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2010 Finalists
Congratulations to the following 6 teams who participated in the 2nd Annual ACG Cup Case Competition finals in Boston on February 23, 2010:

representing F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson:
Ben Corum
Justin Harney
Jay Kasparian
Anastasia Kosnikova
Erin Vierstra
 



representing the Carroll School of Management at Boston College:
Sean Connor
John Mclaughlin
Brian Rice
Siddharth Sanghani
William Snider
 



representing the Boston University School of Management:
Girish Gangadharan
Aditya Giri
Sean Whelan
Nikhil Yardi




representing the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth:
Danner Hickman
Tom Housley
Chris Smith
Wilson Sullivan
Chris Surdoi




representing Harvard Business School:
Greg Feldman
Olafur Johnson
Maximilian Roos
Elizabeth Williamson




representing the MIT Sloan School of Management:
Marta Bezoari
Ian Cox
James Harland
Andrew McCarthy
Josh Templin




the 2010 judging panel:
Ryan Carroll, Charlesbank Capital Partners
Jack Derby, Derby Management
Young Lee, Audax Group
Bill Roman, Harris Williams & Co.
Charlie Yie, Ampersand Ventures
  
 


Congratulations to the 2010 ACG Boston Cup Winning Team
from Harvard Business School! 



Event photos also available here.

 

ACG Boston's 2nd Annual ACG Cup Case Competition!

Round 1: Thursday, February 11, 2010
Round 2 Finals: Tuesday, February 23, 2010



The Boston chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth is proud to host the 2010 Boston ACG Cup Case Competition!  This is the second year ACG Boston will be bringing the nation-wide competition to local Boston business schools.  The competition, which began in Los Angeles, is now held at over 50 business schools throughout the nation.

The ACG Cup is an annual mergers and acquisitions case study competition designed to give students from leading MBA programs real world experience and invaluable insights into mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, and financial advisory services.  Each case study provides students with a unique opportunity to present valuation, capital markets and M&A strategic advice to a panel of senior private equity and investment banking professionals from the Boston area.

Competing teams will be drawn from six leading Boston business schools:

  • Harvard Business School
  • Tuck School of Business
  • MIT Sloan School of Management
  • Boston College Carroll School of Management
  • Boston University MBA
  • Babson College MBA

 

Round 1:

First round competitions will be staged at each participating MBA program.  Each school will field three to five case teams, comprised of three to five students.  Approximately one week prior to the competition date, each team will receive a case study that contains a specific potential strategic transaction (e.g., a company is approached by a potential acquirer).  Using the information provided, each team will develop a recommended course of action that they will present to the panel of judges.  One team from each school will be designated as the winner of Round 1 and will be invited to participate in the Round 2 Finals.
 

Round 2 Finals:

The top team from each school's first round competition will face each other in the final round of the Boston ACG Cup.  Additional information will be provided to the original case study and each team will develop an altered or new recommended course of action that they will present to the panel of judges.  Following the case presentation,s one team will be announced the winner of the 2010 Boston ACG Cup Case Competition. 

Cash prizes will be awarded to the top teams.  Immediately f
ollowing the Round 2 Finals, judges, all Cup participants and the ACG Boston Board of Directors are invited to a cocktail networking reception where the winners will be announced.

 

  
2010 Sponsors
 
Harris Williams & Co. has served the middle market for nearly 20 years.  Their middle market leadership and legacy of sell side execution provide a track record of delivering unmatched results for clients.
 
 
 
 
 
Merrill DataSite is the industry's leading Virtual Data Room Solution.  DataSite compresses M&A deal time, reduces expenses, engages more qualified bidders and maximizes sale price.



2009 Finalists
ACG Boston congratulates and thanks all students and judges who participated in Boston's 1st Annual ACG Cup!  The quality work presented by 2009 participants was outstanding!

The following teams were selected to compete in the ACG Cup Finals on February 26, 2009:

representing Babson:
Anabelle Desangles
Joe Faskha
Dan Gay
Tip Olcott
Sam Vaill


representing Boston College:
Matt Benfer
Matt Kuhnmuench
Kevin McCullough
Jack McManus
Tim Werner



 
representing Boston University:
Saurabh Aggarwal
Sougata Basu
Amit Kumar
Narayanan Raman
 

representing MIT:
Navin Gupta
Jason Kivett
Chad Lovell
Eric Zacharek
 

 
the ACG Cup Finals judging panel:
Jim Beakey, Nautic Partners, LLC
Jeff Bistrong, Harris Williams & Co.
Tom Shields, Shields & Co.
Tibor Toth, Babson Capital Management, LLC
Jim Wilder, Housatonic Partners

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