Cole Williamson ’24 is from Nashville, Tennessee. As a Business Administration major, his professional interests include investment banking, real estate, financial consulting, entrepreneurship and the business of healthcare. Cole is excited to be a Kenan Scholar because of the wide range of available opportunity for personal and professional leadership development, the program focus of improving the common good and the ability to pay prosperity forward.

In addition to being a Kenan Scholar, Cole is a member of UNC’s Finance Society, the Real Estate Club, the UNC chapter of Kesem and is an active member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, currently serving as both the scholarship and philanthropy chairman. Cole was also the recipient of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Tennessee Chapter “Student of the Year and National Hero Awards” for his fundraising efforts for cancer research. His hobbies include graphic art and design, health and wellness and basketball.