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Julie and Ken Moelis Give $5 Million to Wharton Sports Business initiative
In one of the largest contributions
ever given to
support research on the
business of sports, alumni Julie Taffet Moelis, W’81,
and Kenneth D. Moelis,
W’81,WG’81, recently gave
a $5-million gift to support
the Wharton Sports
Business Initiative (WSBI).
Led by Wharton professor
Kenneth Shropshire, the
WSBI is a research and executive
education think
tank that focuses on the
sports industry through educational
programs, corporate
partnerships, student
consulting assignments,
global outreach, and research.
WSBI also partners
with Wharton Executive
Education in running the
NFL Business Management
and Entrepreneurial
Program, which assists NFL
players in preparing for their
post-playing careers. One
hundred and fourteen NFL
players from teams across
the nation recently participated
in the program.
“Through their gift, the
Moelis family will help us to
take our research to the next
level, which will enhance
the School’s position as a
global thought leader in this
field,” Shropshire said.
The Moelis family has a
strong legacy at Wharton.
Ken currently serves on the
School’s Board of Overseers
and is chief executive officer
of Moelis & Company,
an investment bank he
founded in July 2007. Ken’s
father, Herb, W’53, and
two siblings, Ron, W’78,
and Cindy, W’83, also
graduated from Wharton.
Currently, the couple’s eldest
sons, Jordan and Cory, attend the School.
In 2002, Julie and Ken
Moelis made a substantial
contribution to support
the construction of Jon M.
Huntsman Hall. More recently,
they established an
endowed scholarship for
Wharton undergraduates.
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