By Kent Bernhard, Jr., recently featured on Portfolio.com

They’re converging this week from around the globe, from Russia, from South Africa, and more than a dozen other countries.

For Kevin Langley, a veteran Louisiana entrepreneur, the 30 young people who have built businesses while students represent the the next wave of entrepreneurship. The student business people are descending on the New York Stock Exchange starting Thursday afternoon for an intense competition, the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA), run by the Entrepreneurs Organization, the group Langley leads as global chairman.