Brian P. Golson ’92
Brian Golson is a devoted Tar Heel who has made substantial contributions to his alma mater and its students. As a co-managing partner and co-CEO of Parthenon Capital, he has worked tirelessly to help students translate their academic accomplishments into successful and rewarding careers. Most notably, he was one of the original thought partners in creating Honors Carolina’s highly successful Silicon Valley Maymester course and a parallel Silicon Valley internship program. He has been generous in coaching students and helping them reach their goals by creating internship opportunities, hiring recent graduates, and encouraging dozens of other alumni to do the same.
Mr. Golson is passionate about recruiting top undergraduate students to Carolina and led the effort in 2015 to create the Honors Carolina scholarship program. The scholarships provide not only full financial support, but also mentorship opportunities with members of the faculty and scholarship benefactors. Mr. Golson was among the first to fund an Honors Carolina Scholarship and has since encouraged many other donors to support the initiative. To date, his family has funded two scholarships.
Since 2020, he has served as co-chair of the Honors Carolina Advisory Board. In that capacity, he helped Honors Carolina close the recent capital campaign with record-breaking results.
Mr. Golson has also served Carolina as a board member for the Rams Club and as a founding advisory board member for the Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, which fosters collaboration among researchers from multidisciplinary fields who share an interest in developing innovative solutions for managing financial risks.
