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Robert H. Johnson
Under Johnson, Ingersoll-Rand enjoyed growth in products as well as profitability. In his early years, the focus of the industrial products firm was to cut costs and invest in product improvement and development. As these investments paid off, Ingersoll-Rand enjoyed... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Bernard F. Gimbel
During his tenure as head of the firm, Gimbel grew annual sales of Gimbel Brothers Department Stores from $15 million to $500 million. Gimbel personally negotiated the purchase of competitor Saks and Company. In addition to the Gimbel Brothers Department Stores in New... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Harland Sanders
After running a successful café in Corbier, Kentucky, for 27 years, at the age of 66, Sanders started what would become the franchise business, Kentucky Fried Chicken. Capitalizing on the popularity of the simple fried chicken that had been a staple of his café,... View Details
Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging
Joseph I. Miller
Under Miller’s direction, Cummins Engine was transformed from a small domestic engine producer to the largest provider of diesel truck engines in the world. He dramatically expanded the company’s presence in the international marketplace and was instrumental in... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 08 May 2019
- News
Fellowships Fuel a Passion to Help Underserved Communities
their multiple interests. A native of Ghana, Asamoah grew up in Indiana and graduated from Indiana University. She worked as a research analyst at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC, before... View Details
Richard D. Wood
During Wood’s 18-year tenure as CEO, Lilly’s revenues and earnings increased every year. He is credited with generating a sevenfold increase in revenues and a tenfold increase in earnings – making Eli Lilly one of the 25 largest companies in the United States. View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Eugene N. Beesley
The first non-Lilly family member to serve as president, Beesley joined the pharmaceutical company at the age of 20, and worked in a variety of positions before becoming an executive level manger. Under Beesley’s leadership, research and development expanded greatly,... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Stephen D. Bechtel
Bechtel was a giant in the large construction industry. His firm is credited with the successful completion of massive projects including the Hoover Dam and the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. Bechtel also built the oil pipeline across the Canadian Rockies, as well as the... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Bernard Kilgore
Kilgore was instrumental in shaping the format and content of the Wall Street Journal. He designed the front-page format (which is still used today) and was principally responsible for building the Journal into a national newspaper with circulation of over 1 million... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
Isaac Gimbel
In 1909, Gimbel built a Gimbel Brothers Department Store in New York City, which became a huge success. Building upon this success, Gimbel purchased a 16-story building in New York, to which he added three more floors to give Gimbel Brothers Department store 27 acres... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Donald V. Fites
During his tenure as CEO, Fites grew Caterpillar, the world’s #1 producer of earth-moving machinery, from a $10 billion company to a $20 billion plus company. Fites successfully implemented a $1.8 billion modernization program to cut costs and raise profits. Fites’... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Charles S. Davis
In 1928, fifteen auto parts manufacturers merged to form Borg-Warner Corporation with Davis as president. Davis expanded Borg-Warner’s reach until the firm included 27 subsidiaries and operated 30 manufacturing plants in eight states, Canada, and England. In addition... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
George W. Lucas
Lucas has produced and directed some of the most successful films in history including the Star Wars Trilogy and the Indiana Jones series. Through his Industrial Light and Magic subsidiary, he has pioneered some of the most dramatic... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Donald S. Kennedy
Kennedy presided over a significant growth period for Oklahoma Gas and Electric. He transformed the local utility provider into a major regional powerhouse. During his tenure, both revenues and earnings were increased by a factor of 10, from $24 million to $225 million... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Tom M. Girdler
After launching the company in 1930, Girdler guided Republic Steel through the difficult years of the Depression to emerge as one of the “Big Three” in the steel industry, along with U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel. Girdler’s management of Republic Steel was recognized... View Details
Keywords: Metals
Ronald W. Dollens
Dollens was vital to the creation and success of Guidant Corporation, a spin-off of Eli Lilly. Through his leadership of Guidant, Dollens introduced several medical breakthrough technologies including the internal defibrillator and produced a 20-fold increase in market... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Steven Spielberg
highest grossing films in history including Jaws, the Indiana Jones trilogy, Jurassic Park, and Schindler’s List. In 1994, Spielberg joined forces with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen to form a new studio, DreamWorks which has... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Innovation: An Orchestra of One
technology that would adapt to my playing style in real time instead of forcing me to fit a recording." Chao was right. She found former concert oboist Christopher Raphael, now chair of computer science at Indiana University, who was... View Details
- 11 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
Leadership and Diversity at HBS
Bruce Hampton (MBA 2017) was born and raised outside of Cleveland, Ohio. Growing up in the heartland of America, Bruce was a standout athlete and academic in high school. He went on to play football at Indiana University and, after... View Details
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Jaylon Sherrell
After earning her MBA from Indiana State University and working for several years as a project manager in the private sector, Jaylon Sherrell (she/her) found that she wanted a more intellectually stimulating path. “I was looking for a... View Details