BlackGen History
The year BlackGen Capital was founded at Cornell University
What is 2019?
This is the primary market index for the 500 largest publicly traded companies in the U.S.
What is the S&P500?
The year BlackGen was founded at Michigan
What is 2020?
Hosts of the past BlackGen national conferences
Who are Warburg Pincus (2024), Jefferies (2023), JP Morgan (2022)?
In 2008, this major financial services firm declared bankruptcy, triggering a global financial crisis
What is Lehman Brothers?
This person served as VP communications for our chapter for 2023
Who is Isabelle Ajdiou
Hosts of the 3 BlackGen national conferences
Who are Warburg Pincus (2024), Jefferies (2023), JP Morgan (2022)?
Contract giving holder the right, to buy or sell an asset at a specified price before a certain date
What is an option?
Names and positions of current Eboard members
Who are Presidents: Jose & Sterling, Education: Devon & Blake, Recruitment: Kevin, Finance: Clare, Communications: Ryan, PR: Trey, Marketing: Kennedy
Name the 10 BlackGen chapters nationwide
What is 10 (Cornell, Michigan, Columbia, USC, Yale, Georgetown, Penn, UChicago, Princeton, NYU)?
This act, passed in 1933 during the Great Depression, separated commercial banking from investment banking to prevent conflicts of interest
What is the Glass-Steagall Act?
The two stocks that Michigan pitched to win the past two blackgen stock competitions
NYSE:IHS and NYSE:VVX
Names and positions of the BlackGen founding national board
What are: Ermias Tadesse (CEO), Cheick Camara (CEO), Yasmin Watt (COO), and Savannah Holsey (CPO)?
This event from the Netherlands in 1637 is considered the first recorded bubble, centered around the prices of this flower
What are Tulips? (Tulip Mania was the event)
The names of all past BlackGen Michigan presidents
Who are Omar Elrashid, Roman Rhone, Rita Brooks, Chris Davenport, Christian Nuckolls, Jose Dasilva, and Sterling Cooke