Where I'm Going.
Fund management, then a vineyard. The path between those two things is exactly as deliberate as it sounds.
Where I'm applying
- Cal Poly SLO Business Economics + Data Analytics Strong applied-learning culture. You build things here, you don't just study them.
- UC Davis Business Economics + Viticulture & Enology minor The only school where the finance track and the vineyard track live in the same building.
- UC Berkeley Business / Haas + Data Analytics Haas is one of the best direct pipelines into finance in the country. The ceiling is worth shooting for.
The arc
- Near term College
Business Economics major with a Data Analytics focus. A Viticulture & Enology or Film/Production minor if the schedule allows. Both are part of the larger picture.
- Early career BlackRock internship
I have a family connection that opens the door. What I bring through it is seven years of self-directed market study, a real portfolio, and a framework I've actually tested.
- Building Data analyst → senior analyst
Learn how institutional capital moves at scale. Build the quantitative depth and pattern recognition that fund management actually requires, not just the title.
- The goal Fund manager
Capital allocation at scale, with full conviction behind every position. That's the thing I've been working toward since I was ten years old.
- The endgame The vineyard
Where the two worlds finally meet. The same patience it takes to hold a position through volatility is the patience it takes to wait for a vintage. I want to build something that outlasts a career.
"The vineyard isn't a retirement plan. It's the proof that you built something worth slowing down for."