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- 11 Mar 2024
- News
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
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
What Makes a Good Leader
essentially are both managers and leaders." COMMUNICATION IS KEY "Communication is the real work of leadership," says HBS professor Nitin Nohria, who documented the importance of persuasion in his 1992 book Beyond the Hype: Rediscovering... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
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
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Jonathan M. Nelson, MBA 1983
the world’s leading private equity firms. The decision to specialize in media and communications in 1985 might seem prescient, but the low-key Nelson claims he was merely following his passion. “I’ve always... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Later, as a student at HBS, Stavros studied ESOPs: their initial popularity among private equity firms and their dramatic decline in use in the late 1980s.... View Details
- 28 Feb 2019
- News
New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures
Roberts’ interest and expertise in technology was honed over nearly 30 years in the business. A magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University, Roberts worked in consulting at Booz Allen for several years before graduating from HBS as a Baker Scholar. He then joined... View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Fueling the Faculty Pipeline
Private Equity Group, and executive chairman of the firm’s private equity business in Asia. Melwani’s support for the School stems from the deep... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
spent four years in London as cohead of the firm's European operations before resigning in 1996 to found Compass Partners International, a privately held investment banking advisory and investment firm that manages a large European View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
conduct his boldest experiment yet: taking the case method into high-school classrooms to revolutionize how we teach teenagers about American democracy. This past fall, Moss and his team launched the case method in 11 public, charter, and View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Made in Italy
HBS faculty members and students visited Lamborghini’s headquarters in Bologna during the immersion to learn how the company became experts in electric car technology. Photo courtesy Lamborghini IMMERSIVE FIELD COURSES OFFERED AS ELECTIVES IN 2023 Denmark and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 16 May 2024
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On the Job
finding his way back to Wall Street, Schwartz returned to his native Canada, and in 1984 founded Onex Corporation, a private equity firm built on the values that changed the trajectory of his life so many... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Trading Up — Kenneth D. Brody (MBA 1971)
Winslow Partners L.L.C., whose purpose is to make private equity investments in the United States and the Czech Republic. In his spare time, Brody serves on the boards of the American Red Cross, St. John's... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
spent much of his post-HBS career in energy finance, corporate finance, and public and private equity investment. In 2001, he cofounded ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, a View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
acquisition-led growth? What will be the impact of increased competition from private equity players? For how long can its strategy of “continuous improvement” continue? “I’m the chief human resources... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
securities firm, Carl Ferenbach entered theworld of investment banking, spending five years as the head of Merrill Lynch's mergers and acquisitions group. In 1984, he and four other HBS alumni organized what would become Berkshire Partners' first View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
as do utilities in Southern California—they’re looking at wastewater as a valuable resource. If you don’t have water, you can’t recycle; you can reduce consumption, but you can’t create new water. Therein lies wastewater’s emerging value.” “Private View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Highly Recommended: Leah Modigliani
Michigan, and graduated from Oberlin College, initially wasn't sure she'd like living in Manhattan. Now she is perfectly at home in the West Village with her husband (and former HBS sectionmate) Nicholas McGrane, a specialist in private... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna