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- 19 Nov 2014
- News
Building a better future for HBS students
Real estate developer Sid Yog (MBA 2004) is building communities and creating jobs on four continents while also supporting fellowships at HBS that enable the School to attract the most talented students from around the world. (Published November 2014) View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
In Brief
Q&A with Ali Allawi. After more than forty years in exile, Ali Allawi (MBA ’71) returned to Iraq in 2003 to serve in the new government. Disillusioned, he left for London in 2006 and wrote a critically acclaimed book about his experience. Riding It Out. Paal Gisholt... View Details
Amos Hostetter, Jr.
cable subscriber base of over 4 million (third largest in the US) and pioneered the launch of regional cable news channels in New England and Chicago. Hostetter sold his business to US West for over $11 billion in 1996. View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- Profile
Kendall Brinker
made products that inspire as much passion as cars," Kendall notes. As an active member of the Automotive Club, she gets access to events many others would envy. "We got to test drive Lamborghinis at a local dealership," Kendall says. For the New View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Noted & Quoted
Michael Porter on health-care reform strategy (New England Journal of Medicine, July 9, 2009). “There are relatively fewer and fewer consumers willing to pay a premium or suffer a deficit in product quality in order to be patriotic and... View Details
- 27 Mar 2020
- News
Pret a Manger's CEO on "Survival Mode"
- 30 Jul 2019
- News
Turning Around Tesco
The British-based grocery chain Tesco—the third-largest retailer in the world—recently marked its 100th anniversary with a record-setting, 30-hour dance relay in Wembley Stadium. There were other reasons to celebrate, too: The chain is back in the black after surviving... View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- News
Fashion’s Transparent Translator
In 2007, Imran Amed (MBA 2002) started blogging about an industry that fascinated him: fashion. A former McKinsey consultant, the Canadian noticed the suits and creatives of the business didn’t always understand each other. Amed thought he might be able to help out,... View Details
- 07 May 2016
- News
Retail in the Blood
As a boy, Simon Belsham (MBA 2007) hung out on the shop floor of Scally Wags Fun Factory, the toy shop his parents ran in the English town of Ashford. The shop closed with the arrival of Toys R Us, but “it gave me an insight into the highs and lows of running a small... View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Support for the Healers
As COO of the UK-based Point of Care Foundation, Deborah Sandford (MBA 1990) runs an organization that addresses the needs of health care professionals who spend their careers answering the needs of others. “Hospital staff members exist on a daily diet of trauma,... View Details
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
An education reformer and social entrepreneur
Sir Cyril Taylor (MBA 1961) is a social entrepreneur and British educator who served 10 successive secretaries of state for education. “I love my work helping young people get a good education,” he says. Taylor had a successful career at Proctor and Gamble when he left... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
A London Lodging Landmark
At London's storied Ritz Hotel, where Charlie Chaplin once tossed carnations out his window to adoring fans below and where Tallulah Bankhead drank champagne from her slipper, managing director Giles Shepard (14th PMD) is overseeing extensive renovations. Amid basic... View Details
Keywords: Hospitality
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
The path to philanthropic entrepreneurship
Sherry Coutu (MBA 1993) recalls that one of the things she liked most about attending HBS was that it empowered its graduates to continually strive to have increased impact in their endeavors. This has guided her work as an entrepreneur and angel investor in both the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Noted & Quoted
"I'll have a bad day; then I'll recall when one of the diving team drowned and you realize that the fact chocolate-chip cookies haven't sold well isn't that serious." —Lance Batchelor (MBA 1993), CEO of the UK-based Domino's Pizza Group and former member of the Royal... View Details
Keywords: quotations
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
GLF Showcases London
After a long summer break, it was great to get together with the Alumni Board on campus in mid-October and to welcome twelve new members. Before I highlight the important committee work ahead, let me first bring you up-to-date on the Global Leadership Forum (GLF) set... View Details
- 30 Jul 2010
- News
Fashion Meets Business
Paris Wallace
extensively in academic and corporate settings including Harvard, MIT and Wharton. Paris holds a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College, and an M.B.A. and M.P.A from Harvard University, where he was a Reynolds Fellow. He is an avid cyclist and he and his wife split... View Details
- 02 Nov 2021
- News
Row On
Hamlin (MBA 1978), who died in May of Alzheimer’s Disease at the age of 74. Hamlin, who represented the United States in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and at the World Rowing Championships in 1969 and 1970, continued to compete internationally after moving to View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Reunion Roundup
Hello, Class of 1952! Photography by Stuart Cahill, C.J. Gunther, Brian Snyder, and Thomas J. Fitzsimmons. Close to three thousand alumni traveled to Soldiers Field in early June to recharge their batteries, visit with old friends, and take in the pleasures of a balmy... View Details
- Blog
Tech Power at HBS: Faculty Boost Technology Ecosystem
list, now in its second year, naturally includes tech CEOs, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs, but goes beyond technologists to explore the broader ecosystem of tech industries in New England and the people who have "kept the... View Details