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Margo Cramer
Margo Cramer is a person of parallel, but not divided, loyalties. As an undergraduate, she majored in Women & Gender Studies, which gave her, she says, the opportunity to "understand inequality through a gender lens and within a variety of contexts."... View Details
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Humbulani Dombo
Humbulani's father is a doctor, her sister is a doctor, her mother is a medical technologist. "Having grown up in that environment," she says, "I wanted to buck the trend a little bit. Business seemed broad, a way to explore interests in many fields so... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
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Lindsay Ullman
Lindsay Ullman, MBA 2015, openly admits that her reasons for coming to HBS "seem clearer after the fact." During stints at Google and Google Ventures, Lindsay came to realize that while she loved being an investor, she wanted to either join a company or start... View Details
Keywords: Tech
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Taylor Wiegele
As a boy, Taylor Wiegele could often be found in the kitchen "making mixtures of random ingredients." Fortunately, for him and for his family, Taylor's enthusiasm for "potions" evolved into a real chemistry expertise. After studying chemical... View Details
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Chao Zeng
What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? As the Leadership & Values representative for my section, I have many opportunities not just to participate in activities, but to organize and lead classroom discussions and small-group coffee chats... View Details
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Fangfang Wang
In China, Fangfang Wang participated in a general management training program at Mars Food that allowed her “the freedom to customize my career path.” Through a series of rotating assignments, Fangfang developed a deep understanding of consumer motivations, “what’s... View Details
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Stephen Temple
Stephen Temple has always enjoyed a good challenge – both personally and professionally. An Ironman triathlete, Brand Manager, and aspiring entrepreneur, his journey has led him to take on a new series of challenges alongside his classmates at HBS. An entrepreneurial... View Details
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Nneka Ezeigwe
What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? It’s the opportunity to make a transition in my career. I’m originally from Nigeria, where I spent the first fifteen years of my life. Then I spent six years in the U.K., where I studied engineering. I... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
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Andrew Pratt
What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? In my previous life, I worked on making spacecraft and satellites – aerospace has always been a passion of mine. When I came to Harvard, I wanted to come at it from a different angle. In the FIELD... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
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Mohamed Farid
Mohamed Farid, MBA 2015, likes change. In the last ten years, he's worked in nine different cities from Boston to Bangalore, Dubai, Cairo, Montreal, Ottawa, Chicago, San Francisco, and Waterloo, Canada. "So if you ever ask me where I'm from, you'll get a confused... View Details
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John Nordin
John Nordin majored in Economics and was in the first class of students graduating with the Sustainable Development concentration at Columbia University. The root of his interest? "My aunt had a farm in Ontario that I used to work on in the summer,” John says.... View Details
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Andrew Baxter
Like many children, Andrew Baxter was determined to follow in his father's footsteps. But in Andrew's case, his father was an engineer for Schlumberger and following in his steps meant "remote deserts of North Africa and the Middle East." Andrew, who was born... View Details
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Aimmy Asavatevavith
View Video Aimmy Asavatevavith appreciates the complexities of cultural context. On the one hand, her mother inspired her interest in business. “She was the only female executive in her company,“ Aimmy says. “I grew up hearing her talk about market share and other... View Details
Keywords: Retail/Hospitality
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Darrin Rahn
Many people do not think of being a young agriculture entrepreneur as their first business venture. But for Darrin Rahn, making hay was in fact his first foray into business. He was born and raised on a family farm in northwestern Illinois where he was active in 4-H... View Details
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Rakhshan Zahid
What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? I came to HBS to switch tracks from finance to starting my own business. We have a course, The Entrepreneurial Manager, and in every class, we look at a new business from different industries: traditional... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
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Doha Tantawy
When her father opened a radiology center in Cairo, Doha Tantawy "found a real inspiration to do something different and get out of my comfort zone. I wanted the know-how of building something from scratch." Her initial post-graduation assignment at Procter... View Details
- 06 Jun 2016
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Meet the HBS Africa Business Club
visibility of Africa on campus. We do this by promoting the development of cases that cover African countries, businesses, and protagonists within the curriculum. We also encourage dialogue on economic, political, and social issues in Africa through our events on View Details
- 24 May 2021
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Graduating During a Pandemic
am from Section H, and I served as the HBS Chief Community Officer for the Class of 2021. I was responsible for using the Student Association’s resources to nurture student life for the nearly 2,000 MBA and PhD students who call HBS home.... View Details
- 04 Jan 2016
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Motherhood and the MBA
to Hahvahd” in his mini-Boston accent. Have you connected with other women on campus who are getting their MBA while being moms? One of my closest friends and classmates is another student mom, Annette. She has two little ones, and is... View Details
- 18 Apr 2023
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HBS Students and Alumni Fostering a Supportive Community
little about the campus and culture was familiar, especially for someone coming from a low-income background. Students like him, as well as those who were the first in their families to attend college, often face unique challenges in... View Details