By Saket PANDIT,
You know you're pursuing a top MBA when you get to
spend 3 hours listening to the passionate CEO of MasterCard France about his
company and their business strategy. Yes, you read that right. The Global MBA
cohort recently visited MasterCard France headquarters and had the opportunity
to interact with Regis FOLBAUM, who at 37, is one of the youngest CEOs in
France.
Company visits are an insightful complement to our
classroom learning. Over the past 4
months we have honed the business
fundamentals of Strategy, Management Accounting, Economic Policy and more. When
we visit an organization and speak to its top management, we can instantly see
the application of what we just learnt.
Most of us always thought of
MasterCard as a company that simply processed payments. This visit taught us
that in fact, MasterCard is a technology company!
They have invested significant resources into
technologies that will make the processing of trillions of dollars of payments
safer, simpler and more secure.
The presentation itself was extremely detailed, and we
witnessed first-hand a CEO who is completely in charge of his organization. It
was truly wonderful seeing Mr Folbaum speak so knowledgeably and passionately
about his work and how MasterCard is redefining the way payments work across
the world.
All of us were delighted to have visited MasterCard and look forward to the
next company visit.
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