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- 23 May 2018
- News
John A. Paulson, MBA 1980
Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1955 Born, Queens, New York 1973 Launches clothing manufacturing business in Ecuador 1978 Earns BS, Finance, New York University 1980 Earns MBA, Baker Scholar 1980 Joins Boston... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
Illustration by Robert Neubecker Sports injuries are a business concern for Clara Wu Tsai (MBA 1993). She and her husband, Joe Tsai, are owners of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets; the WNBA’s New York Liberty; and the men’s lacrosse team, the San... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
considerably. He went on to earn advanced degrees in biochemistry and management science and immigrated with his new wife, Shainoor, to Vancouver. After a brief stint at a pharmaceutical company (“I’m an entrepreneur; I just didn’t fit”),... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
start up an unusually innovative venture. It was a "launch" truly deserving of that designation - a company that would rocket commercial payloads into space. Today, the firm they established, Orbital Sciences Corporation, having broadened... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Buy the Book
industry, and the business of book clubs to analyze the success of various modes of marketing. Patterson, a former chairman of J. Walter Thompson, published his first mystery novel in 1976 and made fiction writing a full-time pursuit... View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
that Khan finds himself turning to science fiction to try to make sense of it all. Meanwhile, financial backers such as the Gates Foundation, Google, and venture capital’s Ann and John Doerr (MBA 1976) are adding credibility and momentum... View Details
- 02 Apr 2014
- News
Disrupting the Criminal Supply Chain
It is often said that two years at HBS prepares its graduates to lead a wide range of organizations and endeavors and to find solutions to a host of business and social challenges. Still, Kanwaljit Bakshi (MBA/JD 1999), known to friends... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
and the participating organization. Approximately one-third of program alumni are now permanent hires of the organization, one-third are at a similar organization, and one-third have gone on to pursue a position in the private sector. “My job for the first few months... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
the world’s biggest problem—CO2 and climate change—provides a quick and entertaining introduction to the science behind it. This concise primer is for anyone interested in how CO2 impacts our climate, but even knowledgeable readers will... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
you with a stinging rebuke. When informed that his demand for a 30 percent annual return was unrealistic, despite assurances to the contrary from his bank’s investment adviser, the retiree groused: “If you guys from Harvard Business... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
began with the Giants’ cross-bay rivals, the Oakland A’s. As a political science major at the University of California, Berkeley, Baer fed his passion for journalism and sports by serving as business manager... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
Natural Resources Center Harvard University Center for the Environment Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Sustainability Science Program “In effect it would become politically acceptable... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
maxed-out credit cards, Orbital Sciences Corporation launched in April 1982, the first corporate entrant at the prime contractor level in nearly three decades. (Today, the company—now Orbital ATK—is a $4.5 billion enterprise.) For NASA,... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
business in 2004, starting Chalsys, an investment and advisory practice that helps large companies avoid the pitfalls of corporate venturing. And it was through this company that she met a German investor who would become an initial... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
Beyond Hong Kong's towering skyline and ship-filled harbor, the Kowloon Peninsula gives way to the verdant hills and peaks of the Chinese mainland. The bustling international business center is a natural gateway to an area that has... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 25 Aug 2014
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Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
positions that helped him understand the complexities of the company—from shift supervisor in a manufacturing plant, to new product development, to business development. Weeks, a quick study, has 26 patents pending despite a lack of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
capable people to do things they never knew existed and to achieve mastery of it.” In describing that sense of accomplishment, Ruhr could well be speaking about the early years of her own career, which was born in Professor Ray A. Goldberg’s agriculture and View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 17 Nov 2022
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Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
We are in a unique moment in time, where the United States’ chance to make a difference on climate is greater – and more necessary – than ever. With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August, business leaders have a... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
Thanks to the combined energy of over six hundred enthusiastic alumni, a dozen insightful HBS faculty members, and a score of respected experts, the 1997 Harvard Business School Global Alumni Conference, "Greater China: Myths, Realities,... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 02 Oct 2017
- News
Radical Generosity for the Real World
with themselves and made that commitment. There are other things that I would also recommend that, again, are part of the baby steps. One thing that is proven out in the social science research is the social contagion phenomenon, where,... View Details