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along with his father, Leon, the founder of Hess Corporation, to visit the company’s oil terminals, refineries, and gas stations. In 1995, John Hess succeeded his father as CEO, and led Hess through a strategic transformation from an... View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction

01 Dec 2023
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Rounding the Bend

division of the multinational oil and gas company BP and as head of commercial and strategic partnerships for H&M Group. Looper comes from a desire to decouple growth from resource consumption, an idea that Bolon notes is gaining traction... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

fascinated me. Why? Energy is the engine that drives the world’s economy, lifts people out of poverty, and improves quality of life. Oil and gas will be needed for decades and are fundamental to an affordable, just, and secure energy... View Details

01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal

Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) has a problem. And she couldn’t be happier about it. It’s a chilly February morning in Lower Manhattan, and Tisch, who was appointed commissioner of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) last April, has only hours to pivot the world’s largest... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

Barring artificial constraints by government or unusual dislo-cations - such as the first oil embargo that came when we were students at HBS - I'd say existing factors point to a pretty good investment environment. How would you describe... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

01 Oct 1997
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L.E. Simmons

HBS, Simmons, who also attended the University of Utah and the London School of Economics, spent two years at First Chicago establishing a corporate finance department that focused on the offshore oil and gas industry. He subsequently... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

01 Jun 1998
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Simmons Family Endows Professorship

and in our success as a family," notes L.E. Simmons (MBA '72), founder of L.E. Simmons & Associates in Houston, which manages a private equity fund that invests in the oil service industry. "We all believe in and support what Kim Clark is... View Details

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

oil industry. I came full circle with both of those cases, having spent my career in the oil industry and as CEO of a company involved in the Macondo well disaster in 2010. Going through the Macondo crisis... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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