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- 12 May 2021
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The First Five Years: Sophie Bai (MBA 2020)
I’m also very impressed by Sophie’s energy and passion toward biotech innovations, and her dedication to her own biotech startup. I definitely look forward to learning more from her experience of identifying a View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
career ambitions, humility, and confidence—and the incomparable kinship (and long memories) of sectionmates. Scroll the main story to read all alumni submissions or jump to a specific case here: “Suzuki Samurai” Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA... View Details
- 22 Sep 2022
- News
The Beauty Guide
be talking to you today if I hadn’t left marketing,” declares Freyre. The move to sales taught her about retailers, how consumers shop, and ultimately made her a better marketer and leader. “I tap into that diversity of experience every... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Turkish Delight
BYFORD: Changing careers is well worth the effort. Grenville Byford (MBA ’79) was practical when he decided to pursue his interest in international relations. “Unless your name is Kissinger, you have to specialize in a particular area of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Dick Franyo: From Banker to Barkeeper
With thirty years in the investment banking business under his belt, Richard L. Franyo (MBA ’72), then managing director of investment banking for Deutsche Bank, was ready for a change. But after a heady career that included playing a key... View Details
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
fear around being gay in the business world. I felt it would be damaging to my career to be found out, so I limited myself to creative industries where I thought my gayness would be more acceptable if revealed. I worked at Apple for five... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
are at a point in their careers where they’re wondering how to step up, how to have more of an impact and navigate across organizational cultures they might not be used to,” says Weiss. “They love their cities, and they’re keen to make a... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)
of his first assignments—an analysis of the economic feasibility of a Canadian hydroelectric plant—required him to master the FORTRAN and COBOL programming languages. "Building a computer model was no mean feat in 1962," Fisher recalls. In 1970, he was elected a... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974
incredible students with the best experience possible,” Stamps explains. One of Stamps’s most rewarding activities is selecting and getting to know the scholars. Each school recommends a pool of candidates, and Stamps helps pick those he... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Seth Klarman, MBA 1982
career as an English teacher and then became a psychiatric social worker. His own interest in business started early: family lore has it that four-year-old Klarman organized his room into a commercial space, putting price tags on his... View Details
- 06 Jul 2023
- News
Home Economics
girls, that’s going to be normal.” “This is joyful work,” says Laidler-Kylander, who joined the 43-year-old nonprofit in 2021. She considers the role to be the capstone of a “patchwork” career of moving between the for-profit sector,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 May 2017
- News
Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973
firsthand in my career was documented in the Catalyst research.” “I believe in establishing a foundation of inclusion, where individuals are valued not just because of how they are alike but of how they are different.” “I believe in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus
accent and direct, engaging manner, he comes across immediately as the kind of person who is accustomed both to doing things right and to doing the right thing. Over a late afternoon cup of tea in a conference room at the firm's midtown Manhattan office, de Chazal... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 28 Sep 2023
- News
Meet the New HBS Team Helping Alumni Clubs and Associations to Thrive
Stockwell joins HBS from Tufts University, where she worked in Career Services and External Relations. Prior to that, she worked at Forrester Research as a senior consultant in learning and growth and human resources. Having lived and... View Details
- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Body, Heal Thyself
setting aside a lucrative and promising career to take a chance on what could be the breakthrough that everyone is waiting for. "All my life I have been thinking about the next challenge," says Bancel when discussing his move to the... View Details
- 22 Sep 2023
- News
Capital Connection
Vernon Beckford (MBA 2013) saw the gap almost immediately. From the beginning of his career in commercial real estate finance—first at Credit Suisse and then later at CW Capital and Global Atlantic Financial Group—Beckford observed Wall... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997
Parthenon Group 2008 Named Managing Director, Parthenon Group 2011 Cofounds Social Finance 2011 Named Board Chair, Facing History and Ourselves 2013 Social Finance launches first Social Impact Bond 2017 Named Vice Chair, Harvard Board of Overseers 2019 Social Finance... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
Illustration by PJ Loughron Illustration by PJ Loughron How has your experience as Dean of the School differed from your experience as a member of the faculty? Being on campus and engaging with faculty,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
a microphone, and an extensive record collection with money earned working for their father. Ferguson moonlighted as a DJ in college on the weekends to earn extra money but never considered a career in the music business. Instead, he... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Media Publishing In The Startup Lottery, veteran entrepreneur and Inc. 500 CEO Gus Bessalel provides an insider’s view of venture-capital-backed companies. You will learn how to navigate your startup career through stories, examples, and... View Details
Keywords: podcasts