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- 18 May 2023
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
in Peoria, Illinois, which took her through the city's poorest neighborhoods. A serious illness in Wilfong's mid-30s led her to reevaluate the way she spent her time. Wilfong realized she didn't want to wait until retirement to give back... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
The remaining 75 percent Hope and Comfort purchases with money donated by individuals or through grants. Today, Hope and Comfort is still one of the few nonprofits that distributes hygiene products, notes Feingold, who retired from his... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
prosperity,” says Elumelu. “That is at the heart of Africapitalism.” The retired chief executive officer, now chairman of the United Bank of Africa (UBA) and the founder of Heirs Holdings, Elumelu has put the tenet of this... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook
once sold holdings in their retirement accounts to lend me money to keep the doors open. All seven hundred employees at the meeting rose to give my parents a standing ovation. View Details
- 06 Sep 2013
- News
More Seats at the Table
tell you about women who have retired from marketing and technology and HR positions all across corporate America reporting to the CEO. You haven't heard of them, but they are outstanding senior-level business women and they will be great... View Details
- 15 Nov 2021
- News
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
uncle Fred,” noted Waite. At Greylock, he added, the primary focus was on helping these companies to succeed, not just on making money. Waite remained a general partner at Greylock until his retirement in 1995, served as president in the... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
that teach different aspects of financial literacy. Celebrity Calamity focuses on the ins and outs of credit card debt; Farm Blitz: teaches users about debt, savings, and compound interest; Bite Club, billed as “the world’s first-ever vampire View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
The School that Donham Built
and landscaping. Donham’s blueprint followed the arc of the river, which subsequent architects have maintained.” Along with his imprint on the School’s campus and pedagogy, Donham’s personal influence can still be felt at HBS. After his 1942 View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 17 Jul 2020
- News
Support System
the 1970s. She wanted to give families in these villages the same educational opportunities she had enjoyed in America. Offering fair prices, as well as educational and retirement benefits, to her shea-nut pickers in West Africa is not... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
see,” says Dan Napoli, a retired Merrill partner. Bloomberg LP has grown into a global company with nearly 20,000 employees in 120 countries and is the primary source of information for the global financial system. By all accounts,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 06 Sep 2016
- News
The Solution That Doesn’t Get Discussed About How to Get More Women On Corporate Boards
By Beth Stewart (MBA 1982), CEO Trewstar Corporate Board Services and Ilene H. Lang (MBA 1973), retired CEO, Catalyst and senior advisor to Trewstar We take as given that modern, well-run boards recognize myriad reasons to include diverse... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Q & A: Gustavo Herrero
the Latin American perspective and, through networking, facilitates its development. Both groups are very important to us. What drew you to this job? For some time, I've been planning an early retirement from business so that I could get... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
September 2008, just one of its ten non-executive directors had any recent banking experience. He had joined the board five months before Lehman went bust. The backgrounds of Lehman’s independent directors were hardly suited to overseeing a complicated financial... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Running a Decathlon
Vice President George H. W. Bush, where they were honored for their contributions to children’s education. Patton ultimately became president of Unisys Corporation, from which he retired in 1996; he also has served as non-executive chair... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated
many black students to attend the School. Fitzhugh retired from Pepsi in 1974 but remained active with the company and within the community for many years. He was recognized for his achievements with numerous awards, including honorary... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
They Call Him Mr. China
stuck, something he doesn’t dodge. No doubt it works to his advantage in his new pursuit. Mr. China retired from ASIMCO in January 2009. Three months later, he launched JFP Holdings, a merchant bank based in Beijing. (Bain Capital... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963
Founding Cochair, Partners HealthCare 1995 Retires from HBS 1995 Named Senior Advisor to the President of The World Bank 1997 John and Natty McArthur University Professorship established at Harvard 1999 McArthur Hall dedicated at HBS 2002... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
revenues were less than $750 million. In short order, he became CEO and chairman. When he retired at age 59 in 2001, the company employed 28,000 and revenues exceeded $6.7 billion. George attributes the company’s success to maintaining an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
advice and counsel on a regular basis. She has led this board admirably, and we are all extremely grateful. Thank you to the board members who are retiring this year. I am deeply thankful for their energy, imagination, and support. My... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)
reverse of mine. She had her children early; in fact, her kids were out of the house by the time she was 40. And she had her career later. After thirty years in various Washington libraries, she retired this February as head librarian of... View Details