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- 01 Mar 2015
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Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)
John C. Whitehead (MBA 1947)—business leader, community collaborator, prominent philanthropist, education visionary—died February 7 at age 92. During a lauded career, Whitehead guided Goldman Sachs to the forefront of investment banking; served his country as deputy... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
Image by John Ritter Image by John Ritter An estimated $30 trillion in assets worldwide—including half of all professionally managed assets in Europe—are already evaluated through environmental, social, and governance (ESG) or impact... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 11 Mar 2008
- News
Soak the Rich?
Venture capital, private equity, and hedge fund partners — a group heavily laden with HBS alumni — may have dodged a tax bullet late last year, but they can expect Congressional advocates of higher taxes for investment managers to reload... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
investment banking, law, and management consulting firms — are unique in that they have no products, manufacturing plants, or distribution systems. Their financial success depends entirely upon the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
Klarman Illustration by David Cowles While other money managers scrambled to survive the financial market meltdown, value investor extraordinaire Seth Klarman (MBA ’82), president of The Baupost Group in... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Answering the Call
seem out of place in his previous office. And his church's $135,000 annual budget would be small change to his former colleagues. While the contrasts loom large, it is clear from the passion with which Brooks discusses his work that his decision to leave the world of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Inside MBA Admissions
The managing director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid since June 2001, Brit K. Dewey (MBA 1996) and her Admissions team have achieved the seemingly contradictory feat of making the admissions process... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Big Doings in Big Apple: New York Club Hosts Multiple Events
feature prominent business and financial leaders; the Community Partners program, which provides pro bono management consulting to New York-area nonprofits; and financial aid... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Three Promoted to Full Professor
Paul A. Gompers Paul Gompers specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high-growth, and newly public companies. He holds a joint appointment in the Finance and the Entrepreneurial and Service View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
After ten years of working at McKinsey & Co., where she had become the first female African-American partner, Pamela Thomas-Graham (MBA '88/JD '89) was ready for a change. "Consulting is an excellent way to learn management and strategy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Rethinking Housing in the Motor City
thinking ‘where is the best opportunity going to be for me professionally?—I couldn’t move back to Detroit,” Rhea says. Instead, he went into finance in New York. After the financial collapse he left banking for a position as chairman and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Advancing the cause of women’s leadership in business
world. Women are getting more management opportunities, says Lang. Still, significant progress needs to come in the boardroom and the C-Suite, where women continue to lag in key agenda-setting, decision-making roles. “Companies with more... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Capitalizing Poetry
Barr Photo courtesy Poetry Foundation In 2002, pharmaceutical heiress Ruth Lilly made a gift in excess of $100 million to the Modern Poetry Association (now the renamed Poetry Foundation). Tapped in February to figure out what to do with the foundation’s windfall was... View Details
- 12 Jan 2021
- News
Keeping the Coast Clear
recently featured in the Harvard Gazette’s To Serve Better Project. Before landing at Save the Bay, Stone worked as an investment manager and securities analyst in financial services; he also co-founded an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
The Digital Deck
language of business and comprises three 30-hour courses: Business Analytics (created by Jan Hammond), Financial Accounting (by V.G. Narayanan), and Economics for Managers (by Anand). For its inaugural... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 27 Nov 2013
- News
No Bologna, Please
difference," says Shaich, who is based in Boston but visits an average of 25 stores a week. "Once you've resolved your basic financial needs, work is about three things: solving problems; making a difference; and doing something that you... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
Rippleworks, Andy Kaplan (MBA 1978) recently led a session to help social venture teams through the COVID-19 crisis. Rippleworks convened 100+ social enterprises to share practical advice on managing and leading through a View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Meditations on the Bottom Line
reorganized the center - once dependent on donations and the volunteer services of its ashram members - into a team-based organization of paid staff, volunteers, and live-in members who have taken religious vows. Instituting new financial... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
drives; and how to manage the disease and vaccinations in the villages of developing countries. The book also explores how governments across the world can work closely with private-sector companies to fight the illness and accelerate... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
tracking public funds. The firm’s findings, which were published in September by EY and the Official Monetary and Financial Institutes Forum, indicate that a blockchain-based public finance management system... View Details