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Samuel Sachs

Sachs, together with his friend Philip Lehman of Lehman Brothers, was one of the first to realize the potential of issuing stock as a way for new companies to raise funds. Together the two banks underwrote securities offerings for such large firms as Macy’s, Johnson... View Details

Keywords: Finance

Colby M. Chester

Under Chester’s leadership, General Foods’ annual sales rose from $25 million in 1924 to $120 million in 1935. In 1927, Chester began manufacturing Sanka Coffee, and in 1928, he acquired the Cheek-Neal Coffee Company, makers of Maxwell House Coffee. Chester continued... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

John M. Franklin

Franklin served as the CEO for United States Lines both prior to and after World War II. Under his leadership, United States Lines grew from a small, breakeven $18 million operation to a $100 million+ business generating close to $10 million in earnings. View Details

Keywords: Transportation

Alonzo G. Decker, Jr.

Recognizing the potential of the home market, Decker virtually invented the “do-it-yourself” business by developing cordless tools in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. He moved the family company from a 100% focus on business-to-business tools to one focused on the... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

Joshua S. Cosden

Known as the “prince of petroleum,” Cosden is credited with establishing Oklahoma as a major oil producing state. Starting with a small parcel of land, he built a $35 million oil business in ten short years. Through his oil discoveries and exploration, he almost... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

Edward W. Carter

Carter developed the first suburban shopping center in 1947 in Los Angeles and popularized regional chain stores. Carter started with three regional stores in Los Angeles in 1946, and by 1980, had grown that number to 47. Carter expanded the company nationally through... View Details

Keywords: Retail

Christopher J. Perry

Because of the firm’s bankruptcy, Perry lost his job as head of the “Colored Department” of a major Philadelphia newspaper, but went on to start his own paper just a few months later. With its first issue coming out in 1884, the Philadelphia Tribune became the largest... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

Reginald F. Lewis

Just 10 years after founding his investment ventures firm, Lewis had established a $2.5 billion financing business, the largest firm owned by an African American in United States history. Through his purchase of Beatrice Food Company, he netted the largest offshore... View Details

Keywords: Finance

Portrait Project

Mike Anders

“When will you have a girlfriend?” My Lebanese grandmother asked me for the 100th time. “I don’t know ” I laughed and quickly changed the subject. See the thing is, I won’t ever have a girlfriend because I’m gay. I grew up in suburban View Details

23 Oct 2018
News

Do You Feel Lucky?

Maryland Lottery and Gaming Director Gordon Medenica (MBA 1979) fields questions on why the jackpot is so big, changes in the lottery world, and what you should do if you’re the one holding the lucky ticket. Watch here:... View Details

Solomon D. Warfield

Long before he became president of Seaboard, Warfield played a large role in its early 1900s expansion phase as one of its directors and investors. Warfield and his partners expanded the line from its base Virginia-North Carolina route into Florida, Alabama, Georgia,... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

James W. Rouse

A visionary in the real estate world, Rouse was famous for planning and revitalizing suburban and urban areas. Rouse created the "festival marketplace" concept in cities and the indoor mall in suburbs. Beginning with Boston's Quincy Market, Rouse repeated his... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

Thomas B. McCabe

McCabe transformed Scott Paper from a sleepy 500 person paper mill company in Chester, Pennsylvania, into a multinational concern with over 60 manufacturing plants throughout the world employing over 40,000 people. By his retirement from the Board in 1980, Scott Paper... View Details

Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

Frank J. Fahey

Fahey created a sales organization to distribute Gillette products throughout the world. By 1917, Fahey was producing 1 million razors per year compared to just 91,000 in 1904, and had established factories in England, France, Germany and Canada. Fahey created the... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

01 Oct 2002
News

New HBSAA Board Members

Flavia B. Almeida (MBA '94) São Paulo, Brazil Principal McKinsey & Company David L. Anderson (MBA '68) Palo Alto, California Managing Director and General Partner Sutter Hill Ventures Eve S. Benton (MBA '71) Bethesda, Maryland Cochairman... View Details

31 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Climate Change Pioneers in the Class of 1978

Maryland and nationally, through the National Park Foundation. Her goal is to transform science education by getting students into the field to experience science directly. Professor Michael Toffel is faculty chair of the HBS Business and... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Running on empty

Does an invention that would guarantee motorists they'd never run out of gas sound like a good investment? Hundreds of venture capital firms didn't think so, but that didn't stop Maryland retiree William Hubbard (MBA '49), a former... View Details

01 Jan 2003
News

Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969

helpful as I built my own business." COMMUNITY OUTREACH Board of Directors, HBS African-American Alumni Association Board of Visitors, Howard University School of Business Former Director, University of Maryland Foundation, Greater... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

In My Humble Opinion: Terry Virts (GMP 11, 2011)

among many other physical factors. “It’s an awesome job,” says Virts, a native of Maryland whose parents both worked at Goddard Space Flight Center. “Mondays are still Mondays, but there’s nothing else I’d rather be doing.” Best view of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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