Philanthropic Investment - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 May 2013
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Thompson Dean, MBA 1984

how I look at problems, which has been really helpful to me in my investing career,” says Dean, who cofounded the private equity firm Avista Capital Partners in 2005 after 20 years with DLJ Merchant Banking Partners. Avista is currently... View Details

25 Apr 2014
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Applying business practices to nonprofits to strengthen impact

impact, build leadership, advance philanthropic effectiveness, and accelerate learning. "You need strategy. You need talent. You need funding. We have evolved to provide an integrated package of those kinds of services," says Bradach, who... View Details

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C.D. Spangler | Baker Library

also had a large investment in RJR Nabisco. From 1986 to 1997, he served as president of his alma mater, the University of North Carolina. Today Dick manages a diverse portfolio of investments and View Details

01 Jan 2009
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William K. Bowes Jr., MBA 1952

Founding Partner, U.S. Venture Partners Earlier Education: B.A., Economics, Stanford University, 1950 On Leadership: “Don’t run out of money.” Bill Bowes has had three careers — each leading to the next. Twenty-five years of investment... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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The 'multiplier effect' of supporting education

Hopkins University. In this video, recorded when he received a 2013 HBS Alumni Achievement Award, he and his wife talk about the "multiplier effect" of supporting education in Brazil. “I believe a lot in education,” says Andre, “so most of our View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Breaking the cycle of poverty in urban areas

As president of Eos Foundation, Andrea Silbert (AB 1986, MBA 1991, MPA 1992) invests charitable dollars to help fight poverty and hunger in Massachusetts. In 2007 Silbert became president of the Boston-based View Details

20 Jun 2016
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Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues

Photography by Susan Young Even though government spending and philanthropic capital are powerful tools for helping people improve their lives and rise out of poverty, there are still problems with them. Regular infusions of outside... View Details

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01 Oct 2018
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For the Greater Good

John A. Paulson (MBA 1980) is president of the investment firm Paulson & Co. and a 2018 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this video he offers his views on the nature and role of philanthropy as a means to have a positive... View Details

Keywords: Finance

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Peter O. Crisp papers | Baker Library

to Venrock Associates and its founding family, the Rockefellers, compiled by Crisp, circa 1946-2008. It includes information on investments made by Venrock and the companies in which the investments were... View Details

27 Apr 2017
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Going with the Flow

value—and ultimately sold it for $300 million. That financial success gave Fisher the philanthropic freedom to back other ideas that could solve some of mankind’s serious challenges. “I am passionately engaged in mission-driven... View Details

Rick Grinnell

Rick Grinnell is Founder and Managing Partner of Glasswing Ventures, focusing on investments in AI-enabled security and enterprise infrastructure. Rick has led investments and serves on the Board of... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital

Rudina Seseri

Rudina Seseri is Founder and Managing Partner of Glasswing Ventures, leading the firm’s investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled enterprise software as a service (SaaS), cloud, Information Technology (IT) software, and vertical... View Details

Keywords: Software/App;#75;#Venture Capital

13 Feb 2023
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Alumnus Gift Will Nurture Basic, Therapeutic Science

Ernesto Bertarelli (right) joins HMS Dean George Q. Daley and Harvard University President-elect Claudine Gay on the HMS campus in the courtyard of Building C, which will be enclosed to create a new skylighted atrium, thanks to a View Details

24 Apr 2014
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A founding father of Silicon Valley venture capital guides entrepreneurs

their companies, they would usually invite us in.” Johnson later founded Asset Management Company in 1967, investing primarily in computer and health care concerns. His advice and counsel also have benefited his View Details

25 May 2016
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A Focus on Sustainability

Carl Ferenbach (MBA 1972) Carl Ferenbach (MBA 1972), who enjoyed a remarkably successful career in the investment business, has spent much of the last decade focused on his passion for the environment. Channeling his energy, intelligence,... View Details

01 Jan 2011
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Hüsnü Özyeğin, MBA 1969

native land to complete his military service. He then worked his way through a series of rapid advancements in the banking world. In 1985, he took the helm of Yapi Kredi Bank, where he turned a deficit into a $60 million profit in two years. Two years later, he View Details

01 May 2013
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Catherine E. Kuehn Price, MBA 1986 & Malcolm K. Price, MBA 1987

institution they believe in without compromising their family’s financial security. “Harvard is great at providing vehicles that allow you to achieve your philanthropic goals,” he says. “I also would argue that—in terms of positive... View Details

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Malcolm Little

had always heard alums praise HBS for its diversity, but I didn’t realize its impact until I got here," Malcolm says. "My career had been focused on investment banking and private equity – and both have a very homogenous way of... View Details

09 Feb 2015
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Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)

John C. Whitehead (MBA 1947) – business leader, community collaborator, prominent philanthropist, education visionary – died February 7 at age 92. During a long and lauded career, Whitehead guided Goldman Sachs to the forefront of global View Details

01 Jun 2018
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Sustaining HBS’s Unique Economic Model

multiple revenue sources, continued investments in the campus, and limited debt. The surplus we generate allows us to invest in innovation, self-fund faculty research, and offer generous need-based financial... View Details

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