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When Pano Christou (AMP 195, 2018) was hired at Pret A Manger in 2000, the idea that he would one day run the entire company could not have been further from his mind. At the chain’s Carnaby Street shop, in London’s Soho district, the 22-year-old had enough work just... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal

produce daily. Tisch held a conference call with her operations chiefs at 5 a.m., and by 8 a.m. she was on the phone with Mayor Eric Adams while parked outside a DSNY facility. Striding into a garage the size of a football field to... View Details

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

20 Oct 2023
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Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

During an overview of the MBA Program, Jana Kierstead, executive director of the MBA and Doctoral programs, said, “Our focus now is on three priorities: invigorating our sense of purpose, centering on the education, and attracting the very best students.” She noted... View Details

01 Aug 1998
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Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center

similar to Aldrich. "One of our goals is to have symmetry in the new quad we're creating with this building," explains Angela Quinn Crispi (MBA '90), HBS assistant dean and chief planning officer. "Not only will the Spangler Center be similar in View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

23 Jan 2024
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A Wide Net

Growing up in Mumbai, Navroz Udwadia (MBA 2005) spent most of his time on the tennis court, where he was an internationally ranked athlete. Today, as cofounder and partner of Alpha Wave, a global investment group with a multibillion-dollar stake in India’s startup... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2023
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Venturing Forth

five-year investment period. Right now, some of those mega-funds raised in the boom times are feeling bloated, and limited partners have been stepping in and asking to cut the size of funds and release them from legal commitments. Because... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

22 Sep 2023
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Capital Connection

Vernon Beckford (MBA 2013) saw the gap almost immediately. From the beginning of his career in commercial real estate finance—first at Credit Suisse and then later at CW Capital and Global Atlantic Financial Group—Beckford observed Wall Street’s obsession with... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate

31 Jul 2023
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Striving for Imperfection

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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