Team
Directors
Charles Cheung
Plano, TX
Business Honors & ECE Honors
Class of 2027
Charles is a junior majoring in ECE Honors and Business Honors. This past summer, he interned as a commodities trading analyst at CCI and will be interning as a trader at IMC in Australia this winter. In his free time, he enjoys fishing, grinding Zetamac, and trying to make money on Kalshi.
Lucy Ma
Bellaire, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2027
Lucy is a junior majoring in Business Honors and Finance, minoring in Real Estate. This past summer, she interned at Hudson Advisors in Dallas doing real estate private equity. Next summer, she will be interning at Sculptor Capital Management in NYC on their real estate team. In her free time, Lucy enjoys fishing in nearby lakes, trying new cafes, and playing with her cats.
Shrey Patel
McAllen, TX
Finance
Class of 2027
Shrey is a junior majoring in Finance. This past summer, he interned at Blue Owl Capital in Chicago. Next summer, he will be interning in NYC as a private equity summer analyst at Stellex Capital. In his free time, you can find him playing volleyball, listening to his 190 tracks “The Weeknd” playlist, or exploring new coffee shops around Austin.
Seniors
Anish Palakurthi
Austin, TX
Computer Science
Class of 2026
Anish is a senior Computer Science major. This past summer, he interned at Boundary, a Y Combinator startup. In his free time, you can find him playing with his dog Bolt, attempting to learn Go (the board game) with Ryan, tweeting his “takes”, and explaining why pickleball is indeed a sport.
Christine Yuan
Houston, TX
Business Honors & CS Honors
Class of 2026
Christine is a senior double majoring in Computer Science and Business through the CSB Honors Program. This past summer, she interned at Apple as a software engineer. In her free time, she loves dancing, singing, and playing interesting board games with friends.
Irgen Soeriawinata
Houston, TX
Finance & Economics
Class of 2026
Irgen is a senior double majoring in Finance and Economics. This past summer, he interned at an investment bank in Jakarta, Indonesia. When he’s not adjusting his fantasy football lineup, Irgen‘s probably hooping, going out with friends, getting boba, or working out.
Matthew Kolb
Bloomington, IL
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2026
Matt is a senior double majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This summer, he will be headed to NYC as an investment banking summer analyst for Solomon Partners. In his free time, he enjoys mountain biking, waterskiing, snow skiing, and pickleball. You can probably find him riding his street-legal dirt bike around campus.
Mikail Wijesekera
Houston, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2026
Mikail is a senior majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, Mikail interned at Bank of America as a summer analyst in New York. Mikail enjoys golf, tennis, skiing, motor racing, travel, and Cane’s fried chicken.
Nishita Appana
Frisco, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2026
Nishita is a senior majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, she interned at an investment bank in San Francisco and traveled to Boston. Next summer, she will be joining UBS as a summer analyst in New York City. In her free time, Nishita enjoys long-distance running, playing basketball, and going out with friends.
Parker Freeburg
Carrollton, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2026
Parker is a senior BHP & Finance major. This past summer, he interned at UTIMCO and will be interning next summer at Moelis & Company in their New York office. In his free time, you can find him drumming, either trying out Gordon Ramsay recipes or forgetting to meal plan, going on nature walks, and binging video essays.
Ryan Song
Frisco, TX
Finance
Class of 2026
Ryan is a senior majoring in Finance. This past summer, he interned at Sycamore Tree Capital Partners as a Credit Summer Analyst. Next summer, he will be interning at JP Morgan in their SF office. When he’s not at Greg playing basketball, he’s probably golfing, setting his fantasy football lineup, tweeting about the Warriors, or eating a Torta Supreme #4 at Burrito Factory.
Sarah Gelfer
Sugarland, TX
Finance
Class of 2026
Sarah is a senior majoring in Finance. This past summer, she interned at Rockefeller Capital Management and blew all her money on Sweetgreen. Next summer, she will be interning at Moelis & Co. in NYC. In her free time, Sarah can be found learning tennis, watching TV, or perfecting her Austin coffee shop list.
Shrey Shah
Atlanta, GA
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2026
Shrey is a senior double majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, he interned at UTIMCO and finally got around to experiencing Austin. Next summer, he will be interning at Greenhill & Co. in NYC. In his free time, Shrey can be found playing basketball, dominating in FIFA, or "strategizing" in poker.
Juniors
Aashna Gautam
Plano, TX
Finance
Class of 2027
Aashna is a junior majoring in Finance while also pursuing a minor in Business Analytics and Sustainability. She is an incoming summer analyst at JP Morgan in the New York office. In her free time, you can find her trying out every local boba shop, searching for the perfect chili oil noodles, jet-setting to far-flung destinations, dropping way too much on concerts, binge watching sitcoms, or dancing the night away.
Eesha Suri
Southlake, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2027
Eesha is a junior majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, she traveled to Hawaii and worked at various debate camps. In her free time, she enjoys making pasta, playing volleyball, and playing Taboo.
Estela Niño
Houston, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2027
Estela is a junior majoring in Finance. This summer, Estela traveled to Spain to visit family and teach kids how to speak English. She loves cooking and baking with friends and also playing pickleball and lacrosse.
Hudson Sampson
Dallas, TX
Finance
Class of 2027
Hudson is a junior majoring in finance. This summer, he interned on the acquisitions team at Ashford. In his free time, he’s usually lifting, playing tennis, or getting lost on hiking trails in Austin.
Justin Zhu
Plano, TX
Finance
Class of 2027
Justin is a junior majoring in finance. This summer, he interned as an investment banking summer analyst at Capitalyst Advisory Group and traveled to Colorado and Cancun. In his free time, you’ll find him golfing, playing poker, cooking Shrey in Anagrams, and actually cooking.
Vincent Tran
Houston, TX
Finance
Class of 2027
Vincent is a junior majoring in Finance. This past summer, he traveled to New York and interned as an investment banking analyst at Waterbrook Advisors. In his free time, you can find him hanging out with friends, watching Christopher Nolan movies, or playing sports like volleyball and pickleball.
Sophomores
Aarnav Chitari
Austin, TX
Finance
Class of 2028
Aarnav is a sophomore majoring in finance and is part of the Jefferson Scholars program. This past summer, he interned as a summer analyst at Brooklyn Capital Investment Partners in New York. In his free time, you can find him in a movie theater, listening to jazz music, or re-learning how to tie a tie.
Adam Ageeb
Jersey City, NJ
Statistics and Data Science
Class of 2028
Adam is a sophomore majoring in Statistics and Data Science and is part of the Dell Scholars Program. This past summer he toured Sweden and France with his family. In his free time, you can find him playing soccer or pickleball, trying new cuisines, or listening to country music.
Evan Smith
Chicago, IL
Business Honors and Finance
Class of 2028
Evan is a sophomore majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, he studied abroad in Copenhagen through the Business Honors Program. In his free time, you can find him playing tennis or pickleball, trying new restaurants, and cheering for the Chicago Bears.
Hannah Ramos
Dallas, TX
Finance
Class of 2028
Hannah is a sophomore majoring in finance. This past summer, she visited relatives in Mexico and taught kids to swim as a summer league swim coach. In her free time, she enjoys curating Spotify playlists, making kimchi tacos, binge-watching The Office, and raving about Lana Del Rey.
Harrison Lee
Houston, TX
Finance
Class of 2028
Harrison is a Houston native sophomore Business major. This past summer, he spent the better part of his time in an internship in Houston and also traveling to Argentina on a bird hunting trip. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, pool, pickleball, and football. He’s played in a couple Houston area pickleball tournaments and looks to try and get golf up to that level as well.
Leena Ghaben
Houston, TX
Business Honors and Finance
Class of 2028
Leena is a sophomore majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, she interned for the Dhanani Private Equity Group in Houston. In her free time, Leena enjoys trying new restaurants, building random decks on Clash Royale, and praying for the Golden State Warriors.
Meghana Kunapareddy
Katy, TX
Finance
Class of 2028
Meghana is a sophomore majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This summer she interned at KPMG as a finance intern and Deloitte as a strategy consulting intern. In her free time, you can find her binge-watching Criminal Minds, fueling her shopping addiction, sewing half her wardrobe, and buying copious amounts of chocolate chips.
Saharsh Lavu
Plano, TX
Business Honors and ECE Honors
Class of 2028
Saharsh is a sophomore studying Business Honors and ECE Honors. This past summer, he interned at Solyco Capital as a private equity intern and traveled to Turks and Caicos with his hometown friends. In his free time, he enjoys playing basketball or football, listening to Travis Scott (a.k.a the best artist of all time), going to the casino, and opening Pokémon cards.
Shashank Ganta
Gilbert, AZ
Business Honors and CS Honors
Class of 2028
Shashank is a sophomore majoring in Computer Science Honors and Business Honors. This summer he interned full time as an Equity Research Analyst at Revelata and as a Private Equity Intern at Maverick Hill Capital. In his free time, you can catch him playing football, plotting his next meal, or celebrating Christmas regardless of the month.
Shirley Fan
San Francisco, CA
Business Honors and Finance
Class of 2028
Shirley is a sophomore majoring in Business Honors. This past summer, she traveled throughout East Asia with her family. In her free time, you can find her collecting recipes she claims she will make, collapsing bowls on the pottery wheel, and taking extremely long walks.
Sujith Alluru
Leander, TX
Business Honors and CS Honors
Class of 2028
Sujith is a sophomore majoring in Computer Science Honors and Business Honors. This past summer, he interned at Trive Capital, a private equity firm in Dallas. In his free time, he enjoys playing pickleball, trying to win at poker, or enjoying a game of Fortnite.