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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa
The daughter of Nigerian and Togolese immigrants who settled in New York City’s Spanish Harlem, Modupe Akinola (MBA 2001) was raised to know the value of a strong family and a good education. In light of the sacrifices her parents made to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Action Plan: Role-Play
When you encounter the phrase private investigator, chances are good the character you conjure up in your mind doesn’t resemble Sarah Carson (MBA 1971). So much the better for Carson, whose work has often required convincing people she was a small-business employee... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Turning Point: Crossover
NBA. On the flip side, several players also went to jail. That experience in Chicago was hugely challenging but incredibly worthwhile—nothing compares to the feeling that you are making a difference in a young life. As my 40th birthday... View Details
- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
you feel that in the office? O'Neil: The mood swing in my house—you can feel that for sure. I'll tell you a good story. I went home one day. This is early on in my career. I was with the Knicks and Rangers. I'd go home. I was kind of... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
John A. Paulson, MBA 1980
lot of items,” he says. “Although I was doing well, the business quickly outgrew me. I knew I needed more training.” So he returned to college at NYU’s School of Business, where he graduated as valedictorian of his class. Then he went straight to HBS. “Harvard gave me... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 Mar 2017
- News
Such Great Heights
found out about an opportunity at REI, the large outdoor retailer, it was just a terrific chance for me to combine my passions for outdoors activities with a really wonderful career opportunity and also living in a part of the country and the world that was just... View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Jill Applebaum (MBA 2015)
before! We sold out of our holiday sets for the season right after Cyber Monday (which was a good problem), but we’re continuing to experiment with how to better predict demand.” What’s a typical workday... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Dear Future Author…
published, so I would say to just sit down and get on with it. It will be rewritten enough, so it doesn’t need to be absolutely perfect the first few times.” —Gabriela Couturier (MBA 1993), whose novel, Esa Otra Orfandad (That Other Orphanhood), debuted this year “Hire... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
careers are built on having a good education, what you learn. Having a set of experiences that you can learn from. But also things you learn from your parents. Right? Also just, you know, perseverance or... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Action Plan: Yes, Chef!
Wolfgang Puck (OPM 53, 2019)—aka the father of California cuisine, OG celebrity chef, and culinary empire-builder—began his career as a disgraced cook’s apprentice at a hotel restaurant. At 14, he’d been eager to take the post just outside his Austrian hometown: Not... View Details
Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Christina Ehrenberg: The Examined Life
For Christina Ehrenberg (MBA 2001), HBS is only the latest in a series of remarkable learning experiences — the world itself has been her greatest teacher, imparting to her a wisdom and composure that belie her years. An only child whose... View Details
- 04 May 2018
- News
How to Win the Kentucky Derby
I couldn't get out of my mind. And one thing led to another, and I'm good friends with the two gentleman that owned him and that bought him at the point where he was about 18 months old as a yearling in Kentucky. And everything just fell... View Details
Keywords: horse racing
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)
An Emmy Award–winning television writer, Leonard Dick (MBA 1990) started out by taking a sitcom writing class at the UCLA Extension School while working as a senior business planner at Walt Disney Studios. Now an executive producer for The View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
hoped to leverage in a less-than-encouraging job market. Both are also well aware of their good fortune to have found specialized positions that fit their backgrounds yet offer great potential for personal and professional growth at a... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
about the job? What do you find most challenging? “I enjoy most the moments when we can see our research and testimony, and the experience of our researchers, directly informing better policies—or helping to stop worse policies from being... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Leslie Gold
boss. My HBS experience was fantastic: not just having a point of view but being forced to defend it instantly has certainly helped me in live entertaining. Was the RadioChick already inside you at HBS? I guess so. I was so scared people... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Elaine L. Chao (MBA 1979)
in good health. We came to America not knowing how to speak English or having the support of preceding family members. Our initial years of struggle, hardship, and sacrifice helped us to appreciate the value of family. One of the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Christopher Cox: Capitol Hill Intellectual
House. "She outranked me, and I thought that was good preparation for marriage," he says, flashing his signature grin. "I always knew that I would like to be a father, but I had no idea how wonderful the View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
written about the status of women in academia and business—Herzlinger notes, "I am not someone who studies women. I believe you gain strength by being who you are and by being good at what you do." You became involved in research on... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
the corridor, which was populated with glass offices, my workmates would kind of call me in and say, it's been not so good today, Perella just kind of reamed you a new one. So that was one. I was embarrassed by that. The other is, I... View Details