Program Water Street Private Equity Case Challenge (PECC) A case competition that enables teams to assess the potential for a leveraged buyout of a publicly-listed company.
News 57th Street Design Started by Son in Father’s 57th Street Bookcase Workshop Sam Devenport is carrying on his father’s love of woodworking and is finding fans of his burgeoning furniture company far beyond his native Hyde Park. A little less than a...
News Chicago Booth Team Heads to Oxford for Private Equity Case Challenge Global Finals A team of four students from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business won the 2025 Water Street Private Equity Case Challenge (PECC), earning the opportunity to represent Booth...
News UChicago’s Polsky Exchange Expands Its Commitment to South Side Economic Growth with the Launch of a New Illinois Small Business Development Center The Center will be the first dedicated to supporting professional services and technology entrepreneurs on the south side. The Polsky Exchange at the University of Chicago will soon launch a...
News Small Business Spotlight: With Taylor’s Tacos, West Coast Street Food Finds West Side Community After moving back home to Chicago from California, Taylor Mason missed Los Angeles’ ubiquitous street tacos. She’d get an occasional whiff thanks to a guy who sporadically set up a...
News Hyde Park’s Harper Court Development Now Fully Leased In a milestone that reflects growing economic development in the Hyde Park neighborhood’s historic commercial center, the mixed-use Harper Court development on 53rd Street is now fully leased. The award-winning...
Event Info Session: Water Street Private Equity Case Challenge (PECC) October 7, 2026 The Water Street Private Equity Case Challenge (PECC) is a case competition that enables teams from Chicago Booth to assess the potential for a leveraged buyout of a publicly listed...
Event Application Deadline: Water Street Private Equity Case Challenge (PECC) October 30, 2026 The Water Street Private Equity Case Challenge (PECC) is a case competition that enables teams from Chicago Booth to assess the potential for a leveraged buyout of a publicly listed...
News Two Booth Alums Named Among Private Equity’s ‘Most Influential Women of Today and Tomorrow’ The Wall Street Journal’s Private Equity Analyst has named two University of Chicago Booth School of Business alums, Katie Ossman, MBA ’13, and Amy Christensen, MBA ’11, to its annual...
