Yale School of Management - Alumni Leaders

"Yale School of Management made an immediate and lasting impact on me, both professionally and personally. While at Yale SOM, I benefited immensely from my tutelage under several top scholars; two of them, David Cromwell and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, were instrumental in shaping my company, Veritas Prep. I learned just as much from my dynamic classmates, forging relationships that will last a lifetime. I am pleased to report that I regularly meet with more than a dozen of them to this day."

Chad Troutwine is co-founder and owner of Veritas Prep, a recognized leader in standardized test preparation and graduate school admissions consulting. Veritas Prep is located in Malibu, California, but operates in sixty cities around the world and employs more than 150 graduates from the world’s elite MBA programs. Veritas Prep is the third largest GMAT preparation company in the United States.

In addition, Chad has founded or co-founded several thriving start-up ventures, including Spectrum Holdings, a leading developer of loft-style historic renovations, and Arrival Cinema, a feature film production company. Chad’s films have premiered at the Sundance, Toronto, and Cannes film festivals, starring actors James Woods, Nick Nolte, Christina Ricci, Vince Vaughn, and Natalie Portman, as well as directors Joel and Ethan Coen and Mike Figgis.

Chad is an attorney and received his MBA from the Yale School of Management. While attending Yale SOM, Chad represented the school in the annual debate against the Harvard Business School and delivered the final presentations in several award-winning business plan competitions. In recognition of his achievements, Forbes magazine named Chad their Forbes Future Capitalist for 2002.