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- 01 Jan 2011
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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,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Mark Schwartz
for new challenges. Following a yearlong sabbatical, he joined the legendary hedge fund and private equity firm founded by financier and philanthropist George Soros. The firm... View Details
- 04 Apr 2024
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The Making of a Medical Milestone
On March 16, doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital made history when they successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig to a living human. The groundbreaking procedure marked a significant milestone in animal-to-human transplant, or... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2007
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Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
you can create the right environment for a group to address issues together." ADVICE TO STUDENTS "Never underestimate the importance of the 'softer' management lessons you learn at HBS—the ones that revolve around working with and leading... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A ‘One Harvard’ Perspective
insurance sectors. He believes the best business leaders “embrace the public service aspect” of their positions. “When I work with executives,” he elaborates, “I try to reinforce the idea that no matter what kind of View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Africa’s business and economic landscape. Close to 100 alumni from several HBS clubs logged on for the conversation, which touched upon a wide range of issues including investing, private equity View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center
Born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Dick Spangler attended Charlotte public schools and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the first in... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
finding his way back to Wall Street, Schwartz returned to his native Canada, and in 1984 founded Onex Corporation, a private equity firm built on the values that changed the trajectory of his life so many... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
in your community and in the organizations that are important to you. When I think about the future, though, I look to John Whitehead (MBA 11/'47) as a terrific role model. After he left Goldman Sachs, he... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
created Moms of Black Boys United on Facebook and in less than 12 hours it had 21,000 members. Within three months there were 150,000.” Accelerator: “When I was at New York Public Radio someone asked what... View Details
- 23 May 2018
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Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987
markets—where she handled the initial public offering of UPS, the largest IPO to date in 1999. Now, as vice chairman, she oversees the firm’s multicultural client strategy and has View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 03 Nov 2023
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Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum
Club of Sweden, in partnership with the climate action organization We Don’t Have Time, hosted its first annual Stockholm Climate Leadership Forum on October 4. The event, which featured a series of discussions with Swedish business... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
spent much of his post-HBS career in energy finance, corporate finance, and public and private equity investment. In 2001, he cofounded ArcLight... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Leveraging Generative AI
even fine-tune a syllabus. While he doesn’t suggest turning over case writing to chatbots, Weiss says they can be valuable for gaining broader perspectives on case dilemmas and preparing for class discussions. He also uses ChatGPT-4 in... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
CURRENT READING Inside: A Public and Private Life, by Joseph A. Califano, Jr. A member of McKinsey for almost half a century, Ron Daniel led the management consultancy from... View Details
- 30 May 2023
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Finding PRIDE
students to connect via an untraceable off-campus phone number. Those founding members launched what would become a decades-long tradition—a community within the community. The group’s name, originally borrowed from a similar group at Stanford, would evolve over time;... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Simmons Family Endows Professorship
and in our success as a family," notes L.E. Simmons (MBA '72), founder of L.E. Simmons & Associates in Houston, which manages a private equity fund that invests in the oil service industry. "We all believe... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960
internationally, buying and bringing efficiency to some previously nationalized power plants and utilities. Over the years, as Sant's business grew so too did his personal commitment to society. When AES... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 12 Feb 2021
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How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
300 shops. Earnings had grown from $100,000 pretax profits to $800,000 pre-tax profits. And in order to satisfy my dad, decided to have a public offering in 1968, which was quite successful. We were the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Building a Better Brazil
educational platform. The gift was made through the Lemann Foundation, a nonprofit organization Lemann and his family created in 2002 to enhance the quality of public education... View Details