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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
career path and hope for this community,” he says. The students may fill an acute need for workers in the near term, but that isn’t necessarily the endpoint. Jamaal, 15, plans to attend medical school. Waltkia, also 15, is often first in the class to raise her hand;... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
prompted its resurgence were notable not just for their boldness or the returns they generated. It was also for their source: a 29-year-old in her first year on the job. A four-year-old Nisa and her father, Adi Photo courtesy of the Godrej View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
L.E. Simmons
the recent boom in service stocks, he still claims to "spend more time thinking about how to minimize risk than about how to make more money." Twenty-five years into his career, Simmons finds his priorities essentially unchanged. "I still place a high value on finding... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Honoring a legacy
her parents in 1964. “It’s not about taking over the company business; it’s really about honoring the legacy of my parents. It’s about the spirit of my parents, their value system, and their beliefs. When I joined my parents, my father in particular, in the View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Ikenna Okezie
that his father and elder brother are physicians, but his close-knit family has always encouraged him to widen his net. "They support my diversification into business," Okezie says. He majored in economics at Yale, where he graduated cum... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 26 May 2016
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993
she says. “I provide the annoying discipline.” Both CEOs, they find raising three daughters in New York City “a little exhausting, sometimes unnerving, but always sheer joy.” Family dinners—technology free—happen most evenings; weekends... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Ipsita Dasgupta - Global Perspective, Local Results
summer, and in the fall she will be working in Boston as a strategy consultant for IBM Strategy and Change. “I think I will always be involved in economic development in some way,” she remarks, crediting her mother as a major source of inspiration. “She's worked behind... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Who Was George F. Baker?
Within that context, the Baker family recently donated a major collection of Baker’s papers and memorabilia to the library, archives that no doubt will help scholars and students take fuller measure of the “Sphinx of Wall Street.” View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi
Al Checchi's record of achievement - particularly his turnaround of Northwest Airlines - is usually attributed to his brilliance and financial acumen. Often overlooked is how family heritage and twists of fate have played a role in his... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
responsible for overall investment, strategic planning, and asset management. Looking for the perfect location for a family vacation retreat in 2009, Turner and his wife, Lydia, found and purchased 400 acres of pristine land in Dover... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
did make sense and thus had my first lesson about COGS (cost of goods sold). It took me a few more months to earn enough for the bike. After that, whatever I desired beyond basics, I had to earn myself—including HBS, during which time I started a retail store to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Furthering the Legacy of Whitney Bowman (MBA 2006)
was a great experience for him. He loved every second of it.” The couple met in high school in Texas and moved back there in 2011. “Whitney’s life was cut way too short. I'm so grateful that he got to accomplish so many of his goals,” says Brittanie, highlighting the... View Details
- 10 Oct 2016
- News
Why White-Collar Criminals Commit Their Crimes
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
Chairman and CEO, Rakuten, Inc. Download Mikitani profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1965 Born, Kobe, Japan 1972 Family moves to United States for two years 1988 Earns commerce degree, Hitotsubashi... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
From Retail to Real Estate
traded national chain and generations-long family enterprise—until it was acquired by Walmart for $1.6 billion in 2009. As reported in the Bloomberg story, “Harvard Grad Solves His Family’s $1.6 Billion Liquidity Problem,” Ibañez was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Alejandro Ramirez: A Very Good Time for Mexico
offer was a perfect fit. Meanwhile, however, back in his hometown of Morelia, Mexico, the family business, Organización Ramirez Cinemas, was facing a serious challenge. “My grandfather and my father called and said, ‘We really need your... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Marketing Giant Ted Levitt Remembered
loved the exchange of ideas. He loved seeing young people who were eager to learn.” Levitt was born in 1925 in Vollmerz, Germany, and moved with his family to Dayton, Ohio, a decade later to escape the encroaching Nazi threat. Drafted... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
David G. Bradley, MBA 1977
a freelancer who had worked for the Atlantic and was held hostage in Libya in 2011. Bradley gathered interested parties—Gillis’s parents, journalists, lawyers—to brainstorm how they could help, and their initial success led him to bring together other View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Graduate's Gift Honors HBS Friend
friends and family members of both men attended a gathering at the School last May. De Rothschild and Anderson offered remarks, as did one of their former professors, George A. von Peterffy, and Dean Kim B. Clark. "Today we're celebrating... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 25 Jan 2023
- News
The Road to the C-Suite, with Citi CFO Mark Mason
to the CFO office at Citi. In the interview, Mason talks about growing up in Queens, in a family full of business-minded people, but wanting to be a doctor when he was a child. Even from a young age there were signs that he had a knack... View Details