Fund Of Hedge Funds - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Jan 2020
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Is Venture Capital Worth The Risk?

23 Apr 2018
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Governor Baker Swears In New Commission on Digital Innovation and Lifelong Learning

15 Jan 2019
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Keeping Education in Check

David Berman (MBA 1991) is a successful hedge fund manager and a regular commentator on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, who has been deemed “the king of the retail jungle” by Fortune.... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Dec 2023
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successful hedge fund, Renaissance Technologies, which has allowed him to fund his sprawling scientific philanthropy operation. Rodakis hopes his firm can replicate even some small portion View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

01 Dec 2023
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Venturing Forth

period stretching from the late 2010s to 2021 saw a rash of seed funds, incubators, angel investors, and crowdfunding platforms all arrive on the scene, plying early stage companies with cash. Meanwhile, the massive VC firms were raising... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

04 Sep 2019
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From Retail to Real Estate

MBA, he set up the New York-based property investment firm Drake Real Estate Partners. The firm has been of particular interest to Latin American investors looking for the protections offered by American real estate. Focused on deals... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country where the past lingers,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

04 Aug 2010
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A Lonely Crusader

We’ve all read stories about those rare individuals who saw the financial crisis coming and profited handsomely from their contrarian insights. Add to that list of contrarians hedge View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; subprime mortgages; Finance; Real Estate

28 Sep 2023
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What Ray Dalio Can Teach Us About Global Venture and Startups

Ray Dalio (photo via Bridgewater Associates) and Alex Lazarow (photo by Lindsay Upson) In a recent conversation with Bridgewater Associates Founder Ray Dalio (MBA 1973), Alex Lazarow (MBA 2010) gleaned three insights (and one bonus) from the global hedge fund leader on... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Thinking Ahead

for advertising, targeting, and pricing decisions in his research, is more broadly interested in the “creator economy” ecosystem that includes influencers like Li; platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube; and the brands whose advertising dollars View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Jan 2013
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André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973

global hedge fund initially focused on managing his own money. Over the last 15 years, Jakurski and his team have grown the now 80-person firm into one of Brazil's top five... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2019
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Bridging the Gap

centers on a citywide effort to improve public education, led in part by an alliance of 50 business and community leaders. This focus on education is a new one for the partnership, which has historically worked on economic development.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

01 Dec 2023
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Turning Point: Where Credit Is Due

Nagi Otgonshar (MBA 2015) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Nagi Otgonshar (MBA 2015) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Earning a full scholarship has always been the only realistic ticket to a superior education for me. It was this golden opportunity that allowed me to... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

13 Nov 2020
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Global Ambition

joined the HBS Alumni Board. They are members of the HBS Fund Investors Society, which recognizes leadership donors to the HBS Fund. “We want to benefit as many people as possible with our support,” says... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In

disrupting the tech world’s status quo. A Silicon Valley venture capitalist who has been pioneering new technology for more than two decades, Lambert recently accepted the challenge of running a company herself, becoming founder and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2003
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Mark Schwartz

for new challenges. Following a yearlong sabbatical, he joined the legendary hedge fund and private equity firm founded by financier and philanthropist George Soros. The firm appeals to Schwartz’s twin... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

18 Oct 2023
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Spreading the Words

learning in the United States, they believed Pakistan—with 23 million of its school-age children not in classes and a chronic shortage of teachers—would embrace the new educational approach and that the... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jan 2012
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E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974

Summit reins to five of their partners in 2001. “From the very beginning, we knew that we wanted to build the kind of firm that could succeed without us,” says Stamps, whose low-key, friendly manner... View Details

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