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- 04 Aug 2010
- News
A Lonely Crusader
We’ve all read stories about those rare individuals who saw the financial crisis coming and profited handsomely from their contrarian insights. Add to that list of contrarians hedge fund manager Bill Ackman (MBA ’92), whose six-year... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
a fintech unicorn that spans multiple verticals. After another sales record during the 2016 Global Shopping Festival with Alibaba, Ant Financial’s chief strategy officer contemplates the various opportunities and challenges associated... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Bridging the ESG Data Gap
Chicago-based company with a half-dozen employees and venture investment from institutional funds and strategic angel investors. Murday says her post-HBS involvement with two alumni-focused Harvard Innovation Labs programs—Launch Lab X... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 24 May 2017
- News
John J. Brennan, MBA 1980
Express Chairman Emeritus, The Vanguard Group It’s 6 a.m. on a Sunday and Jack Brennan is making pancakes for his grandson, Jack, taking advantage of an opportunity to spend quality time with his namesake as the rest of the family sleeps.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
of technology, order, and modernity, not ancient disciplines involving hand-to-hand combat. At the time, Sityodtong was setting up the Asian office of Izara Capital Management, the $500 million hedge fund he founded in New York; Evolve... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
cuts that eviscerated core services such as street sweeping and litter-bin collection. The results were both predictable and unpleasant: a “visibly filthier” city, to use Tisch’s phrase, and an exploding rat problem. The funding and... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
CEO, Drawdown Fund Investing in Climate Opportunities BIO Business leaders need to recognize that the actions that created the climate crisis will not solve the climate crisis. Once they draw this... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Zone Defense
telling him. Ryan Tseng had already started two successful companies, and where Brandon saw a business opportunity in building AI software to operate unmanned systems for the military, Ryan saw a behemoth defense industry with high... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
From Big Pharma to Startup
pharmaceutical giant one day—not creating a company from scratch. But Goble was determined to explore the wide variety of opportunities available to him in his time at HBS, so when he read about a nonprofit life sciences entrepreneurship... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
extension, cultivate peace and economic opportunity in a region where growing saffron has become a more viable alternative to growing opium. “What better way to use our HBS education than for sustainable agriculture and business in... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
An investment banker for the past 25 years, Steve Waters says that what he likes best about his profession is "the opportunity to build businesses." A graduate of Harvard College as well as HBS, Waters spent the first part of his career... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
centers on a citywide effort to improve public education, led in part by an alliance of 50 business and community leaders. This focus on education is a new one for the partnership, which has historically worked on economic development. Its initial foray centers on a... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
afforded her a detailed view of the industry’s challenges and opportunities and helped to inspire the founding of the National Trust. The nonprofit launched its test case in May 2021, with the purchase of 24 newspapers and websites in... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
these folks all together and you're funded as you mentioned a moment ago as a startup. So they have faith in your growth and in your profitability. Where do you get paid in this milieu of players? Sanchali Pal: A great question. Yes, we... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
with at least one Harvard undergraduate or graduate founder could access the resources of innovation and entrepreneurship. These include a wide range of courses and programs; maker, media, and AR/VR studios; experienced mentors; and View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 09 Jun 2015
- News
Yat-Pang (MBA 2000) and Helina Au
investor and CEO of Veritas Investments to his HBS experience. “I saw opportunities for growing the business but wasn’t sure how to capitalize on them,” says Au who purchased his first building in Silicon Valley in 1996 and later founded... View Details