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business opportunity. In just 30 years—the span of a single generation—genealogy has grown from the domain of historical societies, microfilm, and the Mormon church to big data, artificial intelligence, DNA testing, and staggering private... View Details

Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

12 Feb 2024
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Dale LeFebvre to Receive Horatio Alger Award

education and entrepreneurship.” LeFebvre went on to become cofounder and managing partner for AIC International Investments. Then, in 2006, he founded 3.5.7.11, a privately owned equity investment firm. It... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

21 Jul 2022
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A Warren Buffett Protégée Strikes Out on Her Own

time at Berkshire Hathaway, but tells the Times that “I’m not building a Berkshire 2.0. I’m building something different using some of the principles.” Her classmate Andrew Van Pelt (MBA 2009) says her approach is also very different from how some expect View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon

starting a nonprofit? Or philanthropy in general? This internal struggle led to the second pivotal event, when he took these concerns to his mentor, Marshall Payne (MBA 1983), founding partner of the Dallas private View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

01 Jan 2012
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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 years after cofounding Summit... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Wheel Change

A serial entrepreneur, Paris Wallace (MBA 2007/MPA 2008) is founder of Ovia Health and Good Start Genetics. But he started his first business—an online store selling bike parts and accessories—at age 16. With his launch this year of the National Cycling League (NCL),... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; cycling; entrepreneurship; leadership; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Sep 2003
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Mark Schwartz

for new challenges. Following a yearlong sabbatical, he joined the legendary hedge fund and private equity firm founded by financier and philanthropist George Soros. The firm appeals to Schwartz’s twin... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Oct 1997
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L.E. Simmons

time to invest in this industry because it was depressed, yet the long-term fundamentals were sound." By all indications, Simmons's gamble has paid off. SCF Partners, the private equity fund his firm... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

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