Cengiz C.
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Helping domestic and international students get into their dream schools
Studied at Stanford Graduate School of Business
Works at Bridgewater Associates
Available tomorrow at 10:00 PM UTC
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Cengiz’s College Qualifications
Open to working with clients outside the U.S.
Coached 6 students with successful placements in their dream school thus far - taking a personalized approach considering their personal stories, extracurricular achievements, and academic acumen to find and place the students at the right fit.
Cengiz can help with:
Editing
Ding Analysis
School Selection
Secondary Review
Application Strategy
Essays
Resume
Cengiz also coaches for MBA and Venture Capital. View all.
About Cengiz
I graduated from Harvard College, cum laude with High Honors, where I pursued both an academic track in social sciences and a business track. I got into Stanford GSB through their deferred enrollment in my senior year. I worked in banking, management consulting, venture capital before business school, interned in growth equity and now am working at a global hedge fund. Both Harvard and Stanford GSB have been some of the most incredible years of my life and I would love to assist you experience the same joy of being in these institutions where literally and figuratively "everything can happen." College applications and MBA admissions are stressful and high-stakes processes. I have been there and felt the same. It would be a pleasure to help you in your unique journey of of trying to figure out which schools are the best fit for your goals and to make sure that they are able to see and to appreciate your story and what you can bring to their campuses. I have worked with a variety of domestic and international students to help them articulate their stories better, highlight what truly matters to them and why, and be prepared for the exciting journey ahead of them. Reach out if you have any questions, I'm excited to get to know you!
Why do I coach?
Access to opportunities should not be reserved for the select few and be distributed as broadly as possible - that is why I'm particularly passionate to coach folks coming from underrepresented backgrounds to diversify the pipeline to educational and professional opportunities in elite institutions.
Work Experience
Investor
Bridgewater Associates
September 2023 - Present
Investing with our global macro strategy.
Investor
Glade Brook Capital
2022 - 2022
Investing in late stage technology, media, and entertainment companies out of our latest global growth private equity fund.
Investor
Picus Capital
2021 - 2021
Got to meet and invest in incredible early-stage fintech, e-commerce, web3 and SaaS founders with bold ideas from all around the globe. Closed three investments (two seed and one Series B), advised a portfolio company CEO closely, and spearheaded firm-wide initiatives.
Senior Consultant
ReD Associates
2018 - 2021
Advised C-suites of Fortune 500 companies, governments, and NGOs to help them overcome some of their most pressing strategic challenges. Some experiences include: - Leading the re-org of one of the world's largest B2B organic materials manufacturers, - Revamping product, sales and marketing strategy for a leading MedTech - Advising a Fortune 100 financial services provider in developing their latest offering - Developing in-house soft power capabilities for a top governmental agency - Devising a European go-to-market strategy for the CEO of a luxury player
Summer Business Analyst
Goldman Sachs
2017 - 2017
Global Portfolio Solutions (GPS): Provided long-, medium-, and short-term investment strategies to sovereign wealth funds, endowments, corporates, and foundations.
Education
Stanford Graduate School of Business
MBA
2021 - 2023
Leadership for Society Scholar Markowski-Leach Scholar BOLD Fellow ROMBA Fellow Point Foundation Grantee Investor - Kudla Fund ($1.6M+ in Public Equities) Stanford GSB Impact Fund - Fintech Team (investing in DeFi) TALK Coach
Harvard University
BA
2014 - 2018
cum laude with High Honors Joint Concentration in Social Anthropology and Government Secondary in Philosophy Language Citation in Mandarin Chinese Class Marshal Senior honors thesis: “Capitalist Ethics of the Halal Economy: Islamic Finance in Malaysia,” winner of the Clyde-Kluckhohn Prize and Mansfield-Wefald Thesis Prize.
Cengiz was also personally admitted to
Yale University
Princeton University
Brown University
Cornell University
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