Random Walks - South Africa

Overview

Itinerary Description

This trip is a long-time favorite. Start off in Johannesburg with visits to Soweto Township plus a two-night safari in the malaria-free Waterberg region of Limpopo Province. Hope you spot the big five! End the trip in Cape Town where you will see the major sites and visit the nearby wine region. Students find the culture and nightlife in Cape Town to be a highlight.

Preliminary Itinerary*

Dates: Thursday, August 29 to Saturday, September 7, 2024

View the South Africa itinerary via WorldStrides.

*Activities and hotel selections subject to change.

KEY DATES

April 19
Random Walks Fair

April 22
Virtual Random Walks Fair

April 22
Online registration opens

April 25
Trip registrations suspended

April 26
Waitlist registration begins

Late May
Trip notifications

Mid June
Waitlist placements begin

Late June
Waitlist registration deadline

August 29- Sept 3:
Trips depart

Trip Leaders

Malcolm Wright

E-mail: mwrigh10@chicagobooth.edu

Hometown: Decatur, GA

Undergrad College: Georgia Tech

Undergrad Major: Economics

Work Experience: Technology Consulting, Venture Capital

Booth Concentrations: Finance, Operations, Entrepreneurship

2023 Random Walk: Argentina

Hobbies: Strength Training, Reading, Cooking

Fun Facts:
● Earned a Black Belt in Taekwondo
● Random Walk 2023 marked my first trip to South America
● Competed in Booth’s VCIC
● Most likely to take Karaoke to seriously
● Half Jamaican, on my mother’s side

Name: Jake Norton

E-mail: jnorton2@chicagobooth.edu

Hometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan

Undergrad College: University of Michigan

Undergrad Major: Economics and Philosophy

Work Experience: Teach For America, Education Consulting

Booth Concentrations: Economics, Strategic Management 2023 Random Walk: Argentina

Hobbies: Hanging out with Darby

Fun Facts: I can quote the entirety of The Incredibles, I have a tattoo of a Looney Toons character, and I have almost certainly changed more diapers than you have.

Darby Nicole Mishra

E-mail: darby.mishra@chicagobooth.edu

Hometown: Macon, GA

Undergrad College: Yale University

Undergrad Major: History of Science and Medicine

Work Experience: eCommerce, semiconductors, and couches

Booth Concentrations: Marketing, Entrepreneurship 2023 Random Walk: Argentina

Hobbies: mystery novels, Dungeons & Dragons (watching and playing), talking about my middle school crushes, taking Polaroids, drinking milk, holding babies and other small critters, baking, running (jogging, really)

Fun Facts:

● I have a 100% success rate for escape rooms
● I learned to ride a bike last year!
● I have seen all the Fast and Furious movies at least 3 times each (and walked down the aisle to See You Again)
● I wrote a Jane Austen-style novel just for fun

Mohini Vembusubramanian

E-mail: mvembusu@chicagobooth.edu

Hometown: It’s complicated, but I moved to Chicago from San Francisco

Undergrad College: UCLA (go bruins!!)

Undergrad Major: Economics and statistics

Work Experience: Consulting, Data science at health tech Booth Concentrations:MBA/MPCS Dual Degree

2023 Random Walk: Argentina

Hobbies: Panic-watching Boston sports (see pic on top right from Celtics-Heat Game 7), being vegetarian, taking public transportation, and playing as much tennis as the Chicago winter allows for

Fun Facts: I can be found on Serena Williams’ IG, own menus from all 12 months of monthly flavors at Salt & Straw (my favorite ice cream place), have successfully hit a tweener exactly once (iykyk), and also love hanging out with Darby (given that’s she’s in 4/6 of my photos)