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- 02 Nov 2023
- News
Seeding Startups
Shirish Nadkarni (MBA 1987) was the director of product planning for Microsoft’s MSN when he decided he was ready to become an entrepreneur. He had recently led the growing internet portal’s 1997 acquisition of Hotmail, the first free, web-based email solution, and the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
Chairman & CEO, Ayala Corporation Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Harvard College, 1981 A.B., Economics LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "The ability to find solutions to challenges increases exponentially when... View Details
- 05 Jul 2023
- News
GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center
Sinemale, Director of Corporate Relations, Middle East and Africa at HBS; Sarah Shaw, Lead of Athar Program, HBS Club of GCC; and moderator Keshia Pieters, Senior Policy and Strategy Manager, HBS Club of GCC. As a hub for the 1,400 HBS... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
of the world, and studying and working abroad has been my passion since high school. I found my calling in developing projects to assist refugees in Côte d’Ivoire and helping to build small businesses in Vietnam. I’ve strengthened... View Details
- 18 Jul 2023
- News
The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)
company? We’ve developed a number of great projects, roughly 25 between television and movies, that I’d like to get made in the next few years. If forced to pick one of each: -A period television series set in Paris that weaves back and... View Details
Keywords: Robert Bochnak
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
processes. That data is especially valuable in this case because the Lakewood Ranch location is the company’s beta test. Just down the street, a 15-person corporate team is building the next club in Port St. Lucie. And the one after that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
What Makes a Good Leader
compelling vision. Great leaders help people get in touch with their own aspirations and then will help them forge those aspirations into a personal vision." Regarding communication: "Good communication does not mean that you have to... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
association lobbied to get it approved. Local backing also helped Dlodlo secure $300,000 in pre-development financing for Madikizela from the state of Maryland. Her professional network helped too, with industry ties to the Reinvestment Fund, a View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War
of the theory you can imagine but never anything practical." Upon graduation, Hoa returned to Hanoi to work for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Press Center. There, she caught the eye of personnel from Harvard's Institute for International View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)
- 22 Sep 2023
- News
Capital Connection
worked on transactions that required more than $50 million in capital. That created a major gap in the market, leaving commercial real estate operators who develop or renovate smaller properties with more limited funding options. Whereas... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
traditionally been major players. "Given the many psychological and political barriers that impede exit and the removal of capacity from production in the developed economies of the West, the potential for political and social disruption... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a... View Details
- 17 Dec 2020
- News
Making Club History in Japan; Startup Accelerator Case Goes Virtual in Atlanta
making the HBS Club of Japan a source of inspiration and connection for alumni.” According to Tanaka, Japan ranks the lowest among developed countries in the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index. “Female representation in leadership in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
in developing a holistic approach to building strong, economically diverse neighborhoods, often from the ground up. When he joined the organization in 2012, Majors brought experience in business development, View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
the four or five days surrounding the IPO in 1980. We bet the company at every board meeting.” Superpower: “I think I would say picking good people. I know the real thing when I see it. A lot of it is intuition.” Back to top John B. Hess (MBA 1977) CEO, Hess View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
and infrastructure opportunities, and expertise on governance practices. These present opportunities for HBS alumni. The HBSAAA board saw the need to educate our membership and the community about them.” The panel featured Ndidi Okonkwo... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
of technology, order, and modernity, not ancient disciplines involving hand-to-hand combat. At the time, Sityodtong was setting up the Asian office of Izara Capital Management, the $500 million hedge fund he founded in New York; Evolve... View Details
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
students to connect via an untraceable off-campus phone number. Those founding members launched what would become a decades-long tradition—a community within the community. The group’s name, originally borrowed from a similar group at... View Details