Where Business Insider's 2025 Rising Stars of Wall Street went to college — and how they got their start

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Hand placing the final piece of a paper pie chart, surrounded by a Wall Street sign and falling graduation caps.

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My sister and I were raised to be entrepreneurs and started a business together. We keep each other's egos in check.

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Bobby and Brianna Bitton
Bobby and Brianna Bitton are siblings and cofounders of women's health brand O Positiv.

Photo credit: O Positiv

I called myself 'James' on my résumé and finally got a job. Here's why I've started using my birth name again at work.

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Mwangi Wanjau standing in front of a mountain in Alberta, Canada.
Mwangi Wanjau changed the name on his résumé to James M. Wanjau to land jobs.

Courtesy of Mwangi Wanjau

The 1 quality that successful leaders share, according to a behavioral scientist

Tech Insider : Business
A man in a gray sweater sits in front of a book shelf, holding a red book open
Behavioral scientist and author Jon Levy's latest book is out on Tuesday.

Michael Weschler

CEOs are all in on AI — even if no one knows what comes next

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Workers in downtown Manhattan

BI/Momo Takahashi

I am an AI scientist at Amazon Web Services. It's not too late to get a Ph.D. in AI.

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Girik Malik is standing in front of a whiteboard in his office.
Girik Malik, 30, is an applied scientist at Amazon Web Services. He told Business Insider that a Ph.D. in AI will become more valuable, not less, as the technology becomes more prevalent.

Girik Malik

We retired early and teach a course on financial independence. These are 5 mistakes we keep seeing people make.

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Alan and Katie Donegan
The Donegans on 5 common mistakes people make on their path to financial independence.

Alan and Katie Donegan

Bali made sense for business. Moving back to the US was right for our family — for now.

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Carey Bentley posing near rice fields in Bali.
Carey Bentley left her corporate job in Los Angeles and started a company in Bali.

Provided by Carey Bentley

AI is reshaping the tech job market. These are the top roles in demand and the jobs most at risk.

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Employees working at a Google office in San Francisco
Employees working at a Google office in San Francisco

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I moved from Spain to the US for work. I like the American emphasis on business and the Spanish emphasis on family.

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Eduardo Cosentino moved to the US at age 28 to expand the family business

Courtesy of Eduardo Cosentino

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