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Winners of NI Make Your Mark Challenge 2009 Tour the New York Stock Exchange | |||
“NYSE Euronext welcomes these talented and gifted young entrepreneurs to the New York Stock Exchange,” said Duncan Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext. “NYSE Euronext is committed to enterprise in Northern Ireland and to encouraging young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity in order to fuel economic growth.”
The students visited key locations in lower Manhattan including the New York Stock Exchange, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Museum of Finance. During their visit to the New York Stock Exchange, the students were given a tour of the trading floor followed by a question and answer session with Duncan Niederauer, CEO of NYSE Euronext.
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About Make Your Mark
Make Your Mark is the UK’s largest enterprise challenge for 14-19 year olds. Its aim is to increase the entrepreneurial ambition of young people and improve their enterprise capabilities. The Make Your Mark Challenge is run by Enterprise UK, www.enterpriseuk.org/makeyourmark is funded locally by Invest Northern Ireland and sponsored by the Department of Education.
Make Your Mark is the UK’s largest enterprise challenge for 14-19 year olds. Its aim is to increase the entrepreneurial ambition of young people and improve their enterprise capabilities. The Make Your Mark Challenge is run by Enterprise UK, www.enterpriseuk.org/makeyourmark is funded locally by Invest Northern Ireland and sponsored by the Department of Education.
The competition was held during Global Entrepreneurship Week (16-20 November 2009). Working in teams, more than 1,400 local students representing 42 post primary schools and colleges were given just 24 hours to develop a profitable, original business idea inspired by something local which would minimize any impact on the environment.
Sixteen shortlisted teams presented their business ideas to a panel of industry experts including representatives from Invest NI and NYSE Euronext. The winner in the age 14-16 category winner was Christian Brothers School, Omagh and the winner of the age 16-19 category was Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch.
Both teams then had an opportunity to pitch to a top panel of judges in London with students from across the UK at the Make Your Mark national final. Judges included Will King, entrepreneur and founder of global toiletry brand King of Shaves, Channel 4 News Business Correspondent Benjamin Cohen and the British Council’s Philip Goodwin.
The group of Assumption Grammar School students narrowly missed out on the top UK prize, finishing third in the 16-19 age category of the national final after battling it out against 11 other teams from around the UK. (Source: Invest Northern Ireland)
Invest Northern Ireland
Invest Northern Ireland works with individuals, companies and organisations in manufacturing and tradable services which show the ambition and commitment to grow by being more innovative, more entrepreneurial and more internationally focused.
Invest Northern Ireland works with individuals, companies and organisations in manufacturing and tradable services which show the ambition and commitment to grow by being more innovative, more entrepreneurial and more internationally focused.
Invest NI’s resources are focused on assisting our clients to improve competitiveness, increase innovation, promote a stronger international focus and create more positive attitudes to enterprise.
Invest NI’s full range of support and services are delivered through local offices in Belfast, Coleraine, Ballymena, Craigavon, Londonderry, Newry, Enniskillen and Omagh, and an international office network. (Source: Invest Northern Ireland)
About NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With more than 8,000 listed issues, NYSE Euronext's equities markets – the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE Amex, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca – represent nearly 40 percent of the world's equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, the leading European derivatives business and the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index, and is the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index and Fortune 500. For more information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com.
NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With more than 8,000 listed issues, NYSE Euronext's equities markets – the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE Amex, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca – represent nearly 40 percent of the world's equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, the leading European derivatives business and the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index, and is the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index and Fortune 500. For more information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com.
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