Private Firms - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 May 2013
News

Maurice Pinto, MBA 1960

During his service as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army in Ulm, West Germany, Maurice Pinto received an HBS admissions application in the mail from his father. "My father was always a big believer in education," says Pinto, now a semiretired View Details

06 Jan 2020
News

Home Grown

Granite Equity, a nontraditional private investment and holding company in St. Cloud, Minnesota, aims to find and support local, family businesses and grow them right where they are. The firm looks for... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 May 2013
News

Brahmal Vasudevan, MBA 1997

Creating educational opportunities is a way of life for Brahmal Vasudevan. Upon the 2011 launch of Creador, a private equity firm based in Kuala Lumpur, he and his partners set up a foundation funded by a... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

Robots to the Rescue

firm has landed two rounds of private financing and placed pilot systems at operations of a major retailer and food company. If all goes as planned, Mountz sees “no limit to the number of companies that want... View Details

Keywords: robotics; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

22 Jul 2020
Blog Post

Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club

classmate Paul Ampofo (MBA 2020). The idea came to me after I saw many of my Black classmates become discouraged by being left out of recruiting processes altogether or repeatedly rejected from the small pool of coveted roles in venture capital and View Details

01 Mar 2003
News

Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships

efforts center on issues affecting entrepreneurial firms and their investors. Gompers studies the structure, governance, and performance of private equity funds; the sources of financing, incentive design,... View Details

Keywords: fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2018
News

Preparing Global Leaders

and diverse business issues,” he says. Wahl, an investor based in Oslo, Norway, was cofounder and partner of the private equity firm IK Investment Partners Ltd. from 1989 to 2009. Presently he runs... View Details

01 May 2013
News

Patricia F. Bilden & Philip M. Bilden, MBA 1991

closest friends and have enriched our family’s life over the years.” The relationships Bilden formed at HBS have also shaped his career. After completing his MBA in 1991, he joined a promising firm in Boston founded by HBS graduates that... View Details

14 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital

entrepreneurship over the next two years and beyond. The Early Days of Harlem Capital The Harlem Capital story begins well before that first day on campus. In 2015, Pierre-Jacques and Tingle first joined forces at ICV Partners, a middle-market minority owned View Details

19 Feb 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

Island, an innovative private equity firm established by Glenn Hutchins, MBA 1983, (previously cofounder of Silver Lake and a fellow Harvard alum). Our vision is to improve on traditional View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Oct 2000
News

Three Promoted to Full Professor

Entrepreneurial Finance elective in the MBA curriculum. In the Executive Education Program, he has developed materials for and served as codirector of courses in Conflict and Evolution in Private Equity, Corporate Venture Capital, and... View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

Helping high achievers achieve even more

As cofounder of Summit Partners, E. Roe Stamps IV (MBA 1974) spurred economic growth and created jobs in a broad range of industries, from fiber optics to pathology laboratories, to electronics and semiconductor manufacturers. Established in 1984, Summit Partners is a... View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship

older or retired to share my good fortune," says Rauner, managing principal of Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner, Inc. (GTCR), a Chicago-based private equity firm that specializes in acquiring and consolidating... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

Fast Answer

Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry

private companies; information on investment firms and capital transactions; For a multimedia learning module on Capital IQ check out our View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Sam Hayes

Another crucial step would be to ensure that public accounting firms once again become bona fide watchdogs. Too often, lucrative consulting contracts have caused accounting firms to relax their auditing... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Marketing Wine to the World

Australia, South Africa, Chile, etc.). Q: What do you see as the major differences between Old World and New World winemakers? A: The Old World market continues to be highly fragmented. The competitive landscape is filled with many small, View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

U.K., have adopted a hybrid approach known as the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), also known as "public-private partnerships" (PPP). Under this approach, private View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog

Independent Project are encouraged to reach out to Prof. Kirby at term start. By 2035 China will be the largest economy in the world and an innovation superpower. Engagement with China—as entrepreneurs, investors, or partners—is part of our collective future. But in... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

Women and VC

bottom line is all business. Said Dodi, “As with any private equity firm or venture capital fund, it’s our fiduciary duty to look out for our investors and get a return.” View Details

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

01 Oct 2018
News

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