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- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Marquis Jet Takes Off
existence hinged on a highly unlikely partnership with NetJets Inc., the nation’s leading purveyor of fractional private-jet ownership. “Without them we didn’t have a business,” recalls Bill Allard (MBA ’89), Marquis’ president and CEO.... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
Fortunately, they had already signed a lease on a larger property—but funds were running short. “Chatri pulled Kathleen and me aside and told us we had about two weeks of cash left,” recalls Loo. “That fired us up. Two weeks later—in... View Details
- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Body, Heal Thyself
to guiding the Moderna team toward a long-term vision, Bancel is responsible for securing the funds to support the journey—ideally from investors who are on board with the mission, as well. He recalls one meeting with potential investors... View Details
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
He recalls this moment in his new book, Around the Corner to Around the World: A Dozen Lessons I Learned Running Dunkin’ Donuts. “Up until that point,” he writes, “the only thing I had managed were a couple of donut shops—replacing... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
inside of the courtroom more than once), hip-hop is as much a lifestyle as a musical genre. Yet the company’s spare, functional Times Square offices don’t suggest any of these bad boy qualities — and neither does the genial, relaxed Ferguson. A Bronx native, Ferguson... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Graduate's Gift Honors HBS Friend
business, community development, and philanthropic activities, recalled their early days as students at HBS. Initially leery of the gregarious Anderson, de Rothschild said that he soon became fascinated by his stories about starting... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Brice Cutrer Jones
New York attorney. "We shook hands on the corner of 57th and Lex on September 17, 1972," recalls Jones. "He said, 'You go do it and I'll get the equity,' and that's been our only contract to this day." At his 15th HBS Reunion, Jones was... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Marketing Giant Ted Levitt Remembered
unsuspecting students. In the September 2004 Bulletin, Bill Dunaway (MBA ’64) recalled his first experience with Levitt: “We were all anxious to talk and make a good first impression. I held my hand up until it had gangrene. Then Ted... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
watched from afar what he did with Standard Bank, how he helped grow that business. As I started thinking about a leader for the continent, I couldn’t think of a better person than Victor to do that.” Named the CEO in August 2020, Williams View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Home Base
equipped to answer. The query typically came at the end of a session, after a productive conversation about delegating, managing a packed calendar, or presenting effectively in meetings. “But I’ve got six-month-old twins at home, and they’re not sleeping,” Dowling... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987
threat," recalls Jacobson, who also led the product development team. "It was an incredible turnaround. The team grew the company by $200 million." With Converse back on its feet, in 1994 Jacobson left to work as a consultant and was then... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977
"For most of the eighties," recalls the unflappable mother of three and wife of a college president, "I was pregnant, walking through steel mills, and buying companies." Now working with small business owners on a national scale, she... View Details
- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
to somehow be of service to others.” A graduate of Morehouse College with a degree in computer science, he recalls that, at the time he applied to HBS, deciding between an advanced degree in business or in religion was “almost a toss-up.”... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Richard Pechter: Learning New Lessons
Texas. “I was petrified,” recalls Pechter, who retired in 2000 from his position at DLJ, the company he joined just after graduating from HBS. “The kids were as much in shock as I was. Most of them had grandparents my age.” After stepping... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental
developing infrastructure projects and intra-Africa trade as well as those in value-added exports from Africa to international markets. “I’m happiest about a project when I feel we’ve established a real basis for sustainable development at scale,” she says. In high... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
edition of Corn Among the Indians of the Upper Missouri, a book originally published in 1917. Featuring interviews with women planters recalling the tools, methods, and seed varieties their tribes had used, the book was a “treasure... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
generated an operational loss. "My feedback was, 'You're in trouble,'" recalls Kahn. By the spring, Kahn was in Mumbai, part of a team tasked with turning Agrovet around—the first foreigner the Godrej Group had ever hired in a leadership... View Details
- 29 Nov 2023
- News
A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway
Clubs News Clubs News Southern California Holiday Gala Will Boost Scholarship Fund After a brief hiatus due to the pandemic, the HBS Association of Southern California (HBSASC) is once again hosting its annual Holiday Benefit Gala on December 9 to support the HBSASC... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Edward D. Bullard: The Personal Touch
business. After graduating from UC-Berkeley and HBS and a short stint at Price Waterhouse, Bullard cut his teeth as an E.D. Bullard sales manager in Detroit, "trying to sell products during a horrible recession," he recalls with a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
(AMS), an international business and IT consulting firm. "The impact the professors were having on my sectionmates and me made a deep impression." Wasserman recalled that one of the most enjoyable aspects of his work life had been helping... View Details