IEO 2026: Team USA wins gold, silver and bronze

Medals and other results

Gold

Eli Orbach

Silver

Praneeth Annapureddy

Bronze

Jesse Zhang

Other recognitions

• Honorable Mention (Best in Economics): Result and recipient: Eli Orbach
• IEOx Youth Talks: Result and recipient: Finalist: Utsav Sunil Kumar
• Team business case: Result and recipient: Sixth place

Sixth place refers to the team business-case competition, not an overall IEO rank. The medals are individual awards to the named students.

The five-member delegation

The delegation comprised Praneeth Annapureddy, Shashank Madala, Eli Orbach, Utsav Sunil Kumar and Jesse Zhang. The medal count and delegation size describe different records; all five were listed for the team business-case result.

How USAEBO connects to IEO

USAEBO selects eligible students for Team USA through two online individual rounds. IEO is a separate international competition with its own syllabus, scoring and team business case. The results reported here are IEO 2026 results, distinct from awards in the two USAEBO rounds.

For a next step after this historical results report, read the 2027 registration and exam guide and check general entry eligibility separately from Team USA selection eligibility. These results do not predict next-season selection or awards.

Original records and further reading

The two-page press release in our library is dated July 20, 2026; the competition website’s announcement is dated July 21. The library also holds the published USAEBO Round 2 award list, IEO syllabus, economics and finance papers, and business-case materials.