Poets & Quants Names Yoguchi As A 2025 Best & Brightest MBA

Hiro Yoguchi, MBA ’25, said he chose Texas McCombs because of its world-class resources in his areas of interest, its small Japanese student population (allowing him to experience being a minority), and its warm climate.

During the spring, Poets & Quants picked Yoguchi as one of its Best & Brightest Class of 2025.

“McCombs felt like a community of driven yet humble individuals, or as I like to say, ‘nice guys with ambition.’ It was easy to picture myself thriving in this environment,” he said.

His favorite professor was John Doggett, a professor of instruction in the Rosenthal Department of Management. Yoguchi said Doggett’s intense courses provided the academic rigor he was looking for. “Even with thorough preparation, his thought-provoking questions often leave students struggling to respond immediately,” he said. “I was so inspired by his teaching that I took every class he offered and worked alongside him as a teaching assistant.”

Yoguchi, who said he also loves traveling the world and drinking great coffee, tried out for a local adult baseball league and made the team as a first-round draft pick. 

Upon graduation, he was set to return to Hitachi as a business development manager in the Water and Environment Sales & Marketing Division.