright Summer Institute Graduate
• Hesburgh-Yusko Scholar
• Kellogg International Scholar
• Lilly Scholar
• National History Club National Newsletter Contributor
• Notre Dame PwC Case Competition Champion
• Notre Dame Deloitte Case Competition Champion
• Beta Gamma Sigma
• Pi Sigma Alpha
• Business Today International Case Competition Runner-Up
• National Outdoor Leadership School Graduate
• Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Language Award of Excellence

Extracurricular Activities:

• Dark Horse Sports Recruiting / Founder

Note: This is a company I began here at Notre Dame. We help high school student athletes get recruited for college while also receiving academic consultations. We now have three employees and a partnership with one of the largest football programs in the country (National Underclassmen Combine)

Read the entire story on the Poets & Quants for Undergrads website.