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Danny Lipsitz

At Columbia, Danny Lipsitz pursued a major not commonly associated with business: classics. “I had a terrific Latin teacher in high school who drew me in,” he says. In college, Danny sustained his interest in the classics and wrote his thesis on “the mythologization of... View Details

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David Frankel

Ethics of the Fathers: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" Give back. With a loving family, a privileged education and great partners I helped create the first ISP in South Africa. I owe... View Details

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Chris Wilson-Byrne

Although Chris Wilson-Byrne studied chemistry as an undergraduate, he found his first research experiences disappointing. "I realized that I liked working with people, with teams," Chris says. On the advice of friends, he applied for an internship with an... View Details

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Curt Willener

After graduating from Oregon State, Curt Willener found himself prepared for roles within either finance or administration. "I leaned more to management," Curt says, "but I faced a Catch-22: I wanted management experience – yet companies were looking for... View Details

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Cyril Abel Vergis

As a first-generation, first-born American, I grew up believing that my motivation was derived from the self-imposed pressure to take advantage of the opportunities my parents did not have. I strove to make the right choices, to take calculated risks, and to find a way... View Details

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Camille McGirt

I live and breathe every day at the intersection of black, female, and extremely tall. I’m literally every single inch of 6’4. My height impacts all layers of my life, from my clothing to my health, to my vehicle size preferences, to playing certain sports, to dating,... View Details

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Craig Maughan

“What a handful! Are they all yours? Wait how old are you?” This is me, riding the train with my three kids. Sometimes, I grow a beard. People ask fewer questions about my age when I have a beard. My wife and I had our first child in our early 20s. It’s not for... View Details

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Cindy Kellogg

Laugh. Mostly because I can't help it. Whether I'm happy, tickled, nervous, or surprised, it just springs out of me. And it's contagious. My laughter connects me to other people; it helps me find the people to whom I want to be connected. Try as I might, I will also... View Details

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Cameron Johnson

I love my scars. Full disclosure: I have had stitches in my head seven times. Failure has been my greatest professor. The first time I landed a backflip on a bicycle, scored a touchdown, or descended from my grandmother's rooftop into her backyard pool were all... View Details

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Chris Chang

I want to forge my own path. When I was young, I blindly accepted the definitions of success that others held. Success meant straight A's, prestigious institutions, high-paying jobs. For years I let those definitions determine the person I aspired to be. I envisioned... View Details

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Courtney Behm

I do what I do because I believe the business world needs people like me who see things differently. The lock step of the organization can bind people’s spirits to the goal in mistaken belief that this will make the enterprise more effective. On the contrary,... View Details

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Craig Baker

Craig Baker grew up in southeastern Idaho, and he finds it perfectly fitting that his first career assignment after completing his undergraduate degree in business and information-systems management took him into the potato field. “Double L manufactured customized... View Details

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Bhargav Srinivasan

If you could have any superpower, what would it be? A dozen excited eighth-graders hoisted their hands into the air and belted out their fantasies with unbridled confidence: Flying! Invisibility! Immortality! Anyone else? I barely got my hand up to eke out my deepest... View Details

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Ben Seipel

Ben Seipel told his wife he was applying to business school "over Google chat, from the library" at Cornell. He may have surprised himself as much as he had startled her. At that point in his career, Ben was an Army officer assigned to the university's ROTC... View Details

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Bari Schwartz

It began with an organ, perched high above the grandstand. The visiting team dotted the outfield, smoke from grilling hot dogs wafted up the aisles, navy jerseys blanketed the stadium bowl. Game on the line, the batter strode toward the plate with confident steps. ... View Details

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Brett Odom

Live every day knowing that someone will write my eulogy tomorrow. On a dark night over the Adriatic several years ago my best friend lost his bearings and flew his jet into the water, disappearing without a trace. Barely a day goes by when I don't imagine what Trey... View Details

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Behrad Mahdi

Although Behrad Mahdi was raised in Columbus, Ohio, his could hardly be described as a typical Midwestern childhood. "My parents could not return to their home country after the 1979 Iranian Revolution," Behrad says. "Naturally, politics was a big part... View Details

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Brett Gibson

Although his grandfather was a "full-bird" Marine Corps Colonel who had served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, Brett Gibson had not considered the military as a career option and did not participate in ROTC while in college. But the events of September... View Details

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Barr Even

“Some people were born to run marathons, but most of us weren’t. Some of us were born to work long hours, but you – you weren’t.” Six months out of college at my first job in investment banking, I started to get shooting pains down my arms. Terrified of losing my job,... View Details

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Brooke Borgen

I was often encouraged to do great things with my career: be a CEO, a leader in my field. And that was my goal. But rarely did people discuss that along the road, I might want to have children and spend quality time with them as a volunteer at their school, soccer... View Details

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