Magnetar Capital | UChicago Financial Education Initiative
Financially
Empowering
Students
Everywhere
The Initiative
51% of 18-24 year olds wish they had taken personal finance classes in high school. WE WANT TO GRANT THAT WISH.
The Magnetar Capital | UChicago Financial Education Initiative is financially empowering students through high-quality materials, evidence-based approaches, teacher community, and scholarly expertise. Learn more >
Our Impact
Since 2012, Magnetar Academy has used technology, teamwork and competition to help high schoolers increase their financial literacy.
Student participants to date
Student participants to date in
Magnetar Academy Team Challenges
Magnetar Academy
classes to date
Schools have implemented
the program to date
Chicago area teachers trained to
provide financial literacy information
Volunteer participants from numerous
Chicagoland financial firms