Princeton University Commencement Speeches

Ben Bernanke delivers a lighthearted commencement address framed as 'Ten Suggestions' rather than commandments, drawing on his experience leaving Princeton for Washington. He reflects on life's unpredictability, the e...

Michael Lewis recounts his unlikely path from Princeton art-history major to Wall Street employee to best-selling author, arguing that luck, more than merit, shaped his success. Drawing on his book 'Moneyball' and a c...

Jeff Bezos draws a distinction between gifts (innate talents like cleverness) and choices (such as kindness), illustrating it with a childhood story in which his grandfather told him it is harder to be kind than cleve...