Yuri Milner, Founder of DST Global and Wharton MBA Alumnus, talks about the new $10 million gift he and his wife made to Wharton to create the Friends of Israel MBA Fund, which will provide full tuition over the course of the two-year Wharton MBA program for a cohort of more than 60 Israeli students over the next decade. He also discusses venture capital and the future of tech entrepreneurship with Wharton Business Daily’s Dan Loney.
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New Gift to Provide Wharton MBA Education to International Students
Yuri Milner discusses the creation of the Friends of Israel MBA Fund, as well as tech entrepreneurship, innovation
September 16, 2020
• 15 min listen
Updated: September 17, 2020
Yuri Milner discusses the creation of the Friends of Israel MBA Fund, as well as tech entrepreneurship, innovation
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