Jared Cohen ’22 is from West Long Branch, New Jersey. As a business administration and computer science double major, his professional interests include venture capital, quantitative finance, investment management and financial technology. Jared decided to join the Kenan Scholars program to explore how private enterprise can serve the public good and to join a community focused on performing research to support this cross-sector collaboration.

In addition to being a Kenan Scholar, he is also a Carolina Research Scholar, Vice President of Outreach for Moneythink UNC, on the UNC Varsity Fencing Team, and is a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. Jared’s hobbies include reading, writing, data science and fitness. After college, Jared hopes to pursue a career at the intersection of finance and technology.