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Brittani Rettig
Your Twitter bio reads like that of a superhero ("Management consultant by day, fitness instructor & wellness blogger by night"). Can you tell us about your day and evening jobs? "By day I'm a manager at Deloitte Consulting. I work with clients in... View Details
Madam C. J. Walker
known, not only for its hair care products, but also for its extensive agent system, in which well-trained black women traveled throughout black neighborhoods across the United States, promoting the products. Madame Walker was widely... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
Leonard A. Lauder
stellar financial results while successfully launching a series of new products. His attention to detail, focus on quality, and personal service have become standards for the company and its employees. View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 18 Feb 2019
- News
Tracing Ridhi Tariyal's Startup Journey
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
honeymoon in Costa Rica, and then two weeks later I received an email from Randall Lane, editor at Forbes, welcoming me to the class of 2018.” Jeet Guram (MBA 2015) Meghana Dhar (MBA 2016) Shiv Gaglani (MBA 2016) What does this honor mean to you both View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Bottom-Line Beauty
cheap. If a product doesn't affect the customer, we don't care about it." Meanwhile, Bluemercury is reaping the benefits of Malcolm's thrift and savvy, with projected revenues of $8 million for 2000 and five new stores slated to open in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
government and other institutions” to expand the service. Like any good businessman, Raju saw in emergency care an untapped market. The need was clear enough: Every day some 200,000 Indians face a medical emergency. Each year some 136,000... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Bill Dunaway (MBA 1964)
A self-described SOB — son of the boss — Bill Dunaway grew up working in his father’s pharmacy in Marietta, Georgia, a town of 61,000 outside Atlanta. After expanding the business to a chain of 18 drug stores, Dunaway sold the operation in 1989 and opened the 1848... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
and more treatable stage. And so when I came across this company it just so personally resonated with me. And I pivoted my corporate career into the health care space and into genomic space, all inspired by... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Turning Point: Change, Stat
system that pays for quantity without regard to quality and opaque regulations, in fact one study found that nearly 80 percent of the rules patients and physicians cited as barriers to great care were basically rumors. Plus, we have a... View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
Summing Up This month's column resulted in a number of suggestions for sorting out the "bad apples" among applicants to MBA programs across the country. But just as many respondents questioned the underlying assumptions of the column. Many respondents... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
Ralph E. Ward
Ward was instrumental in transforming Chesebrough-Pond’s from a small cosmetics company into a major consumer products conglomerate. A formidable risk-taker, Ward was a master of acquiring mature, stagnant companies and putting them on an accelerated growth path. His... View Details
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Charles H. Revson
Known for his autocratic and direct management style, Revson built Revlon into the second largest cosmetics company in the U.S. Revson's unique talent of grasping the female psyche, bolstered by his fiercely competitive nature, allowed Revlon to grow from a nail polish... View Details
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John Pepper
Spending his entire private sector career with P&G, Pepper prides himself on heightening P&G’s commitment to customer satisfaction and to creating the “Organization 2005” initiative, which is intended to promote “speed, risk-taking, and entrepreneurialism”... View Details
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David H. McConnell, Jr.
McConnell, Jr. substantially enlarged Avon. He increased the company's product offerings by 400% and lead Avon to become one of the largest cosmetics companies in the United States. View Details
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Stuart K. Hensley
Through strategic acquisitions including Parke-Davis, American Optical Company, and Vister, Hensley significantly expanded Warner-Lambert’s business lines and international presence. Under his leadership, revenues and earnings more than doubled – sales grew from $650... View Details
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Melvin R. Goodes
Goodes grew Warner-Lambert’s market value from $9 billion in 1991 to almost $60 billion in 1999. He helped the pharmaceutical company become a major player in the prescription drug industry and is responsible for striking a deal with Pfizer in 1996 to sell the... View Details
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Richard R. Deupree
In 1930, Deupree was the first individual not of the Procter or Gamble names to head the company. Under Deupree’s leadership, the company became the country’s leading seller of consumer products. Deupree also put Procter & Gamble on the path toward becoming the... View Details
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Jessica Mbaeliachi
East and Turkey, based in the UAE. In this role she was responsible for launching innovative care delivery methods, and building long-term partnerships with an ecosystem of healthcare providers, investors and infrastructure developers.... View Details