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- 16 Dec 2019
- News
Jeff Shell to Become CEO of NBCUniversal
this point, stretching from early strategic planning posts at Disney to becoming CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide. At NBCUniversal, the article notes, he worked in London as head of international operations after its acquisition by Comcast and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
What’s On?
KILAR After working at Amazon.com for nine years, in 2007 Jason Kilar (MBA ’97) became CEO of Hulu, the service that brings popular television programming and movies to computers via high-quality streaming video. Hulu, free and ad-supported, may be the next big thing;... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
S.F.’s New Museum
Bradley Photo Courtesy MOAD The executive director of the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), which opened in November in San Francisco, is V. Denise Bradley (MBA ’86). Bradley (right), who came to MoAD from London’s South Bank Centre and who had previously worked... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
The Birds and Bees in China
former executive who worked to promote the Disney Channel across Asia, Kenny soon learned that cable operators were more interested in other kinds of content. As she told the Boston Globe (September 26, 2000), Kenny realized "there was an... View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
- News
Putting a spell on theatergoers
Alan Horn (MBA 1971) has brought a touch of magic to the big screen and record-breaking numbers to the bottom line as chairman of Walt Disney Studios and former president and chief operating officer of Warner Bros. Entertainment. At... View Details
- 12 Apr 2016
- News
How Disney’s Alan Horn Manages the Movies
The most recent issue of Variety features a cover story on Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn (MBA 1971). The piece paints Horn as a rare character in Hollywood, being “both successful and beloved,” and tracks his departure from... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Uncle Sam’s Business Man
Barry Johnson (MBA ’89) has over 20 years of business experience as an entrepreneur and corporate executive with media giants such as the Walt Disney Company, Bertelsmann, and Sony Music Corporation. With expertise in public-private... View Details
- 14 Oct 2021
- News
Disney’s Alan Horn to Retire
Longtime Disney studio head Alan Horn (MBA 1971) announced this week that he is set to retire at the end of this year. Holding the official title chief creative officer of Disney Studios Content, his deep... View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- News
In the ‘Spotlight’
When Josh Singer graduated from Harvard in 2001 with a joint JD/MBA, he headed to Los Angeles with the idea of working on the business side of media and entertainment. He interned at the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, but in a plot twist... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Pyramid Scheme
(MBA ’03) told the Boston Globe (September 22, 2004). DuPlessie, who studied mechanical engineering at MIT, launched TOMB after gaining experience working on projects at Disney and Universal Studios. Boston-based TOMB, the first project... View Details
- 16 Mar 2018
- News
Enabling The Pursuit of Entrepreneurial Dreams
she worked in real estate investment banking at Goldman Sachs and then pivoted to the Walt Disney Company and AwesomenessTV, a digital studio that produces original programming for the emerging Generation Z. Ng knew she wanted to pursue... View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- News
Merlin Entertainments Taps Scott O’Neil as CEO
Entertainments is second in size only to Disney in the theme park space, with more than 140 attractions in 24 countries, featuring partnerships with Lego, Hasbro, and Sony Pictures Entertainment. “We will be very active in making sure... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Constant Inspiration
2017. Originally from Minnesota, Guidera is part owner of Ski Portillo, a resort in the Andes, and Tierra Hotels, a trio of adventure spa hotels across Chile. Before moving to Chile, she worked for Walt Disney Consumer Products in Los... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
On Purpose
Illustration by Nhung Lê Illustration by Nhung Lê When Jenny Cohen (MBA 1997), a longtime Disney exec, made the leap to executive VP of corporate social responsibility in early 2021, her first task was an especially existential one: “I... View Details
- 13 Oct 2020
- News
Running a Decathlon
Marymount University for the national competition and support from Pacific Life Insurance Company, Lawry’s Foods, Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney Company, and many other businesses. In 1982, Academic Decathlon held its first national... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Lone Star Star
Paul Wylie Texas may seem an unlikely point of origin for an ice skater, but the Lone Star State recently welcomed home native son Paul Wylie (MBA '00), winner of the silver medal in men's figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Wylie, now a marketing executive for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
traded off careers with my husband, who is a neurosurgeon. After I was at P&G for two years, he got a post in San Francisco, so I took a job at Bain. When Disney offered me a job, the kids and I moved to LA, and he commuted. Then he got... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
Movies That Move People
Alan Horn (MBA 1971) is chairman of the Walt Disney Studios and is a 2016 recipient of an HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this interview, he talks about how the company’s films have the potential to influence audiences worldwide. “Every... View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 28 Feb 2020
- News
Kelly Campbell Named President of Hulu
Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images Walt Disney Co. announced that it was promoting Kelly Campbell (MBA 2005) to president of the streaming service Hulu, the Los Angeles Times reports. With 30 million subscribers and... View Details
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