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- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
something completely different.” So Deza chose a third approach. She would merge the two schools and sell one of them. The plan was fraught with risks. One school was all-boys, and the other was all-girls. Her senior school administrators opposed the plan, fearful that... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
Illustration by Lu Zhang Amelia Lin (MBA 2016) grew up feasting on the stories her parents told about how they met and what it was like for them to leave China to start a new life in the United States. These narratives were central to... View Details
- Career Coach
Robert Kimmel
Robert Kimmel (HBS '03) brings 15 years of operations management and consulting experience. He enjoys working with students who are exploring moves into operational roles, considering a departure from consulting, or deciding between consulting and operations positions.... View Details
- Portrait Project
Cyril Abel Vergis
As a first-generation, first-born American, I grew up believing that my motivation was derived from the self-imposed pressure to take advantage of the opportunities my parents did not have. I strove to make the right choices, to take... View Details
- Portrait Project
Craig Maughan
opportunities they need to succeed in life? On reflection, probably not. As much as my parents gave me, they fell short (so did their parents). But along the way, others helped me fill in the gaps. That’s why I will spend my life giving... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
In Pursuit of Academia
During her time at HBS, Catarina Fernandes (MBA 2012, PhD 2019) and her husband Alberto Fernandes (MBA 2012) became parents to Vicente, 3, and Francisca, 4, who helped their mother accept her Doctoral Program diploma in May 2019. (photo... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Herman I. Safin
"but I had been away from my parents and family for such a long time. Going back was the best move I ever made." He credits his parents with giving him the freedom to pursue his own path in life. "Every day,... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Kruti Patel Goyal (MBA 2004)
My parents were in the hospitality business. They owned a motel, so we grew up working at the business as well as living at the business. I remember vividly some moments of really intense stress. And it was because my parents took a lot of risk to build the business.... View Details
Keywords: Sarah Wyman
- Portrait Project
Vysh Ravikumaran
evening. By the time I woke up in the morning, my dad was back – covered in injuries. The home was wreaked in havoc – our phone lines were ringing, and my parents barely noticed I had entered the kitchen. I want to live life with people I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
The Wisdom of Crowds
The judgments of many people regarding the merits of a restaurant, hotel, or bar trump a single reviewer’s opinion. That’s the philosophy behind the Zagat Survey leisure guides, and Ted Zagat (MBA 2004) has literally grown up with that concept: His View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa
The daughter of Nigerian and Togolese immigrants who settled in New York City’s Spanish Harlem, Modupe Akinola (MBA 2001) was raised to know the value of a strong family and a good education. In light of the sacrifices her parents made to... View Details
- Portrait Project
Tara Hagan
day. As the second-oldest child adopted into a multiracial family of nine in small-town Oklahoma, I almost didn’t go to college. We couldn’t afford it. Besides, I didn’t know anyone who had finished college. My parents pushed me to... View Details
- Alumni WDYDWYD
Susan Hamilton
professional and to be the kind of mother I want to be. I miss work to take my children to the doctor. I take client calls while at the playground. I want to send a message - parenting v. professionalism is not a zero-sum game. View Details
- Portrait Project
Matthew Naunheim
My parents gave me scars. The pale pink one on my left knee was from Dad, a surgeon, who meticulously sutured a puncture wound made when I fell on a rusty nail. The jagged arc on my forearm was from Mom, an emergency physician, who... View Details
- Portrait Project
Alok Sanghvi
in. I want to plot my course with someone I love. I am not sure that I've found her yet, but I think I'm getting close. I want to ask my parents for directions. The best map of my life is the one they continue to draw for me in dinner... View Details
Albert H. Wiggin
the parent bank and the securities firm. More significant, however, was Wiggin's impressive string of bank mergers, of which there were 7 in total, which not only brought the Rockefeller family into the Chase enterprise, but also helped... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- Portrait Project
JJ Singh
declined. After 28 years of service in the Department of Veterans Affairs, he was months away from retirement. He was squirreling away his vacation days — each representing a few hundred dollars. "This will all be your money when I die," he said. My View Details
- Portrait Project
Ben Schumacher
When I was 18, I became a man. It happened while I was digging irrigation trenches in central Kentucky horse farms. To me, working in my family's irrigation business meant a summer wage; but it meant something much more to my fellow irrigation workers. My View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
College Daze
American parents wholeheartedly believe in the importance of a college education, but relatively few are saving enough for that not-so-distant day when Junior's whopping tuition bills will start rolling in. Enter UPromise, Inc., a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Necessity became the mother of invention for staffing-firm founder
When she became a new mom, Allison O’Kelly (MBA 1999) wanted to have more flexibility in her life, and realized that other parents did as well. As founder and CEO of Mom Corps, O’Kelly turned a personal challenge into a profession. As a... View Details