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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
Derek T. Ferguson (MBA 1990) could be mistaken for a minister by fellow commuters on the train from Connecticut to Manhattan. Yet his calling is not to the pulpit, but to the midtown headquarters of Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group,... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
The Musts of 2023
Harvard Business School professors to demystify vital business concepts in a way that's both entertaining and insightful. They break down academic theory without sacrificing depth. So if you want to learn how to become a master... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Wheel Change
A serial entrepreneur, Paris Wallace (MBA 2007/MPA 2008) is founder of Ovia Health and Good Start Genetics. But he started his first business—an online store selling bike parts and accessories—at age 16. With his launch this year of the National Cycling League (NCL),... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
in upstate New York with his father, a business executive, his mother, a homemaker, and a younger sister. When MacDonald was 12, he fell ill for many months with scarlet fever and mastoiditis. Confined to his home, he survived the boredom and loneliness by reading... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
First Film: Open Invitation, half–hour dark comedy Previous Job: managed brand franchises for Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati and Toronto AT P&G: spearheaded relationship with UNICEF to donate tuberculosis vaccines Copresident: HBS View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 26 Jun 2013
- News
How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case
Bob Reiss Photo courtesy of Bob Reiss It was 1983, and Bob Reiss (MBA 1956) was looking for a new game to play. A Brooklyn native and former basketball star at Columbia University who had become a successful entrepreneur in the toy-and-game industry, Reiss was... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Hollywood Squared
In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal (September 4, 2007), Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman and CEO Michael Lynton (MBA ’87) declared that from his perspective “the global economy in general — and the View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- Web
Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
Harvard spent a winter break week in New York exploring new ventures in fashion, food, and fine arts, and co-led four similar winter break trips to Silicon Valley . Eisenmann also created the MBA electives Launching Technology Ventures ,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
New England Conservatory, piano; Yale, psychobiology Speaks: French, Hebrew HBS Show: musical director (2002); writer (2003) Last Summer: associate producer, A Hole in One, Beech Hill Films Previous Career: engagement manager, McKinsey’s Media and View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 07 Nov 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United
film, music, television, video games, the performing arts, sports, and advertising. She has written dozens of cases on firms and businesses as varied as Hulu, Marvel Enterprises, New York's Marquee nightclub, The Metropolitan Opera, and... View Details
- 01 Aug 2017
- News
When Art Met Finance
Jeffrey Deitch, Jeff Koons, and Dakis Joannou at the opening of the exhibition “Everything That’s Interesting Is New,” The Dakis Joannou Collection, The Factory, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, 1996. (Photo via Artsy) Jeffrey Deitch,... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Larry Murphy
development advisor. He believes that sheer size, coupled with some ill-advised mergers, have hurt creativity and bottom-line performance at big-name media and entertainment companies. “I wouldn’t be surprised,” Murphy says, “to see the... View Details
- 16 Jun 2023
- News
On the Move: Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016)
Our “On the Move” series highlights HBS alumni who are taking on new roles and responsibilities. Here we speak with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), who was announced as EVP of International Strategy & Business Operations for the Professional Fighters League (PFL) MENA region... View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
Ann Sarnoff To Lead Warner Bros. Studio
Sarnoff also discussed the challenge of meeting the needs of the modern audience. “We need to emotionally connect with our audiences and build a connection that can last into future generations,” she told Deadline. “They’re experiencing View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Jonathan M. Nelson, MBA 1983
companies, VoiceStream Wireless (now called T-Mobile USA), and also launched Hulu and the Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network (although Nelson admits to being an avid Red Sox fan). By following his passion, Jonathan Nelson has... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Heard in the Chapel
performance to a packed house. The HBS men’s original a cappella group, The Tycoons, was formed in 1947 and entertained campus gatherings for more than 25 years before disbanding. Heard on the Street, which View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
same as it was in 1977, and certainly not in the entertainment space." As CEO of AMC Theatres since March 2009, Lopez has been addressing that discrepancy with a passion and drive not usually seen in a business often considered a sleepy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Respond to a Worthy Cause
Respond and Respond II, and Sonya Brown and Michelle Dietz (both MBA ’02). After the success of the first CD, last year Devereaux asked the HBS Entertainment & Media Club for help writing a business plan. “The idea was to broaden the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Power Couple
Richard Sarnoff (MBA ’87), a group president at Random House, is one forward-looking media exec who has some impressive links to the industry’s past: His great-uncle, former RCA chairman David Sarnoff, was instrumental in developing the first commercial radio station... View Details
- 21 May 2021
- News
See Us Unite for Change
Courtesy Sheila Lirio Marcelo In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) month, MTV’s Entertainment brands are streaming a global television special, “See Us Unite for Change,” on May 21. Hosted by comedian Ken Jeong, the... View Details