CEO succession - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 1998
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Emerging Information

IT WAS A CRITICAL demonstration that, if all went well, would likely land a big-time client for Gary Mueller, president and CEO of Internet Securities (www.securities.com), an online service designed to provide news and data about the... View Details

Keywords: Paul Michelman

01 Jan 2007
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Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981

Cofounder, CEO & Board Chair, Numenta, Inc. Former CEO, Palm Computing, Inc., & Handspring, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Yale University, 1977 B.A., History LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "Integrity... View Details

12 Feb 2020
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Culture Shift at Big Blue

Getty Images Getty Images With the news of President and CEO Ginni Rometty’s retirement and the elevation of Arvind Krishna to replace her as chief executive, IBM simultaneously announced that Jim Whitehurst (MBA 1994) will step up as the... View Details

Keywords: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

26 May 2016
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Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980

his focus to the nonprofit world and launched Bridgespan, an organization dedicated to helping address society’s most complex problems. Tierney has a knack for making it seem like his success is accidental. As a high-school student when... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

06 Jan 2021
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A Message from Dean Srikant Datar

additional assistance, to partnering with entities like the Executive Leadership Council to increase the number of successful Black executives. As I think about the Dean's Anti-Racism Task Force: [It] has resulted in the racial equity... View Details

01 Jun 2010
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M.I.A. Boards

art-auction company executive; the former CEO of a Spanish-language television company; a retired rear admiral who had headed the Girl Scouts and served on the board of Weight Watchers International; a theatrical producer; and, until two... View Details

Keywords: John Gillespie;David Zweig; Finance

24 Apr 2014
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Putting innovation to work for greater social impact

Randy Haykin (MBA 1988), CEO of Haykin Capital, talks about putting his business experience and success to work bringing technology and innovation to developing countries. (Published April 2014) View Details

18 Mar 2021
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Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition

Mag. “People are often surprised at what I was able to achieve in spite of being blind but to the contrary, I feel I am successful because I am blind, not in spite of it,” says Chad. After losing his eyesight while attending college in... View Details

01 Jun 2013
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Minding The Gap

Focused and pragmatic, she is deeply committed to across-the-board success at a school where 93 percent of students are African American, and 65 percent are from economic backgrounds that qualify them for free or reduced school lunches.... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Blagg, Deborah; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

Father of Modern Management by Bob Buford (OPM 2, 1977) (Worthy Publishing) Where Does It Hurt?: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Fixing Health Care by Jonathan Bush (MBA 1997) and Stephen Baker (Portfolio) Bush, the cofounder and CEO of... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Books Integrity. Kindness. Hard work. Substance and value. Are these the words that describe a media mogul? They are when it’s the late Frank Biondi, the former CEO of HBO, Universal Studios, and Viacom, who leaves a legacy far beyond the... View Details

25 Mar 2018
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Modernizing Infrastructure Management

In this interview, Joseph Heieck (MBA 2014), CEO and President of gWorks, describes how his company makes it easier for municipalities to track their infrastructure needs—and stay resilient. “I was in the Navy for a long time, but I am... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Feedback

life, business, success through embracing personal truth, and “unleashing your unquenchable warrior spirit” is an inspiration. —Paul Kewene-Hite via alumni.hbs.edu Success Stories Re: Breaking the Digital... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Africa Business Conference Creates Ongoing Forum for Change

that evening by Angélique Kidjo, a Benin-born singer whose repertoire ranges from reggae to gospel to Zairean rumba. Frank Savage, CEO of the financial-services company Savage Holdings LLC, delivered the Saturday morning keynote speech in... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books

After graduating Cum Laude from Harvard College in 1974 and earning his MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1976, Bujalski had a successful business career as CEO of several health care services... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Sep 2020
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How To Make Diversity a Reality

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “We have been very successful at finding people of color to be operating partners, to be employees at ICV. We've been doing this for two decades. We've had no problem finding... View Details

02 Aug 2022
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PayPal Names Blake Jorgensen as CFO

Jorgensen has also served as CFO at Levi Strauss and Yahoo. He was named to Hasbro’s Board of Directors in April, with the toymaker’s CEO Chris Cocks noting that Jorgensen’s “expertise, leadership skills, and strategic growth mindset have... View Details

26 Jul 2018
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Running the Numbers

people to buy into a new vision or better way of doing things is my favorite kind of challenge.” Today, as CEO of the Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR), a Massachusetts-based tech-intensive company focused on data management, strategic... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

20 Dec 2024
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Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024

To Boost Communities, Alumni Clubs Send Nonprofit Leaders to HBS For one week every summer, nonprofit leaders from across the globe convene on the HBS campus to sharpen their leadership skills and expand their impact through the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit... View Details