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- 11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details
- 11 Oct 2023
- News
Soldier On
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force veterans, he served six years in... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997
the map in the United States,” says Cohen. “The three of us created a business plan. Tracy executed it absolutely brilliantly.” “I tilt toward doing, rather than planning,” says Palandjian of building Social Finance from an idea into a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Simmons Family Endows Professorship
important in shaping who we are as businesspeople," echoes David E. Simmons (MBA '85), president of Simmons Family, Inc., a firm established by Roy Simmons in 1978 that owns and operates radio stations in the western United States. "The... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
graduation from HBS approached, O'Donnell seemed poised to go to work for Ross Perot, who had already made a national name for himself as founder of Electronic Data Systems. Offer in hand, however, he decided against it. "As my wife,... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
Photographed by Webb Chappell In March 2010, the 1787 drafting of the United States Constitution became breaking news. The members of the Texas State Board of Education had convened in Austin to review the state’s history and other social... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
Chairman and CEO, Rakuten, Inc. Download Mikitani profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1965 Born, Kobe, Japan 1972 Family moves to United States for two years 1988 Earns commerce degree, Hitotsubashi... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
suggest to some that the impact of excess capacity as a factor in the world economy could increase in the coming decades. Michael C. Jensen, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, is a member of the Organizations and Markets View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974
Palmer Organization 1984 Cofounds Summit Partners 1991 Establishes Stamps Family Charitable Foundation 2001 Becomes Founding Manager Partner at Summit 2004 Receives Outstanding Service Award, National Venture Capital Association About 10... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
On the Radar
Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Who Was George F. Baker?
newspaper reporter since 1863,” the year he invested $3,000 to become an original shareholder in the First National Bank of New York (now Citibank) at age 23. Baker believed in action, not words. And his actions spoke volumes. He began... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
better absorb water and nutrients. Below the topsoil is subsoil: lighter in color and much denser, with more sand, clay, and rocks in its composition and very little organic matter. Below that, bedrock. December 5 marks World Soil Day, an effort launched in 2014 by the... View Details
- 09 Feb 2021
- News
Investing in Entrepreneurship
donation to the Harvard Innovation Labs (i-lab). “I regard HBS as a national treasure that should be preserved and enhanced,” said Crisp from his home in Florida when reflecting on his leadership gift that will establish an endowment in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
an entrepreneur. With several other HBS graduates, he undertook a decidedly low-tech startup: plastic phone book covers to carry local advertisements in Massachusetts. The company, the National Merchandising Corporation, was such a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Turning Point: Listen to the Music
Marnie Tattersall: (MBA 1972) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Marnie Tattersall: (MBA 1972) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and came to the United States in 1958 with my parents and my brother because my parents thought it was... View Details
- 03 Nov 2023
- News
Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum
Clubs News Clubs News Global Networking Night 2023 Another successful Global Networking Night (GNN) is in the books, after alumni around the world held nearly 60 separate events on October 25. The annual GNN features alumni gatherings—some in person, some... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 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
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
The decline of the community newspaper in the United States has been steep and severe. A quarter of American papers have folded in the last 15 years, and industry-wide consolidation has eviscerated the newsrooms of those that are left,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Working the Street
Stripped to the waist in a clinic examining room, Mike, a burly white guy in his late 30s, is an illustrated man. His arms, chest, and neck are a tattooed maze of letters, numbers, and designs signaling his allegiance to the Aryan Nation... View Details