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- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
food security (a key national security priority) by extending its control of the global food system through overseas acquisitions. At the same time, COFCO sought to grow its market share in China's fiercely competitive branded-foods market. To help achieve these goals,... View Details
- 27 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?
They have been found guilty and sentenced to prison sentences of 11 and 13 years, respectively. Former McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook agreed to pay a $400,000 fine and accept a five-year ban on serving on public company boards on... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
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Women at HBS - Alumni
The Women’s Leadership Forum Women on Boards HBS Women’s Association Academic and Campus Links Race, Gender & Equity Initiative Women’s Student Association Celebrating the 50th anniversary of women being admitted to the full-time MBA... View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
Chancery Court was considering a suit claiming that Del Monte board members had breached their fiduciary duty to shareholders by not pursuing the best transaction for Del Monte. In the course of the discovery phase of the trial, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
technologies. Iberdrola was an early investor in renewables, positioning itself as a leader driving the electric industry's role in the fight against climate change. In the case, chairman and CEO Ignacio Galán is weighing the firm's... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960
Cofounder and Chairman Emeritus, The AES Corporation Download Sant profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1931 Born, Los Angeles, California 1955 Earns BS, Business Management, Brigham Young University 1955... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 12 Oct 2021
- News
Apollo Hires Legendary Banker Bill Lewis (MBA 1982) to Boost Top Ranks
Photo source: Apollo Global Management Inc. Investment banker Bill Lewis (MBA 1982) has joined Apollo Global Management Inc. as a senior partner and a member of Apollo’s Management Committee. Lewis had previously been Chairman of... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, JD/MBA 1979
Independent Director, Goldman Sachs Chairman and Managing Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners As a student of philosophy, politics, and economics at Oxford, Bayo Ogunlesi learned that some lectures were optional. Several weeks into... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Cotting House | About
Lee, Higginson & Company. After serving in the Army Air Service during World War I, he returned to the investment firm, where he became a partner. Cotting served as chairman of the board and director from... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Fueling the Faculty Pipeline
Private Equity Group, and executive chairman of the firm’s private equity business in Asia. Melwani’s support for the School stems from the deep impact his two years in the MBA Program have had on his life as well as his belief in the... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
John J. Brennan, MBA 1980
1998 Named Chairman, Vanguard 2002 Publishes Straight Talk on Investing: What You Need to Know 2009 Retires from Vanguard 2009 Named head of FINRA Board of Governors 2012 Named Director, General Electric 2015 Elected Chair, University of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center
Spangler embarked on an ancillary career of public service in education at the local, county, and state level. He was chairman of the state's Board of Education in 1986 when the University of North Carolina... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Simmons Family Endows Professorship
and two colleagues purchased controlling stock in Zions First National Bank from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Three years later Zions and Lockhart merged to form Zions Bancorporation, and Roy was soon elected chairman... View Details
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Hawes Hall | About
educated in Hawes Hall would use their knowledge “to serve their fellow human beings.” Her husband, the retired chairman and CEO of Connecticut-based Life Re Corporation, also emphasized the link between business education and public... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
liberal arts education he received at Hamilton and now serves as chairman of its board of trustees. Kennedy says he has developed "an appreciation for a tolerable level of risk" in trying to decide which... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 17 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
KFC’s Explosive Growth in China
so big this has a huge impact on the rest of the global food system. What happens in China, what Chinese people eat, impacts what you and I pay for food." What happened in China with Yum! Brands, and with KFC in particular, had a lot to do with China division... View Details
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Teele Hall | About
doctoral degree awarded by HBS in 1933, spent two years in business before joining the HBS faculty in 1935 as an assistant professor of marketing. He became a full professor in 1944. During World War II, he served as a consultant to the War Production View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
As chairman and CEO of the leading vaccine producer in the world, pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., Ken Frazier has one of the highest-profile positions in global business. But Frazier, who is leading one of the firms on a charge to... View Details