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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Charles Stoddard (MBA 1969)
any other bank in Grand Rapids. It was a niche bank with only one office and no tellers; instead, it had client service officers who would call customers by their name. The other unique thing about Grand Bank was corporate tithing. Ten percent of our pretax profits... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
charity sector, volunteering for a national breast cancer foundation and within her local community, often with her son in tow. She returned to finance in 2015, but her heart wasn’t in it. That’s when businessman and philanthropist Robert F. Smith approached her about... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Prima Datarina
Ming Min Hui (MBA 2015) that revealed retention, and engagement with Boston Ballet outside of classes, was not as high as expected. In fact, about half of adult students attended one or two classes and didn’t return, and only about 15 percent of adult students were... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
German Family to Give $11M After Learning Extent of Nazi Past
After an internal investigation revealed his company’s historic ties to Nazi Germany, JAB Holdings’ managing partner Peter Harf (MBA 1974) announced that the company intends to donate 10 million euros to a yet-to-be-determined charity.... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
An investment in meaningful results
meaningful and measurable results. It is supported entirely by its board of directors; all public donations go directly to programs and services. "Wanting to help your neighbors isn't enough. Proving how to help them effectively is the... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
The 'multiplier effect' of supporting education
which has a multiplier effect. We helped the British School of Rio; we donated buildings, labs, and a theater.” Maria notes, “Education for us is number one. Since we’ve been together we believe that living in a country like Brazil you... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
MBAs take their business acumen on the road
and hit the road this summer. Alaoui recalls the work MBAxAmerica did for Sebastian Jackson, owner of the Detroit barbershop Social Club Grooming Co. Jackson wanted to donate hair shavings to accelerate compost for urban renewal projects.... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
enough to be able to make a gift for their endowment, so they can accept qualified students without regard to the size of their pocketbooks.” Five years ago he returned to the helm of Bloomberg LP. He donates all profits from his share of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
science, but there are tools out there that, if applied to this area of research, can lead to major breakthroughs.” That’s why she and her husband donated $220 million to launch the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, a collaborative... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
donated by club members and sponsors. “This is the second year that the gala has supported Dallas Reads,” said Marla McDonald (MBA ’91), acting liaison between the club and the charity. “We selected Dallas Reads because individually we... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- News
Brightening the Future
Although Stiftung Solarenergie donated the first lanterns, Ayala, who identifies himself as a “social businessman,” said the plan is to tie the new power source to self-sustaining community development initiatives. “Even simple products... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
fellows at Year Up in Washington, DC. Siddharth Yog (MBA 2004), who teaches business administration at HBS, was one of the organization’s earliest supporters, along with 20 other HBS classmates who donate annually. The funding helps to... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
allow it to offer better (higher) prices to consumers on its buy side and so on in a virtuous cycle." —Associate Professor Andrei Hagiu "[I suggest] a modified TOMS Shoes model. From the customer/end-user side: When they want to sell their device, they'll also have the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Where Conservation Means Business
reputed to be one of the richest men of his era, donated $5 million to Harvard University in 1924 to fund the construction of the new HBS campus. Among the artifacts is a finely crafted cherry wood “Resolutions” chest containing... View Details
Keywords: Roger thompson
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
The Network Effect
COVID-related trials needing over 858,000 volunteers. “Every week, every day, every hour we can decrease the time for developing COVID-19 solutions will make a tremendous impact,” says Kapoor, who notes that the platform will soon begin to match COVID positive... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
The blind man depicted in the sculpture suffers from river blindness, a disease that ravaged countless lives in the developing world until Merck researchers discovered the breakthrough drug Mectizan. The company's decision to donate the... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Running a Decathlon
space was donated by Loyola Marymount University for the national competition and funding came from Pacific Life Insurance Company, Lawry’s Foods, Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney Company, and many other businesses. In 1982, Academic... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Turnaround Situation
was homeless,” Cordova noted with a smile. When Cordova came to RS&VP in 1997, its operating budget was $30,000. Under his leadership, it has grown this year to $1.7 million, which helps provide housing, employment training, and legal services for some seventeen... View Details
- 22 Nov 2011
- News
A Storybook Beginning
off-the-grid locations are difficult,” notes Risher. “For schools in these areas, e-readers, which are rapidly coming down in cost, are ideal.” With a one-time donation of 30 Kindles from Amazon, Risher launched Worldreader last winter in... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
to ensure these students' education does not get disrupted. We really believe that the Harvard alumni network can make a difference,” says Karacesme. (International donations can be made here.) MARCH 15 Yasemin Sırali (MBA 2006), Director... View Details