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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
father would make us read through the annual reports of companies he had invested in, but that was an early influence: realizing I had an education and holidays because my parents complemented their income by investing in the Nigerian... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Nov 2024
- News
Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone
experience the best parent possible. How do you relax? / Do you have a hobby? I started performing improv comedy before HBS when I first lived in Ohio. When I moved back in 2022, I got to start performing again with my favorite cast... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
New York Leadership Dinner Honors Leaders Challenging the Status Quo At its 55th Annual Leadership Dinner in May, the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) honored four leaders whose careers and contributions to the world embody this year’s theme, “Challenging the Status Quo.”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Jun 2018
- News
An Unfinished Story
his family. In the 1980s, Adem T. Bunkeddeko’s (MBA 2017) parents escaped from war-torn Uganda to a tiny one-bedroom apartment in Queens. There they raised their children and helped other friends and family acclimate to this new country.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 21 Dec 2017
- News
Finding Opportunities to Grow and Lead
because I was a girl, I couldn't be a leader. I recognized the double standard that my parents had never raised me to expect. But that's what I was finding. So, moving forward in my life, I have been very involved in everything connected... View Details
- 15 May 2018
- News
Spreading the Safety Net
greater societal equality and a fiduciary obligation to shareholders, she writes. Like so many companies before us, my company, Rent the Runway, had two tiers of workers. Our salaried employees — who typically came from relatively privileged, educated backgrounds —... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
two-parent families in the United States with children reported both parents working full-time in 2015—up from less than a third in 1970. For some, there has been a tangible impact on their professional lives, with 30 percent of the Pew... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
Americans, blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Ivy League alums, high-school grads, and parents offers coping strategies to help ordinary people turn challenges into extraordinary opportunities for action. College Sports Traditions: Before,... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Like-Minded
parents had built one of the largest chocolate factories in Japan. “Each of us had grown up watching our parents struggle but also successfully grow their own businesses,” Murakami explains. “We grew up with... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
to be in property, and I’m going to do well enough to give you guys a job.’ My parents had no clue about what I was doing, and I really didn’t, either. I just knew that the work involved financial services, which felt aspirational. All... 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
- 29 Feb 2016
- News
How Joe Shoen Got U-Haul Back on Track
The most recent issue of Forbes magazine has a long piece on Amerco, U-Haul’s parent company, and its return to dominance following decades-long internal turmoil. Leading the charge is Amerco CEO Joe Shoen (MBA 1973), who has a... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Down on the Farm: Frank Burke (MBA '87)
the tarp out on the field when it rains, to greeting the fans as they enter the park. "Our parent club, the Cincinnati Reds, pays our players," Burke continues. "That leaves us free to concentrate on optimizing the ballpark experience... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
Once they placed their order, customers had to wait ten years to receive it. Finally, Bajaj, whose grandfather had been known as the "fifth son" of Mahatma Gandhi and whose parents and grandparents had spent time in British prisons for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
Another area that we’re interested in is how parents should think about these things with their kids. How should we think about teaching our kids about time and money so that they make decisions that science says are good for them? What... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
The Next Lessons
Eric and Wendy Schmidt among his supporters. So how far can Khan Academy extend its reach? “We have a bunch of partnerships,” Khan said during his May return to campus, where he not only delivered the 2014 Class Day address but also told his story to an auditorium full... View Details
Keywords: William Weber
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
students, Khan wants parents to feel “Oh, I can do this. This isn’t impossible.” Today, Khan Academy usage is up about 250 percent, student and teacher registration rates are six times higher than normal, and View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
iStock The faculty, students, and staff of Harvard Business School are thinking about the people of Turkey and Syria who were impacted by the recent earthquake. We have all been touched by the loss of life, the hopeful stories of survival, and the rapid response of... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
reaching a high of $243 amidst much media fanfare. But like many early dot-com success stories, Perry, who has been called a founding father of the business-to-business online marketplace, has experienced the effects of gravity lately. Chemdex is now defunct, but Perry... View Details