Jimmy Zhang

Jimmy Zhang
  • Doctoral Student

Contact Information

  • office Address:

    2052 SH-DH
    3620 Locust Walk
    Philadelphia, PA 19104

Overview

Jimmy Zhang is a first-year PhD student in the Management department studying entrepreneurial formation and scaling, human capital, and technology and coordination. He holds a B.A. in Economics with Distinction and a M.S. in Statistics from Stanford University. Jimmy has worked in management consulting at McKinsey, product strategy at Google, and competitive market strategy at Meta.

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