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average hedge fund lives three years and only a small percent of funds control the industry’s assets under management. The differentiator is people. So many people get into this industry because they have dollar signs in their eyes. We... View Details

Keywords: Edited by Julia Hanna; Photo by Chris Sorensen; search firm; entrepreneurship; hedge funds

23 Jan 2024
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A Wide Net

success in the sector. “We are looking for founders who are doing things differently,” he says, specifically companies with competitive moats and long growth runways. Alpha Wave also made the decision to invest slowly through the early... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Aug 2012
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Face Fears with Courage

01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

in 1963, brought swift economic growth to the country—but by the 1970s he was also a de facto dictator, torturing and killing citizens who dared to protest for a more democratic government. Education was another driver for the family’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

28 Mar 2024
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Rooms with a View

Alexander Mirza (MBA 1997) has spent two decades in the hospitality industry, opening and growing major hotel brands, including Hilton, Starwood, and Caesars, with locations around the world. And with each new project, Mirza faced the same primary challenge. “It didn’t... View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Christina Gandolfo; Hospitality

01 Dec 2023
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A More Accommodating Approach

Shelly Nooner (GMP 33, 2022) had already proven herself to be visionary and execution-focused during her two decades at Trimble, an industrial technology company that provides hardware, software, and services across agriculture,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

02 Nov 2023
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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 Dec 2023
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Rounding the Bend

Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Oct 1997
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J. Hughes Norton III

which, along with South America, Norton sees as the next big growth area for the industry. IMG has 77 offices and nearly 2,000 employees in 30 countries, dwarfing its competitors and offering its clients from the sports, arts, and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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