Two words have guided Jack Shepherd since his first days at USF: attitude and effort. What began as a personal reminder quickly became a standard he carried into classrooms, teams, and leadership roles.
Arriving at the Muma College of Business, Shepherd set an ambitious goal early: break into investment banking. He paired that ambition with execution.
As a freshman, he secured two internships simultaneously after persuading firms to consider underclassmen — a venture capital role at DeepWork Capital and a business development position at AI startup bundleIQ. At DeepWork, he was the firm’s first intern; it has since built into a formal internship program.
He continued building momentum. At Comvest Partners, a private equity and private credit firm with over $15 billion in assets under management, he worked on live deals that sharpened his investment experience.
The following summer, he earned a front-office investment banking internship at Stifel in New York, becoming the first USF undergraduate to do so at the firm. His performance led to a full-time offer.
Alongside his internships, Shepherd maintained a 3.9 GPA and invested over 1,000 hours in the USF Investment Club, leading teams and mentoring peers. He also broadened his global perspective by studying abroad last semester in Sydney, Australia, at the University of New South Wales.
After graduating in May, Shepherd will join Stifel as an analyst, proving that attitude and effort do go a long way.