Capitolo Otto is the oldest (and perhaps only) secret society at the Yale School of Management. The order is only one branch in a global web of Illuminati-inspired organizations whose purpose is the establishment of a New World Order. The Yale chapter of this web was reputedly initiated by a handshake in a meeting in Switzerland. Yale's business school is unique among its peers for hosting a secret society. The Yale business school's charter states that its purpose is to educate leaders for both "business and society."

Capitolo Otto's philosophy revolves around trilateral-commission type internationalism and the creation of a New World Order. Capitolo Otto is rumored to be involved with European Illuminati (à la the gnomes of Zurich, who supposedly pull all of the world's strings from Switzerland). The society's name evokes its Alpine roots and suggests ties to the Italian masonic lodge, Propaganda Due, of which Silvio Berlusconi is a member. Rumored alumni include Tim Collins of Ripplewood, Ellis Jones of Wasserstein, and other high-finance types, although it is difficult to know for certain. Capitolo Otto is very secretive and the only solid rumor is that the society has seven members per class. The society picks the most promising students from each class to serve as a vanguard for the New World Order once they have attained positions of power in the business and political realms years after graduation. Very little is known of the society's initiation rites.