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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Renter’s Market
Lee For Jonas Lee (MBA ’93) and his investment firm, Redbrick Partners, the purchase, refurbishment, rental, and maintenance of hundreds of low-cost, single-family urban homes represent a terrific, overlooked market opportunity. “It’s a... View Details
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
New York Leadership Dinner Honors Leaders Challenging the Status Quo At its 55th Annual Leadership Dinner in May, the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) honored four leaders whose careers and contributions to the world embody this year’s theme, “Challenging the Status Quo.”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Model Teamwork
commitment of two motivated veteran volunteers. Longtime class leader (and former HBS Fund Chair) Mike Johnston was joined by new cochair Bill Spears last summer. Invested in the future of the MBA Program,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Encouraging Women Leaders
day she applies what she learned at HBS and interacts with someone from the School’s worldwide community. “It’s not here and there or now and then; it’s everywhere and all the time.” Serra arrived at HBS with a law degree and experience working in communications,... View Details
- 21 Jul 2011
- News
Social Investing’s Time Has Come
handful more in other locations over the following two years, totaling $100 million in impact investments. Social Finance will work with state and local governments to structure and monitor the funded programs. “Social impact bonds have a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
says Hourdequin. "Another set consists of those who have a mission or impact orientation: they are looking for a financial return, but they also want to direct their capital to investment pools that help to achieve good environmental and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From venture capitalist to 'compassionate capitalist'
First he pioneered the British venture capitalist industry, cofounding Apax Partners in 1972. Then Sir Ronald M. Cohen (MBA 1969) led the way in social investment, prompting The Economist to call him “the compassionate capitalist.” Now he is revolutionizing the way... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
A Casual Approach to Success
to Hellman & Friedman, LLC, the well-respected private equity investment firm he cofounded (with Tully Friedman) in 1984. Hellman is one of the Bay Area’s most successful investment bankers, generous... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 11 Jul 2017
- News
The Right Thing to Do
Playing by the Rules, Ethics at Work, a new series of video case studies of business ethics, aims to teach people that there’s a direct link between morality and the bottom line. Joe Badaracco, the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at HBS, consulted on the series,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
From Fellowship Recipient to ‘The Most Influential Business Thinker On Earth’
Investing in HBS Giving Through HBS Giving Together Jump-Start FAQ Renowned as the leading authority on disruptive innovation, Professor Clay Christensen attributes his remarkable success as an entrepreneur and as a scholar to his humble... View Details
Keywords: awards
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships
His work on private equity funds has examined the relationship between general partners and their portfolio companies. Gompers recently coauthored two books: Entrepreneurial Finance and The Money of Invention. His Harvard degrees include... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Bringing Out the Best
HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation. As a hospital trustee, she understands the importance of unrestricted giving: “I have seen firsthand how much the hospital needs supporters who trust in its leaders to set priorities,” she says.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
African-American Alumni Conference Considers Success and the Bottom Line
package, angel investment opportunities, the creation of wealth in the digital age, the building of successful urban enterprises, and transferring wealth to future generations. A provocative discussion on the relationships among success,... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 May 2013
- News
Lynn Thoman, MBA 1979
culture. The Medical School has been able to use the funds to invest in R&D across HMS and the affiliated hospitals, thereby bringing all the institutions closer together and leveraging the strength of the... View Details
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
Support for the Global Century
Robert F. Greenhill (MBA 1962), the founder and chairman of an investment banking firm with 13 offices across five continents, is acutely aware of the global nature of business in the 21st century. “As is the case in most companies today,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
Record-keeping? Control?) —S.B. Master (MBA 1980) DITKOFF: Your first stop is probably a lawyer or tax advisor to analyze the financial impact on your specific portfolio. Your next goal is to find high-impact organizations that you care about. Luckily, you can make... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
shoppers deliberating over a luxury goods purchase. “Marketers can convince consumers that buying their product is actually a farsighted behavior,” she observes. “In that sense, consumers are investing in future memories.” —JH Tsedal... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
R&D," explains Yeo. "A short time later, I set up the EDB's Singapore Bio Innovation Fund to invest longterm in overseas start-ups to learn as much as possible about the nascent biotech industry. And on June... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
and Santiago, Chile For-profit conservationists David Blood (MBA 1985) Generation Investment Management London, New York, and Sydney Investment management that integrates sustainability factors and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
challenges in creative ways: "The Robin Hood Foundation" (with Catherine Ross). Created by hedge fund and investment managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights poverty through grants to nonprofit... View Details