Karan Goel is CEO and Co-Founder of PrepMe. Goel was previously a Metcalf Fellow in finance and equity research for The Pritzker Organization (TPO), which oversees Hyatt Hotels, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and other Pritzker family assets. Additionally, Goel has startup and industry experience at college application database firm myTrak and at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In high school, Goel scored a 1530 on his SAT I, a perfect 800 on 4 different SAT II exams and perfect 5s on all 11 AP exams he took, making him a National AP Scholar. In May 2004, he was named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

Goel graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago with a BA in Economics in three years. He immediately went on to business school and graduated Beta Gamma Sigma with an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Finance from the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business.