‘Interested in business?.

Here are some possible career paths you can follow

‘Introductions.
Gursahil Sran
Pre-Business Mentor
2nd Year Mathematics/Economics major

Career goals: Finance, Investment Banking, and

anything data-related.
Extracurriculars:
● Bruin Capital Management
● Undergraduate Business Society (UBS)
● UCLA Stats Club
Hobbies/ interests: Watching movies, going out
with friends, reading
‘Introductions.
Taylor Snellen
Pre-Business Coordinator
4rd year Economics and French double major

Career goals: Marketing, merchandising, or

small-business owner
Extracurriculars:
● Spikeball Club
● Fresh Produce
● Spoon University
● ACA
Hobbies/interests: The environment, drawing,
Spikeball, reselling, entrepreneurship, fashion,
TCGs, anime
 ‘Business at UCLA.
Interestingly enough, UCLA does not offer a formal business major. In
its place, however, is a wealth of different majors and concentrations
that includes, but is not limited to, Business Economics, Economics,
Math/Econ, Financial Actuarial Mathematics and minors like
Accounting and Entrepreneurship.

This can be quite daunting to hear, especially as a new bruin! This is

where PATHS comes in; we hope to provide you with the building
blocks to navigate your interests. Down below are some potential
career paths you can keep your eye on.
‘Investment Banking.
● Proprietary trading: Search for the best opportunities in
the financial markets on their company's behalf
● Market Making: create a market to connect buyers and
sellers if you want to buy certain stocks.
● Mergers and Acquisitions: The timing of the deal, the
structure of the deal, the regulations, screening the target
(due diligence), publicizing.
● Corporate events/ new issue: Help a company that needs to
raise funds by issuing either debt or equity. Includes IPOs
‘Investment Banking Cont..
● Structuring products: combining multiple assets into a
single product, sometimes across different asset classes.
Could be for an org., hedge fund, or an individual
● Research: for companies that need recommendations and
information on macroeconomics variables, politics,
investment strategies, etc.
● Asset Management: managing and investing large sums of
money to get a return over the long run. For pension funds,
charities, etc.
 ‘Consulting.
● Key source of expertise for the business
world, government agencies, and
nonprofit organizations
● Offered a way to help companies build
lasting value
● Generally: Consultants are professionals
who provide expertise to organizations
to help them maximize their profitability
or effectiveness and keep them running
smoothly.
 ‘Accounting.
● Accounting is the recording of financial
transactions
○ Showing when and where money has been spent and
commitments have been made
● Storing, sorting, retrieving, summarizing, and
presenting the results in various reports and
analyses.
● Tax vs Audit will decide if you work for public
accounting or corporate accounting
 ‘Entrepreneurship.
● Entrepreneurs are the people who take risks to start
their own business

● There is no clear academic path to starting a business!

The entrepreneur minor is available to all majors

● For me personally (Taylor), I started a clothing project

in highschool and now I enjoy reselling and
commissioning. Follow what you’re interested in!
 ‘Of course, there’s so much more!.
Business is one those fields that as long as you have an
interest, you can join! We only scratched the surface of the
potential opportunities available. Marketing, sales, social
media, finance, the list goes on! Consider joining PATHS so
that we can help guide you on your unique path :)
‘Contact Information.
Taylor Snellen

● PATHS email: prebusinesscoordinator.paths@gmail.com

● Personal email: taylorsnellen@g.ucla.edu
● Instagram: @tooler_snoolen

Gursahil Sran

● PATHS Email: gursahil.paths@gmail.com

● Personal email: gursahilsran5@g.ucla.edu