Filter Results:
(116)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(580)
- People (9)
- News (116)
- Research (344)
- Multimedia (1)
- Faculty Publications (221)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(580)
- People (9)
- News (116)
- Research (344)
- Multimedia (1)
- Faculty Publications (221)
Sort by
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
the service. But that’s not going to happen because the largest investors in bonds — banks, insurance companies, and mutual funds — aren’t willing to pay because they think they do a much better job than the rating agencies. What I... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
accidental, as Khan relates in his TED Talk from 2011. TED Talk: I was an analyst at a hedge fund and I was in Boston and I was tutoring my cousins in New Orleans remotely. And I started putting the first... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
challenges in creative ways: "The Robin Hood Foundation" (with Catherine Ross). Created by hedge fund and investment managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights poverty through grants to nonprofit... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
companies with annual revenues exceeding $85 billion. Under Schwarzman’s leadership, the firm has diversified into hedge funds, real estate, corporate debt, restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions. In late March, Blackstone surprised... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
and loan crisis, followed by a rash of bank failures in the early 1990s that forced the government to recapitalize the FDIC’s Bank Insurance Fund. Long Term Capital Management, a largely unregulated hedge fund, came perilously close to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
earning Klarman entry into the Alpha magazine Hedge Fund Hall of Fame. The firm has grown from 3 to 100 employees. A consummate team player, Klarman rarely uses his private office, choosing instead to sit at... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
are parked at all the Walmarts in the world, so hedge funds can [then] long or short the stock without waiting for the quarterly reports. It’s another way to monetize those images.” Balance sheets can take... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Dear Future Author…
your book as you do writing it.” —Douglas P. McCormick (MBA 1997), investor, entrepreneur, and author of Family Inc.: Using Business Principles to Maximize Your Family’s Wealth “[Investment consultant and fellow author] Charley Ellis (MBA 1963) told me to make sure I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
The Next Lessons
Khan Academy began in 2004 as a family favor: To help his teenaged cousins understand a few math concepts, hedge fund analyst Salman Khan (MBA 2003) offered after-school math tutoring via phone calls and... View Details
Keywords: William Weber
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
Rohit Dev Thakwani, OPM 37 2008 SpendWisor.com consumer electronics marketplace Watch their pitch. Midwest/Central U.S. Marc Hoecker, MBA '08 vinsnap mobile automotive marketing Watch their pitch. New England Marco Bitran, MBA '03 AI Exchange View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
venture capitalists, private equity investors, and hedge fund managers. Eventually they raised $30 million from three private family investors. A CAR SERVICE WITH WINGS: Weighing in at under 10,000 pounds,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
returning to the familiar. Rejected by every Formula One team he pursued, Varma chose the “familiar” option after HBS and initially returned to work in London with Ziff Brothers Investments before joining one of Europe’s leading hedge... View Details
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Closing the Education Gap
who is founder and managing partner at Aragon Global Management (AGM), a Chicago-based hedge fund that focuses on global equities. “There is a much higher return on investment in early childhood. It’s more... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 31 Jul 2014
- News
Making Private Equity Public Knowledge
particulars, Sheyner is leaving it behind. In July, he started his first post-HBS job at Atika Capital Management, a new hedge fund in New York. As private equity has matured, he says, it's become a bit more... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
Long-standing obsession: cricket. (He supports Pakistan’s national team.) Amyn helped organize the first trek to Pakistan and also participated in the Alpha Fund, a student-run hedge fund affiliated with the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Going Against the Flow
up a global hedge fund called JGP. "Our focus is on global trading, with a special emphasis on Brazil," Jakurski says. "Today's telecommunications allow those of us in faraway markets to compete with Wall... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
systems built by our forbearers and work toward a more just future. Marketing Alternative Investments: A Comprehensive Guide to Fundraising and Investor Relations for Private Equity and Hedge Funds By Hemali... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
anywhere. A little serendipity, a passion for making a difference, and degrees in computer science, math, and engineering (plus his MBA) brought him to this point. After HBS, Khan was working as a hedge fund... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Complements to the Case Method
Administration. “The person who can go out and find the diamond gets the highest return.” Once they do, students present their idea—a stock pitch—to an actual hedge fund manager who is invited to each class... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
New Ways to Stay Connected
their time at HBS. SIPs are developed by the faculty and delivered with help from HBS alumni. The four-day programs are offered in January and topics in 2018 included digital marketing, value-based health care, and personal financial planning. “My course was on... View Details