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Jack C. Massey
Stock Exchange. In addition to HCA, Massey took Kentucky Fried Chicken public and subsequently, listed Volunteer Capital Corporation (a holding company of Wendy’s fast food franchises). View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- 20 Jun 2008
- News
Risk and Reward
Like many horse racing fans, I was disappointed when Big Brown met defeat at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 7. After the bay colt’s impressive wins in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, railbirds were hopeful that he would be the... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ben Schumacher
When I was 18, I became a man. It happened while I was digging irrigation trenches in central Kentucky horse farms. To me, working in my family's irrigation business meant a summer wage; but it meant something much more to my fellow... View Details
Harland Sanders
After running a successful café in Corbier, Kentucky, for 27 years, at the age of 66, Sanders started what would become the franchise business, Kentucky Fried Chicken. Capitalizing on the popularity of the simple fried chicken that had... View Details
Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging
- 22 May 2017
- News
Two On-Track Investments
sire, he's a relatively inexperienced sire,” Klarman told the Baltimore Sun. “When the trainer loved him at the sale physically and he vetted clean, we made the decision to buy him.” Many noted that Cloud Computing came to the Preakness fresh, having skipped the View Details
R. David Thomas
A high school dropout, Thomas began his career running four Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants. In 1969, he opened his first Wendy's Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. Thomas focused Wendy's successful marketing and advertising on simple, good... View Details
Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging
Donald M. Kendall
Kendall secured PepsiCo’s rapid growth through effective management and diversification. During his tenure, PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay became the leader in salted snack foods, and its Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken chains gained... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
Clay with 2004 Kentucky Derby champion Smarty Jones. To leave Lexington’s Bluegrass Airport, exit on Man O’ War Boulevard, named for one of history’s greatest Thoroughbred champions. It’s a little like taking the new Ted Williams Tunnel... View Details
Joseph A. Boyd
An academic engineer by training, Boyd was instrumental in leading Harris Corporation’s renewed focus on research and development. Under his tenure, Harris introduced a variety of new products including super-minicomputers, integrated work-group systems, and networked... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Owsley Brown II
Taking the helm of the family company from his brother in 1993, Brown dramatically expanded Brown-Forman’s international presence and invested heavily in sales and marketing. Brown orchestrated a total marketing “makeover” for the company – shunning over 35 years of... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Action Plan: Horse Sense
the yearling sales and creates “racing partnerships” for interested investors who want a piece of the action at a fraction of the cost. +SKYDECK Finley describes how a West Point horse won the 2017 Kentucky Derby +SKYDECK Finley describes... View Details
- Web
Whisky, Bourbon & Spirits Society | MBA
Annual Events Whisky Wednesdays & other tastings Mixology classes Distillery tours Industry events & treks Kentucky Derby Party Club Email Address wbss@studentclubs.hbs.edu Club Co-Presidents Jenny Xiao Marguerite Joutz Morgan Marquez... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Elaine L. Chao (MBA 1979)
operating style. Effective communications also means knowing how to listen. My family means a lot to me. Since I married U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, Kentucky has become my home state. We are in Kentucky... View Details
- 09 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Learning from Classmates at HBS
I grew up on a farm in a small town outside of Lexington, Kentucky before attending the University of Illinois where I majored in finance. After college, I moved to Chicago where I worked in consulting and financial valuation services for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
On a chilly November afternoon in Harlan County, a struggling former mining hub on the edge of the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield, Geoff Marietta (MBA 2007) surveys the bustling village he has helped build. Marietta is executive director of... View Details
- 25 Jan 2018
- News
Living and Learning in a Local Context
really, in Eastern Kentucky and parts of West Virginia. I became very excited about the potential of people in Eastern Kentucky, particularly young folks, as their economy is going through and has gone through this major transformation.... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
6 Discoveries I Made About HBS
between Illinois and Kentucky and did research remotely for an education non-profit in New York; I also worked on school start-up funding on the side. Grants from Harvard University paid for all of that work. There is no prescription for... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- News
Screen Saver
second, grown-up movie, which Apkon did). Today, Apkon’s (MBA 1986) viewing tastes have matured with age; if forced to choose just one or two favorite films, he names Werner Herzog’s Aguirre: The Wrath of God and Harlan County USA, Barbara Kopple’s documentary about a... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?
coverage and increase premiums. However, the new proposal actually looks far more similar to Obamacare than many anticipated--causing some conservative groups to speak out forcefully against it. Criticizing the plan, Republican Senator Rand Paul of View Details
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
data-sharing partnership that provided officials with traffic incident and congestion data. Since 2015, her program had enabled officials in Kentucky and elsewhere to share more reliable traffic information more quickly with drivers. Now,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne