# MasterCard President and CEO Ajay Banga's commencement remarks to MBA students are featured

1 School News May 23, 2014 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_047835.jpg?itok=D0Xtyst1)>

Excerpt from [TopMBA](http://www.topmba.com/blog/nyu-sterns-commencement-and-other-mba-news-snippets) -- "Drawing on his own experiences, Banga spoke of the importance he attaches to diversity for business and leadership. Plus, in a nod to NYU Stern’s torch logo, he ended his commencement address by declaring, 'You’ve been handed a torch to a future of greater diversity and better business that can truly light the way to a better, more equal world.'"

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