Who's Who in Business
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Binghamton University
School of Management
100
Former co-founder and previous CEO of Apple who helped design innovative technology products.
Who is Steve Jobs?
100
The value of everything a company owns and uses to conduct their business.
What are assets?
100
This vehicle manufacturer was recently discovered to be violating EPA emission standards in their diesel cars
What is Volkswagen?
100
This bearcat likes to walk around campus and reward students who show their pride.
Who is Baxter?
100
Name two concentrations available within SOM.
What is Finance, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Quantitative Finance, Supply Chain Management, and Global Management.
200
According to Forbes in 2009, he is the world's second richest man, one of the most renown investors, and the current CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
Who is Warren Buffett?
200
A formal agreement to do work for pay.
What is a contract?
200
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) reached this milestone value on January 25th, 2017 for the first time in the index's history.
What is 20,000?
200
This is an area where students frequently go to grab lunch/dinner as well as hang out with friends and even study.
What is the Marketplace?
200
This office is where you go for all of your scheduling needs and any academic related questions.
What is Advising?
300
Steel industry magnate during the industrialization period, eventually becoming one of the wealthiest men in our country's history who donated money to build over 2,500 libraries.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
300
Someone who organizes, manages, and takes on the risk of starting a new business.
Who is an entrepreneur?
300
This smartphone app surpassed Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp to become the most actively used smartphone app in the summer of 2016.
What is Pokemon GO?
300
This is something you should carry on you at all times to get into your dorm, pay for food, and be able to take the bus.
What is student ID card?
300
This resource is available only to SOM students who want help finding a job, getting their resume critiqued, or having a mock interview.
What is the SOM Career Services?
400
This woman is an American economist currently serving as the chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Who is Janet Yellen?
400
This is the point where revenues equals expenses and profit is zero.
What is the break-even point?
400
This tech company underwent an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on March 2, 2017 that valued the company at $28.3 billion.
What is Snap Inc?
400
This is the recreational center students use to work out, take fitness classes, swim, and play basketball.
What is the East Gym?
400
This donor has contributed greatly to SOM and our Trading Room is even named after him.
Who is Mark Zurack?
500
These two individuals are the CEOs of Alibaba and Amazon respectively, the two largest e-commerce companies in the world.
Who are Jack Ma and Jeff Bezos?
500
It is a two word term that is synonymous with profits.
What is bottom-line?
500
This person became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after previous Prime Minister David Cameron stepped down following "Brexit."
Who is Theresa May?
500
The walkway that goes around all of campus is referred to as this body part due to its shape.
What is the brain?
500
These four classes are the pre-requisites for the core SOM courses.
What is Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics, and Calculus?
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