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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
first focusing on scaling operations and then becoming a partner at Google Capital (now CapitalG), investing in late-stage tech companies and helping founders grow their businesses. The experience at Google was revelatory, with Howard... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Maiden Voyage
date, it has invested $5.5 billion in space, but with a Mars mission in the works, the investment is just beginning. “We are currently in the downstream portion of the space... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From observers to active participants in the global economy
By investing in African countries, moving them beyond subsistence, Jonathan Bloom (MBA 1972) fuels some of the world’s potentially fastest-growing markets. As deputy vice president for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), he... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- News
Screen Saver
former investment banker, Apkon found the ideal focus for his passion for film by forming a nonprofit group in 1998 to purchase the defunct Rome Theater, a 1925 historic landmark located near his home in downtown Pleasantville, New York.... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Service Leadership Fellows
Senior Associate Dean and MBA Program chair W. Carl Kester said that he hopes the program will further the School's mission of contributing to the well-being of society. “We want our graduates not simply to be managers of competence but... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Research Brief: Field Research
Byrd Foundation, cofounded by Mark Lampert [MBA 1988], provided the initial funding.) PAD’s mission is to connect the agricultural communication technology that was already in use in the developed world with smallholder farmers in... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
The art of thinking creatively
Gerald W. Schwartz’s (MBA 1970) endeavors to enhance education at HBS are visible in the very halls he once traversed. On a mission to introduce thought-provoking artwork into the main classroom buildings at the School, Schwartz hopes to... View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- News
Remembering His Roots
Curiel: Investing in young people who grew up as migrant farmworkers. Photo courtesy Martin Curiel Martin Curiel (MBA 2004) wants you to invest in dreams. Through the Rising Farmworkers Dream Fund (RFDF),... View Details
Keywords: farmworkers
- 01 May 2013
- News
Trevor Fetter, MBA 1986
“I invest in HBS because I learned to make better decisions at HBS. The School helped me refine my ability to analyze business problems. As my career has evolved through different jobs in unrelated industries, the core skills in... View Details
- 18 May 2016
- News
What Does the American Dream Mean in Today’s America?
Alexander Navab (MBA 1991), head of investment firm KKR’s Americas private equity business, was honored this year with an Ellis Island Medal of Honor, presented annually to “individuals who have made it their View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
- News
Power Play
Courtesy Rahul Advani, Sara Graziano, Chris Smith When Rahul Advani (MBA 2004) began his investment career in 1996, focused on the energy sector, he thought a future of accessible and affordable clean energy was a ways off. But as he... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Life Is a Marathon
has led “a life heartily lived,” the Times reported. “You’ve got to have goals in life or you wither away,” Mendes said. “It’s no disgrace to fail, only not to try.” Before his career in investment banking, Mendes was a Marine Corps pilot... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
SHE builds confidence, promotes education, and creates jobs
menstrual pads by sourcing local, inexpensive raw materials, such as banana fibers. Launched in Rwanda, the businesses are owned and operated by women and can be replicated wherever need exists. The result is better health and hygiene for women, along with improved... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
Challenge Indeed, the Bank's stated mission is to reduce poverty and improve living standards by promoting sustainable growth and investments in people. To those ends, it provides loans, technical... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Making Dreams Attainable
backgrounds, and viewpoints have the opportunity to attend HBS, pursue their passions, and realize their promise, even if they have limited means. Alumni and friends who give to HBS, including those who give annually to the HBS Fund, are making an View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
Photo courtesy Geeta Aiyer Photo courtesy Geeta Aiyer In the early 1990s, Geeta Aiyer (MBA 1985) was an analyst and portfolio manager at the United States Trust Company of Boston. Among her investments was Albertsons, a rapidly expanding... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Personal crises inform a life’s work
One of the youngest women to attend HBS, Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA 1977) was building a successful investment banking career when a cancer diagnosis at age 29 spurred her to volunteer at the National Alliance of Breast Cancer... View Details
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
financial history. Ruth Goodwin-Groen (MBA 2001) is on a mission to change that. “Our job will not be done until all people—old or young, rich or poor, male or female—are able to make and receive payments in a way that works for them,”... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Giving Through HBS
Investing in HBS Giving Together Jump-Start From Fellowship Recipient to ‘The Most Influential Business Thinker On Earth’ FAQ In talking to alumni about supporting the School, one of the things I like to remind people is that they don’t... View Details
Keywords: Professor Howard Stevenson
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
Courtesy Rahul Advani Courtesy Sara Graziano Courtesy Chris Smith Courtesy Rahul Advani Courtesy Sara Graziano Courtesy Chris Smith When Rahul Advani (MBA 2004) began his investment career in 1997, focused on the energy sector, he thought... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon