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- 16 Feb 2022
- News
Holding Business to Account
Photo courtesy Geeta Aiyer In the early 1990s, company leaders for Albertsons, a rapidly expanding supermarket chain, flew to Boston to meet with Geeta Aiyer (MBA 1985),a young analyst and portfolio manager at the United States Trust Company of Boston, to discuss an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
@Soldiers Field
Daphne Dufresne (MBA 1999) delivered the opening keynote address at the fifth annual Women in Investing Summit in Klarman Hall. The student-led Women in Investing Club seeks to strengthen the network of HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
What Is Harvard’s Impact in the World?
It’s safe to assume that Harvard University alumni collectively have a significant impact in the world, but just how significant is hard to know. That is why Harvard Business School is leading a University-wide effort to quantify the global economic and social impact... View Details
- 14 Apr 2014
- News
The Puzzle of Life
really? It's just a school. But they were right. HBS didn't change who I am as a person, but it opened doors and showed me things that I didn't even know existed." Farquharson explains that InCube Ventures follows the model of a typical venture capital fund, with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
partner. In what proved to be a fortuitous stroke, Cohen then recruited Alan Patricof, a pioneering venture capitalist based in New York, to join the partnership. Under Patricof’s influence, the firm shifted focus from advising to View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing by Robert A. Finkel (MBA ’89) with David Greising (McGraw-Hill) Ten investment and management... View Details
- 18 Sep 2017
- News
Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact
Howard Stevenson (photo by Stuart Cahill) Howard Stevenson (photo by Stuart Cahill) [Editor's note: This article was updated November 25, 2019] As former dean of External Relations, longtime faculty member Howard Stevenson met individually with more than 1,000 alumni... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- News
A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
When Monica Saggioro Leal (MBA 2018) and her business partner, Lara Lemann, started MAYA Capital, a tech-focused, Brazilian VC firm launched in 2018, they wanted to take a hands-on approach with their startup investments in their first 12 months. They wanted to support... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
In his work managing real estate investments at Samson Investment Partners in New York, Lloyd Zuckerberg (MBA 1990) often draws on the same sensibilities that guide his leadership of the nonprofit New York... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- News
A Focus on Sustainability
Carl Ferenbach (MBA 1972) Carl Ferenbach (MBA 1972), who enjoyed a remarkably successful career in the investment business, has spent much of the last decade focused on his passion for the environment. Channeling his energy, intelligence,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
HBS to Host Venture Capital Forum for Women
the investment channels for women entrepreneurs and to facilitate the flow of deals. "In the last few years we have seen a tremendous increase in the numbers of women launching fast-growth ventures in both the high-tech and the... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
(founded in 2013) and too small (valuation of $55 million) to pass muster for listing on any exchange. But for the 1,080 people who otherwise would have been shut out of owning a piece of the startup—lacking the wealth or credentials to View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 29 Jul 2024
- News
Leading the Way
Illustration by Gisela Goppel When Michael Trejo (MBA 2013) was a freshman at Arizona State University (ASU) in 2005, he almost lost his full scholarship. “I just really lacked direction,” says Trejo. That’s when he joined ASU’s Hispanic Students Business Association... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Sustaining HBS’s Unique Economic Model
multiple revenue sources, continued investments in the campus, and limited debt. The surplus we generate allows us to invest in innovation, self-fund faculty research, and offer generous need-based financial... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Donor Spotlight
Investing in HBS Great Expectations Model Teamwork Balanced Scorecard and Beer Game Go High-Tech FIELD 2: Global Intelligence FAQ Walter Haydock When it comes to philanthropy, Walter Haydock (MBA 1979) may shun the spotlight, but the... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
When it comes to climate change, companies must prepare now
operations to take advantage of the opportunities, and skirt the dangers raised by the prospect of climate change,” Reinhardt says. Each company must evaluate its use of energy in its own context. In some cases, other firms or governments may need to make complementary... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
Considered one of Wall Street's most influential young executives, Mary Callahan Erdoes (MBA '93) has gained that stature by working hard at what she has always loved. “My father was an investment banker, and I think my interest in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 23 May 2019
- News
Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998
Group invests in Bluemercury 2012 M-61 skincare launched 2014 Appointed Entrepreneur-in-Residence, HBS 2015 Lune+Aster cosmetics launched 2015 Macy’s acquires Bluemercury 2019 Bluemercury opens its 195th store CEO and Cofounder... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 19 Jul 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
The philosophy of “Africapitalism” has guided Tony Elumelu’s (AMP 166, 2004) business career. The chairman of United Bank of Africa coined the term to describe the type of community-focused investments made by Heirs Holdings, where he is... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading in the face of complex challenges
John B. Hess (AB 1975, MBA 1977), CEO of Hess Corporation and chair of The Harvard Business School Campaign, is working to ensure the School continues to educate the leaders who will help solve the world’s most pressing and complex challenges. “I believe that an View Details