Equities - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Feb 2022
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A World of Difference

and think about equity and inclusion, but this is not at the top of my priority list. The second bucket is executives who say, I definitely want to have more diversity, equity, and inclusion, but I don’t know how to tackle this complex... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)

always rule. "If the CEO is overconfident, he will feel undervalued by the equity market, and an equity issue will seem too expensive," she observes. "An overconfident CEO will therefore end up investing... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

07 Aug 2019
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“The Star of the North”

companies. They also boast a rising labor force that’s among the strongest in the country, while the workforces of other states are dwindling. Health care in the area is strong, highlighted by the Mayo Clinic, and the education system is thriving. Why would Granite... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

27 Oct 2017
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Two HBS Alumni to Lead Carlyle Group

will become co-executive chairmen. “We are fully committed to and confident in the firm’s future and will continue to be substantial investors in Carlyle funds for years to come,” the founders of the 30-year-old private equity firm said... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Steve Schwarzman

rise of private equity here and abroad hasn’t gone unchallenged. The Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether buyout deals involving multiple private-equity firms are anticompetitive. In Europe, critics are... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

05 Oct 2021
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Growing Latino Buying Power

David Perez (MBA 1996), cofounder and managing partner of the private equity firm Avance Investment Management, recently spoke to CNBC’s Squawk Box as part of the show’s focus on Latino businesses for Hispanic Heritage Month. Perez notes... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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What I Do: Lindsey Mead (MBA 2000), Vedica Qalbani and Jessica Wu (both MBA 2007)

its competitors in the hunt for talent in the high-stakes, trilliondollar finance industry. Ratio’s focus is on search for private equity and hedge fund firms, and its founders’ strategy for winning in that specialized, competitive market... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter and Maria Hoey

14 Jan 2022
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Power Play

equity investment strategy is better executed and better aligns the firm with its investors and executive teams—a luxury afforded by its independence from other firms evaluating the opportunity. SER focuses on being an opportunistic and... View Details

18 May 2016
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What Does the American Dream Mean in Today’s America?

Alexander Navab (MBA 1991), head of investment firm KKR’s Americas private equity business, was honored this year with an Ellis Island Medal of Honor, presented annually to “individuals who have made it their mission to share with those... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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A Canadian Hero

list of the most successful business leaders this country has ever produced," according to the Toronto Globe and Mail, is president and CEO of ONEX, a thriving public company he founded sixteen years ago. A diversified global firm specializing in private View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Building businesses that benefit a community as well as the bottom line

Richard Sussman (GMP 12, 2012) is using his work in private equity to guide start-up firms toward benefiting others as they grow their businesses (Published April 2014) View Details

06 Jan 2020
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Home Grown

view (Granite Equity plans for businesses, including Granite Equity itself, to be sustainable for 100 years or more); and investment in community (often businesses owners or senior officials contribute to... View Details

Keywords: Finance

03 Feb 2021
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Power Play

a partner with Energy Capital Partners, saw it as the perfect foundation on which to build a dedicated private equity firm. So in 2018, he founded SER Capital Partners, which focuses on sustainable investments, and brought in partners... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon