Alex Smith, Finance with a concentration in Real Estate, and Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Alex Smith loves finance. As a concurrent degree student, he is pursuing degrees in finance with a concentration in real estate and entrepreneurship and innovation, maintaining a 3.89 grade point average and participating in dozens of professional development opportunities. 

His experiences are impressive. Last summer, as a sophomore, he interned on Wall Street in New York as an investment banking summer analyst, a role that allowed him to collaborate with professionals to conduct financial analyses and evaluations for tech companies in various stages of development. He is a fellow for Diversity Leaders in Finance, a rigorous alternative investments workshop with weekly training sessions related to financial modeling, accounting, and corporate finance. He participated in a Bloomberg Financial Research externship, too, and his resume lists another dozen competitive development experiences with companies such as Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Guggenheim.

Smith’s list of service is equally impressive. He was a vice president of the USF Real Estate Society, where he coordinated weekly meetings. He is a member of the Student Investment Club, where he served as a research associate.  He also is a member of the Accounting Society and has served as an ACE tutor. In his hometown Cancun, Mexico, he volunteers at the National Telethon Center, serving children with severe impairments. In 2022, Smith received the Dean’s Advisory Board Leadership Award from the USF Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance. The annual honor recognizes business students who exemplify strong leadership through serving in leadership roles within the university or involvement in the community.