A decade of Business Insider’s Wall Street rising stars

The series has featured bankers and investors associated with the AI boom, traders reshaping markets and business builders at firms including Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, BlackRock and Citadel. Business Insider says many honorees have gone on to lead businesses and influence the direction of the finance industry.

The latest installment is the 2026 Rising Stars of Wall Street, accompanied by coverage of the 25 honorees’ education and early careers, how young financiers are networking beyond golf, and the skills they consider important as AI changes the workplace. The archive also includes lists from 2018 through 2021 and 2025, as well as earlier annual features dating back to the series’ launch.

Follow-up stories track former honorees’ career turns, including Jake Woodson’s first day as a Goldman partner, Morgan Stanley executive Lindsey Coleman’s approach to building relationships and two JPMorgan technology dealmakers who became managing directors. Other profiles cover moves between finance and other industries.

The series also collects advice from young finance professionals on entering the field, avoiding burnout, setting boundaries and adapting skills developed in sports, science and engineering. Its practical coverage ranges from first major purchases after a payday to explaining finance jobs in plain English.