An open source guide to launching a career in finance

Craig Thompson is a serial entrepreneur and host of the Breaking Into Finance Podcast. Craig is also the Co-Founder & CEO of Prophet Models and creator of Wharton Partners In Equity case competition. 

Prior to co-founding Prophet Models, Craig spent two years as a private equity investor at KKR, based in New York, and three years in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs, also based in New York. 

He has an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Middlebury College. 

Olivia O'Reilly is a co-host and contributor to the Breaking Into Finance podcast.

She is a rising Junior at Middlebury College where she is majoring in Psychology with a minor in Spanish. Olivia plays on Middlebury's Women's Soccer team and is also a member of the Middlebury Diversity in Business and Middlebury Women on Wallstreet clubs.

Olivia is actively pursuing internships for Summer 2024.

Blaise Siefer is a co-host and contributor to the Breaking Into Finance podcast.


He is a Senior at Middlebury College where he studies Sociology and Spanish. He is a co-founder of Middlebury Men's Club Soccer, a member of MiddVentures, and the former Senior Sports Editor of The Middlebury Campus newspaper. He is also the host of Siefer's Scoop, a podcast focused on the past and present of Middlebury College athletics. 


This summer, Blaise is interning at the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies and is actively pursuing full-time opportunities after graduation in 2024.