Benjamin Wong

Advanced to Sophomore Year
Economics and Psychology Majors, UC Berkeley

Entrepreneurship is in Benjamin’s DNA! He spent much of his youth helping his family launch a healthy snack food company and learning how to build a business from the ground up. At the beginning of his high school career, he created four podcasts, hosting more than 100 episodes between them, to teach youth about topics ranging from financial literacy and cryptocurrency to current events impacting the world around them. In his sophomore year, he founded Operation Inspiring America and organized its first annual GivingTuesday-funded school tour introducing community service concepts to more than 4,600 students across 22 schools. He continues to serve as the organization’s Founder and Director and he also recruited other youth leaders who lead service projects in 15 schools across the country. While still only a high school junior in 2023, he became Chief Operating Officer of Kidpreneurs, an interactive academy that teaches children the basic principles of entrepreneurship and financial literacy. And despite juggling these many responsibilities, Benjamin was concurrently enrolled in community college, graduating as his class salutatorian with a perfect 4.0 GPA.

Transitioning seamlessly into life at Berkeley, he has completed business analyst internships with the Berkeley Investment Group, Canteena Partners, and the Sellside Group. He is also Vice President of Programming of The Berkely Forum and still finds time to play intramural soccer. With so many amazing accomplishments already, it came as no surprise that he plans to graduate from Berkely in 2026—a full two years early!