Andrew Foley is a first-year PhD student in the Management and Organizations group at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management. His research interests include competitive strategy, entrepreneurship, and international business. In April 2019, Andrew was named a “Leader of Tomorrow” and semi-finalist for the St. Gallen Symposium’s 2019 “Wings of Excellence” award. Before coming to Cornell, Andrew completed his MBA as an MIT Sloan Dean’s Scholar (Top 5%) in the inaugural class of the Asia School of Business in collaboration with MIT Sloan where he was a full-scholarship recipient. Andrew began his research career as a pre-doctoral fellow at MIT’s Industrial Performance Center (IPC), where he studied the development of Brazil’s Venture Capital industry. Prior to entering academia, Andrew was a 2014 Venture for America fellow. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Oberlin College and the Johns Hopkins University, respectively.