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Fred Smith

Fred Smith comes from an impressive of line of entrepreneurs. His grandfather founded what would become the largest tour company in Jamaica. Fred's father created his own tour company, then extended the family's interests into real estate, rental cars, and service... View Details

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Frances Dixon

As an undergraduate attending Tufts, Frances Dixon was deeply impressed by the idea of service to others. While searching out how to accomplish this life goal, she was inspired by the military officers she met. “They were clearly leaders,” she says. “They walked into a... View Details

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Emily Wang

I will take a deep breath and step onto my stage. There are no awkward throwback photos of me in tutus or dance recitals. Ballet classes were a luxury for which we did not have time or money. But I was a happy and resolute child, and in my own world of books and... View Details

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Eryn Schultz

What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? I’m really experiencing the strength of the HBS network. In college, I wrote a business plan for a healthy school-lunch program and have been interested in food-access issues for a long time. Through the... View Details

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Estevan Santiago

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After deciding against applying to medical school, I felt a bit lost as I thought about my future career options. However, after working at a start-up (Collective Health) in San Francisco, I realized that I had a huge... View Details

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Emily Love

As a little girl, I wanted to... stand on my toes and twirl in the lights I still do. be a southern lady like my Alabama grandmothers, who greeted strangers and the garden club with equal graciousness I still do. be an astronaut so I could trace the constellations like... View Details

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Emily Kramer

In the words of the band Twisted Sister, "I wanna rock." But, despite my best efforts, I cannot sing a note, play guitar, or even clap to a beat. However, I don't let my inabilities stop me. I am obsessed with music. Being a music fan defines me. I won a... View Details

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Emily Anadu

When I was eleven, my mother, two sisters and I left my father and a very comfortable life in Nigeria to live with my grandmother in Texas. My sisters and I joke that the silver spoons that were placed in our mouths at birth were replaced with plastic ones. I learned a... View Details

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Eric Adamson

Homo Sapiens, the Anthropocene, Humanity: there is darkness within us. In my comfortable Californian childhood, I learned about distant injustices and atrocities. It felt unfair that I would grow up so softly in such a harsh world. So, after university, I dove in: I... View Details

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Daniella Yacobovsky

Visiting has become harder as his memory slips away. First short-term memory faded, and then long-term memory followed, and finally my name has joined that list of items just beyond his cerebral grasp. His warm smile recognizes my face, but he cannot seem to locate... View Details

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Douglas Schillinger

In my mind's eye, I was Ernest Shackelton. I was Jim Lovell. I was the 'Last of the Mohicans'. I was bending down to receive my Olympic Medal. I knew what I wanted for my life: the epic, the extraordinary, and the exceptional. I wanted to be the first of something, the... View Details

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Danelle Radney

The general manager at College Pro had never managed a female franchisee before, much less an African-American one with a short afro and an even shorter history as an exterior house painter. But Danelle Radney had a long history of determination. In high school, she... View Details

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Damir Ljuboja

In the dead of Sarajevo winter, my mother’s hands shook as she waded through the Miljacka River, carrying a four-year-old above her head. That child, terrified and gray, was me. The medical clinic was five blocks from our apartment building and the river was... View Details

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Danny Lipsitz

At Columbia, Danny Lipsitz pursued a major not commonly associated with business: classics. “I had a terrific Latin teacher in high school who drew me in,” he says. In college, Danny sustained his interest in the classics and wrote his thesis on “the mythologization of... View Details

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David Frankel

Ethics of the Fathers: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" Give back. With a loving family, a privileged education and great partners I helped create the first ISP in South Africa. I owe... View Details

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Chris Wilson-Byrne

Although Chris Wilson-Byrne studied chemistry as an undergraduate, he found his first research experiences disappointing. "I realized that I liked working with people, with teams," Chris says. On the advice of friends, he applied for an internship with an... View Details

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Curt Willener

After graduating from Oregon State, Curt Willener found himself prepared for roles within either finance or administration. "I leaned more to management," Curt says, "but I faced a Catch-22: I wanted management experience – yet companies were looking for... View Details

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Cyril Abel Vergis

As a first-generation, first-born American, I grew up believing that my motivation was derived from the self-imposed pressure to take advantage of the opportunities my parents did not have. I strove to make the right choices, to take calculated risks, and to find a way... View Details

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Camille McGirt

I live and breathe every day at the intersection of black, female, and extremely tall. I’m literally every single inch of 6’4. My height impacts all layers of my life, from my clothing to my health, to my vehicle size preferences, to playing certain sports, to dating,... View Details

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Craig Maughan

“What a handful! Are they all yours? Wait how old are you?” This is me, riding the train with my three kids. Sometimes, I grow a beard. People ask fewer questions about my age when I have a beard. My wife and I had our first child in our early 20s. It’s not for... View Details

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