Junior Achievement empowers young people to own their economic success! Junior Achievement inspires and prepares young people to succeed in the global economy through student programs teaching work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. We seek to build stronger communities around the goals of creating jobs, building stable economies and providing higher standards of living. 140 indidvidual area operations reach more than four million students in the United states, with an additional 3.5 million students served by operations in 114 other countries worldwide.