Greenfield Students Have What it Takes to be CEOs

Sixty-five of the best and brightest high school student “CEOs,” including six from Greenfield High School, competed in the annual Wisconsin JA Business Challenge Championship on April 25 in Sheboygan. 

The tournament was organized by Junior Achievement of Wisconsin and sponsored and hosted by ACUITY. Top teams from across the state advanced to the championship after winning regional events.

Students took on roles as c-suite executives to develop management strategies for a virtual company and product using the JA Titan web-based business simulation. The teams’ business strategies included decision on price, production, marketing, capital investment, along with research and development.

“We believe the Wisconsin JA Business Challenge is a great way for students to build entrepreneurial skills that will serve them well in their future careers.” said Tim Greinert, President of Junior Achievement of Wisconsin. “They may have learned some of these economic and business concepts in class but the Business Challenge provides the added emphasis of learning how to express their viewpoints and strategies for success as part of a high performing team.”

The top performing teams earned $3,000 in scholarships for post-secondary education and other great prizes including gift cards for Kohl’s Department Stores. 

One of Greenfield’s two teams was a consolation winner behind the top-three place winners from Rice Lake, Sheboygan Falls and Roncalli high schools. Greenfield’s Annie Chan, Srinidhi Emkay and Touger Vang each received a $100 Kohl’s gift card for their efforts.

Greenfield other team consisted of Kevin Klar, Matt Braatz and Sirajaldeen Shakir.

• For more on how the Greenfield teams qualified for the championship, check out this previous Patch story.