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- 10 Mar 2017
- News
As Head of Fidelity, Abigail Johnson Is Just Getting Started
After 29 years with the family business, 55-year-old Abigail Johnson (MBA 1988) has been making a series of bold moves since assuming the role of chairman of Fidelity Investments in December 2016, according to a report in the Boston Globe. The privately held mutual... View Details
- 18 Nov 2014
- News
Helping foreign countries invest wisely
Dora Vardis (MBA 1994), managing director in the foreign exchange division of Citigroup, works with sovereign wealth funds and central banks to create successful investments for their countries. (Published... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?
them to downsize and slash jobs. “It was a commodity price down cycle across almost all metals. We were obviously expecting a large negative impact,” recalls Chernilovskiy, then an asset manager at Kazakhstani zinc-producer Kazzinc, a subsidiary of Swiss commodity... View Details
Keywords: Nicole Torres
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
preventing injuries through the study of the healthy body and optimal performance. It’s an area that hasn’t been well funded in the past, despite widespread interest from scientists, says Wu Tsai. Through the Joe and Clara Tsai... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Executive Pay: Onward & Upward
reports on their stock trades and forces CEOs to return pay based on financial results that were later restated. The new disclosure requirements unexpectedly lead to uncovering the widespread practice of backdating options. 2003 With SEC... View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- News
A Big Bet
Tracy Palandjian (MBA 1997) and Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) (Photos by Susan Young) When Google announced a $100 million fund to expand skills training and job placement programs for low-income Americans, two HBS alumni were standing by:... View Details
- 29 Jun 2016
- News
Women of Wall Street Tell Their Story
we also want to give back.” For Herbert who is chair of the board of iShares, Blackrock's $800 billion Exchange Traded Fund family, the movie will be a success if it gets... View Details
- 11 May 2016
- News
World Bank Vice President and Treasurer: Negative Rates Not the Answer
Bank in September 2015, previously serving a five-year term as director-general of Nigeria’s Security and Exchange Commission from 2011 to 2015. An alumni profile of her during that stint details her transformative efforts at the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Alumni Books
economic shocks, corporate scandals, international competition, or technological disruptions. Zero-Sum Game: The Rise of the World’s Largest Derivatives Exchange by Erika S. Olson (MBA ’03) (Wiley) Olson, a former managing director at the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
injections to struggling American banks. The rise of the hedge funds was only a part of the story of the post-1998 reorientation of global finance. Even more important was the growth of sovereign wealth funds, entities created by... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Africa Business Club Discusses Continent's Opportunities
described President Clinton's Partnership for Economic Growth and Opportunity in Africa, a plan to stimulate trade with the continent, spur greater private-sector investment, and provide debt relief and technical assistance to speed... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
Leading the Way for Women Entrepreneurs
Birchbox, a beauty product subscription box service that has grown to more than 1 million subscribers. “We started raising funds and suddenly we were in rooms where there were no people who looked like us,” said Barna, now the first... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
until the early 1990s, when we realized that the entire environment was important, particularly the personal connection between our partners and the customer. Regular customers are known by name, and the partners remember how they like their beverage; there's an View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
Arab Emirates Rohit Dev Thakwani, OPM 37 2008 SpendWisor.com consumer electronics marketplace Midwest/Central U.S. HBS Club of Chicago Marc Hoecker, MBA '08 vinsnap mobile automotive marketing New England HBS Association of Boston Marco Bitran, MBA '03 AI View Details
Keywords: Multiple alumni
- 10 Oct 2024
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
school , they would have up to 10 years to use the scholarship money to fund additional education. Some might choose apprenticeships, others trade schools, and still others two- or four-year colleges. Even... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Faculty Retirements
Trade Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. For twelve years, he was chairman of the Finance Advisory Board of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He now serves on the boards of Swarthmore... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Accelerating Research in China
group of classmates based in Shanghai and Beijing. Passionate about seeing a growth of research and the exchange of ideas and best practices between the School and China, the longtime friends established the MBA Class of 2005 View Details
- 09 Apr 2024
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
Every day, in her role as the director of the Atlanta Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nekia Hackworth Jones (MBA 2004) stands in the breach between the $100 trillion in securities traded on U.S. equity markets and the bad actors who... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Braving an Insecure New World
Are limits or balance possible? Clemens Aichholzer (MBA 2003), London, England Additional Reading Scott Howe (MBA 1994) is making Big Data–driven marketing more transparent We've been trading privacy for convenience for a long time—from... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
evening’s other honoree was Donna E. Shalala, president of the University of Miami and secretary of health and human services during the Clinton administration. The club presented her with its 2003 Leadership Award. Proceeds from the dinner are used to View Details