# Lia Winograd, MBA student and co-founder of Pepper, is featured as part of the Poets & Quants 2019 "Best & Brightest MBAs" list and shares how her grandfather served as a role model for her career as an entrepreneur

1 School News April 29, 2019 ![Forbes logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030508.jpg?itok=SId6k3bx)>

Excerpt from [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/poetsandquants/2019/04/29/meet-the-worlds-top-mba-graduates-this-year/#413c0ec0521e) -- "'I believe that most of the best entrepreneurs out there have to be immigrants like my grandfather,' Winograd explains. 'When you have nothing and you step into a new country, your instinct for survival forces you to be creative and identify market gaps to find a place for yourself.'"

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