Atul Raguveer (Fin’22)
Investment Banking Analyst, Morgan Stanley
Atul Raguveer is not the first person to question the value of high-school student government. But he might be the first to do so after serving four years with Leeds Student Government, including a term as president.
“It’s shown me a lot about leadership,” he said. “It’s interesting to see who I was as a freshman, to who I am now, and knowing LSG was this constant that shaped how I work with people, relate to others and be a part of the community.”
You might think he’s off to a future in politics, but Raguveer has long had his eye on finance, specifically investment banking. He’s well known as LSG president, but is just as passionate about Global Platinum Securities, a low-profile student fund with members across eight prestigious schools, including Harvard, the London School of Economics and the University of Pennsylvania.
“It’s a lot of fun learning how to invest alongside some of the smartest people in the country,” he said.
That eagerness to develop a network has been a recurring theme for Raguveer since his freshman year, when he went on an industry trek to New York and got to meet leaders at the major finance companies. He credits his willingness to put himself out there with landing a coveted internship as a summer analyst with Morgan Stanley; it was his third as a Leeds student.
“The alumni network for investment banking is small, but very strong,” Raguveer said. “There’s no chance I would have gotten into Morgan Stanley without the Leeds network.”
While at Morgan Stanley, he took it upon himself to work closely with the bank’s mergers and acquisitions team in the tech division, where he’ll return after graduating this spring.
“It’s a lot of fun learning how to invest alongside some of the smartest people in the country.”
Atul Raguveer (Fin’22)
“On top of the other work I had to do, I built a fully operational merger model between two public companies,” he said. “That was something I’m really proud of. I’m really looking forward to going back.”
When he makes it back to New York, he expects to continue exploring a city he loves, along with finding time to play basketball—and hopefully resume his other hobby, saltwater fish tanks.
“I actually had a company in high school selling high-end saltwater fish to high-net-worth clients,” he said. “I sold it last year, but now I’m dreaming of getting a big tank in the near future.”