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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Leslie Gold
dazzle them with humor. The RadioChick is a magnification of part of my personality, but it does come from a real place. Something inside me always wants to be provocative. I like to disturb things. Before you were the RadioChick, for years you were the View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
Shendure, who stepped down as CEO in 2016 but continues to serve as chair of the company’s board. The Oscilla team therefore abandoned its original approach and began modifying off-the-shelf generators for use with its Triton system. The... View Details
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
hand, and, in her comments on an ITT case, described how she would look down CEO Harold Geneen’s “deep throat” when he berated her. The section gave her a standing ovation. 1975B. We played Section Bingo. A Bingo card with classmates’... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
from disparate backgrounds.” During his final year at HBS, he heard a talk by WWF president and CEO Carter Roberts (MBA ’88). “In Ghana,” says Murphy, “I had come to the conclusion that sustainable business development was key, and... View Details
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
If you are one of the 17 million people who participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge a couple of summers ago, the money you helped raise to support ALS research may be at work today in a late-stage biopharmaceutical company headed by Robert Blum (MBA 1991). Blum is... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 03 Mar 2014
- News
A Life Transformed
thought, and leadership abilities," says Parija. "In fact, it was then that I set my sights on someday attending HBS." Hill subsequently became CEO of a bank in Oman and took Parija with him. "In seven years, we did wonders by converting... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
all citizens of our country have access to healthcare and other necessities of life.” MAY 2 Garuda Aerospace, led by CEO Agnishwar Jayaprakash (PLDA 25, 2018), is employing his company’s drones to deliver vaccines and medical supplies.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
others, you’ll create a self-perpetuating culture.” “My parents were the first in their families to attend high school, never mind college,” says Jack Brennan (MBA 1980), former chairman and CEO of the Vanguard Group. Brennan cites the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
experience for both parties,” says Kang. Hinge shares much of its DNA with Tinder—geolocation and gamification—with one important distinction: Hinge connects users only with friends of friends or third-degree connections, as arbitrated by Facebook. That social... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
Smart Choices Regarding your December cover story on Jeff Hicks (MBA ’97), CEO of Crispin Porter + Bogusky, I find it interesting that in the many articles written about the firm, the principals never seem to acknowledge the fact that... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
but also be really effective. I learned so much at Google about this. I want to tell you the story about getting criticism from my boss because I learned a lot from this moment. It was shortly after I joined Google and I had to give a presentation to the founders and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
business, if not exactly booming, is certainly looking up for these small yet significant players. According to Bradley W. Fischer (61st PMD), president and CEO of Houston-based CMS Oil and Gas, the consolidation of corporations such as... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Tetiaroa, French Polynesia by Richard H. Bailey (MBA 1981) (Tahiti Beachcomber S.A.) Bailey, the president and CEO of Pacific Beachcomber, published this coffee-table book on the beautiful Tetiaroa atoll, a collection of 12 small islands... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
Cornell works for Blue Origin, where she is head of astronaut strategy and sales and supports engine sales for the space exploration company. Along with a few dozen fellow employees, all dressed in royal blue company polo shirts—including founder and Amazon View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
Web Site) To position itself for the 21st century, the company is relying on the likes of Yves G. Martin (MBA '86), acting CEO of Club Med North America, and Nicolas C. Giraud (MBA '91), director of sales support, both of whom were hired... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
had committed to the board at Hewlett-Packard. When she joined in 2011, the third CEO in as many years, the company had lost its edge. Whitman engineered a massive corporate split in an effort to return the tech giant to the forefront of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
would pay attention.” “It was always so much fun to talk to Ted, because his brain never stopped,” remarks HBS professor emeritus Ben Shapiro. “His mind was truly creative, truly visionary. There was a freshness and exuberance about him,... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
that was the first struggle, because we had to convince our parent company. We also had to convince our traditional distributors, who make money off of people paying for cable, when broadcast is free. And the way we did that is by saying,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
to package the maize. Masha's company warehouses the grain at the end of the process, commoditizes it, and sells it to food conglomerates like Nestlé, which uses it to make baby food and breakfast cereal sold in Nigeria and abroad. Babban Gona then View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
even if the pay does not increase immediately. Advocate on your own behalf, but also find mentors who will advocate for you. Remember that to whom much is given, much is expected. Always take the time to mentor others. Thank those who... View Details