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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
value of its philanthropic giving. The foundation recently raised a $120 million Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot fund that is investing in only three social sector organizations, including Youth Villages. The Decade Ahead IDEAS RULE:... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
identity was, to the next stage. For a time, it seemed that this model would involve the reuniting of beauty and health. The world’s largest pharmaceutical companies purchased some of the most iconic brands of cosmetics and fragrances. Revlon’s Charles Revson and... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
An International Perspective
School “opened my eyes to a whole new spectrum of opportunities” in the field of financing and building entrepreneurial energy services companies. His most recent focus as managing director at Houston-based SCF Partners is the development of View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing by Robert A. Finkel (MBA ’89) with David Greising (McGraw-Hill) Ten investment and management... View Details
- 30 Jan 2012
- News
Shopping Around
quasi-judicial processes. Moreover the planning authorities in just about every country still dislike out-of-town retail developments.” Overcoming this resistance requires an “extraordinary” investment in soft costs to enable McArthurGlen... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal
precious,” says Khan, who focuses primarily on software. “It’s been an incredible segment to invest in over the last few years—cloud software in particular, because these are high-gross margin businesses with low costs and long, recurring... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
investment opportunity that traditional VCs are simply overlooking. In this special episode of Skydeck, recorded live at Fall Reunions, Dodi speaks with Associate Editor Jen Flint about the challenges that female founders still face—and... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship
we may identify exceptional talent in a particular industry," he continues, "set them up with equity in a new operation that's backed by our capital, and then let them go forth, make purchases, and grow." A pioneer in this long-term strategy (which began with an View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change
Michael’s views on how his team considers ESG investments, particularly in agriculture, helped shape FarmTogether’s investment process,” Chan explains. Like Chan, Valerie Grant (MBA 1994), SVP and senior View Details
Keywords: Jen Myers
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
merchants basically built a portfolio of these highly risky ventures. A lot of the boats didn't come back. Some of the boats didn't come back full or didn't pay off. And with that approach, were able to really build an industry. And that... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)
"Wall Street in 1971 was not just subtly hostile toward women, it was blatantly so," says Havens-Hasty, who today sits at the helm of her own investment management company, Havens Advisors. Laughingly referring to herself in those days as... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Hollywood Story
Ruth Epstein (MBA ’88) never went to film school, but nine years at Goldman Sachs proved to be great training for her new career in Hollywood. With fifteen-hour workdays filled with legal and financial negotiations, and the uncertainty of each new venture, View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
direction. "For the first three months," Charron continues, "I did nothing but listen. I had to listen to figure out what the hell was going on. All I did was go around and meet people — hundreds of people inside and outside the company, in the View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
making specialized hospital beds and power tools for orthopedic surgeons. It provides a case study of Elfers's dictum that the venture firm's forte should always be "strong support of portfolio companies and long-term goals of building... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Heartland
consumers—that’s a hoped-for side effect of those problem-solving parties—but also, between entrepreneurs and producers as well as entrepreneurs and funders. “If we’re defining return as dollars alone, can you be okay with part of your View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
Founding Partner, Asset Management Company Download Johnson profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1928 Born, Quincy, Illinois 1950 Earns BS, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University 1962 Launches Draper and Johnson View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
moving in a similar direction in collaboration with the late Fischer Black. Investors use derivatives to hedge their portfolios against the effects of sudden shifts in the market. Merton's work provides them with a formula for evaluating... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
While James Hoagland is correct that in recent years there is a growing tendency to flip or resell buyouts after a rapid turnaround, the general experience is actually quite different. As I mentioned, holding periods and investment time... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
this growth is inevitable as the divide between man and machine blurs. Hot Stocks: Investing for Impact and Profit in a Warming World by James Ellman (MBA 1994) Rowman & Littlefield The world is warming, our View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
dominant investment vehicle of our time. The Complete Guide to ETF Portfolio Management provides everything you need to know to manage an ETF with knowledge and skill. As Janus Capital’s first ETF View Details