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I worked at a large search firm where I focused on the proprietary trading groups who were the cowboys of Wall Street, the precursors to hedge funds. I left because I wanted to build something View Details

Keywords: Edited by Julia Hanna; Photo by Chris Sorensen; search firm; entrepreneurship; hedge funds

05 Oct 2023
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On the Move: Massimo (Max) Magni (MBA 2003)

Our “On the Move” series highlights HBS alumni who are taking on new roles and responsibilities. Here we speak with Massimo (Max) Magni (MBA 2003), who has been named Macy’s new chief customer and digital officer. In this role, Magni will take charge of Macy’s digital... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade

01 Jan 2007
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Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

family to lead the company, Zobel inherited a legacy of prudent management that preserved Ayala's interests through times of revolution, colonial rule, dictatorships, and war—not to mention earthquakes and... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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Case Study: Testing the Waters

Illustration by Christina Spano Endurance training was nothing new to Lauren Picasso (MBA 2014), who’d raced through her younger years as a cross-country runner and swimmer. In 2017, when she was director of marketing at Jet.com and... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2023
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Pet Project

simple-ingredient, raw-food diet. Spies couldn’t find such a thing in the pet aisle, so she started making it herself and quickly maxed out the freezer of her San Francisco kitchen with dog food. Within a month, George’s energy and health... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

01 Jan 2011
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Seth Klarman, MBA 1982

that it is available for rent on eBay. Klarman's legendary success as both an investor and a philanthropist belies another aspect of his personality: he enjoys living his life out of the spotlight. At... View Details

16 May 2024
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On the Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2024
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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End Game

Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

26 Jun 2013
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How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case

Bob Reiss Photo courtesy of Bob Reiss It was 1983, and Bob Reiss (MBA 1956) was looking for a new game to play. A Brooklyn native and former basketball star at Columbia University who had become a successful entrepreneur in the... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2024
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Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

is using Avalanche to introduce elements of Web3 into the business models of established companies. In finance, institutions such as KKR, J.P. Morgan, and Citi are using Avalanche to tokenize and View Details

Keywords: April White

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