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Harold J. Hudson, Jr.
Hudson, as CEO of General Reinsurance, led the company in retaining its position as the largest distributor of wholesale insurance to the overall insurance industry. During his tenure, General Reinsurance posted some of the best market... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Walter A. Haas
Haas led Levi’s transformation from a family business to a worldwide corporation. Haas introduced a number of innovative employment policies and refused to lay off workers even during the time of the Great Depression – gaining a... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
nearby Hingham, Massachusetts, that she helped create and successfully led over the past eight years. Bourneuf came to HBS eager to gain exposure to developments in the broader business environment and possibly a new career direction.... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”
through," he said, noting that the drive for investment banking revenues on Wall Street led to conflicts of interest between those sectors. "Self-governing, particularly in the auditing process, was a disaster." Out of... View Details
Keywords: by Catherine Walsh
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Every Gift Counts
Perry Driggs reached out to every member of the class, ensuring that the class’s support will have a lasting impact on global activities and other key needs at the School. Class of 1991 The 20th Reunion gift campaign, led by Paige... View Details
- 03 Aug 2021
- News
Leading Maryland’s Only Black-Owned and -Managed Commercial Bank to Be a Pandemic Resource
The Baltimore Sun recently highlighted the work of John Lewis (MBA 2004), President and Chief Operating Officer of Harbor Bank of Maryland, which the newspaper notes became a vital pandemic-era resource for businesses looking to obtain federal Paycheck Protection... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- News
Rent The Runway Joins the Unicorn Club
Photo via Forbes, courtesy of Rent the Runway Photo via Forbes, courtesy of Rent the Runway Rent the Runway’s latest fundraising round—a $125 million investment led by Bain Capital Ventures and Franklin Templeton Investments—has pushed... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A champion for First Nations
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, Favel led the development of two national firsts for Canada: the First Nations Bank of Canada and the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority. In addition to serving as chancellor of the university,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sweet Deal
was really hard to put a deal together. Despite that, all the creditors, the management team, the board, and 11 of the 12 unions either approved the deal or agreed not to oppose this deal. And it was one union with bad information and bad judgment that really View Details
Maurice R. Greenberg
Greenberg helped grow American International Group into one of the world-wide leaders in insurance and financial services. Greenberg grew American International Group almost entirely internally, using his own, in-house trained managers to exploit new markets. Under... View Details
Keywords: Finance
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Nathalie du Preez
it to see it from other perspectives." That desire for different points of view led Nathalie to the United States, where she fulfilled a business degree at Wharton and later worked for Goldman Sachs. These formative experiences... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Innovative Course Brings Students and Alumni Together
implement change in an existing large organization," notes Garvin, "for the entrepreneur, staffing is everything. That insight surprised students and led to an interesting discussion." The thirty alumni who were able to come to campus for... View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner; photo by Joshua Lavine
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
David B. Price, Jr.: Aiming High
Monsanto, moving up the ranks to president of its Performance Materials division, a $400 million enterprise. In 1997, he left the company to become president and COO of the Performance Materials unit at BFGoodrich in Ohio. There he led a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Case of Achievement
event, Dean Kim B. Clark introduced the panel of five alumni and presented each of them with their award, HBS’s highest honor. Next came the case discussion, led by HBS professor Nitin Nohria, featuring comments from both the student... View Details
Marvin Bower
Bower is considered the father of modern management consulting. He led McKinsey’s worldwide expansion and created many of its consulting tools and applications, increasing the company’s billings tenfold in the process. He pioneered the... View Details
Keywords: Services
Bowman Gray
Gray developed the famous advertising slogan for Camel cigarettes: “I’d walk a mile for a Camel.” An early radio advertiser, Gray sponsored the Camel Pleasure Hour in the 1930s. Gray led the campaign against Lucky Strike, which vied with... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Robert H. Sorensen
Sorensen led Perkin-Elmer to become one of the premier diversified technology companies in the United States. It developed the first commercial super minicomputer in 1979. During his CEO tenure, sales and earnings more than tripled and... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Donald W. Nyrop
After a distinguished career in law, which led him to the top positions at both the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Federal Aviation Administration, Nyrop joined the ailing Northwest Airlines with hopes of turning it around. Instituting... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
William Bernbach
Bernbach catapulted the Doyle Dane Bernbach advertising agency into national prominence with innovative and creative campaigns. Doyle Dane Bernbach broke into the front ranks of advertising agencies with successful national campaigns for Volkswagen and Avis Rent A Car... View Details
Keywords: Services
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Learn Firsthand about Chinese Business
Related Links More faculty takeaways on the IXP Read about the Harvard Center Shanghai View upcoming executive programs in China Find HBS Alumni Clubs in China MBA students aren’t the only ones honing their global knowledge by traveling abroad. In June, a dozen HBS... View Details