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- 01 Jan 2013
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Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
Baker Scholar, James accepted a position as controller at his father's firm, by then a 75-person financial planning company that was called, as a result of a merger, Raymond James Financial (RJF). At the same time, he enrolled in law school and launched a View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
Co., LLC Greenhill A 31-year veteran and former president of Morgan Stanley, Bob Greenhill launched his own boutique merchant bank, Greenhill & Co., in 1996 and took it public in 2004. The firm currently has a market View Details
- 15 Nov 2021
- News
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
subsequently joined Doriot’s venture capital firm American Research and Development Corporation (ARD), where he worked for seven years before forming Greylock in 1965 with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
everything else.” That culture, critics maintain, spawned executive compensation plans with incentives that encouraged the excessive risk-taking that led to the financial crisis. And while the intricate details of pay plans don’t evoke... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Like-Minded
seemingly missing in Japan’s financial world. They couldn’t put their collective finger on it—not until, that is, they built their own VC firm. To be clear, the trio did not set out to create the first female-led venture View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Author Charley Ellis on Goldman Sachs
outrageous. Others would argue that these are exceedingly high-skilled talents working brutal hours in an extremely demanding and competitive environment, that the firm was risking its own capital and doing... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Four Promoted to Full Professor
protection, particularly patents, on the competitive strategies of firms in high-technology industries. Venture Capital and Private Equity, an elective course Lerner developed... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Two Alumnae Among Time’s Most Influential of 2019
Aileen Lee (photo by Carlos Chavarría) Lee is the founder of All Raise, a nonprofit that is “dedicated to diversity in founders and funders.” Her entry is written by Kirsten Green, founding partner of both the VC firm Forerunner View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed — and What to Do about It (Princeton University Press), HBS finance and entrepreneurial management expert Josh Lerner... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho
return to prior employers. Median total compensation was $140,000, up slightly from last year’s $138,125 for the Class of 2006. For future job seekers, this fall MBA Career Services, in conjunction with student club leaders, introduced... View Details
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
Doubles Partner
Ventures General Partner Alison Rapaport Stillman (MBA 2018), who joined forces with Williams in 2018. The firm, which announced an $111 million fund in March, already included a portfolio of 60 firms from... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Measuring Impact
Nearly 40 percent of Harvard alumni from across all schools have founded for-profit and nonprofit organizations—launching more than 146,000 active ventures with an estimated $3.9 trillion in annual revenues and creating 20.4 million jobs... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries
companies' presentations and tours were outstanding, he says, those of Silicon Graphics, 3Com, and Adaptec were particularly well-received, as was a small gathering with Enterprise Director Doug Hawkins of the NASA Ames Technology Center. Students interested in View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
William K. Bowes Jr., MBA 1952
Silicon Valley’s burgeoning venture capital industry. Founding U.S. Venture Partners in 1981 provided Bowes the opportunity to help create, rather than merely finance,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Springboard Boosts Funding Prospects for Women Entrepreneurs
According to a recent study by the venture capital research firm VentureOne, even in average economic times, women CEOs typically receive just 6 percent of the $69 billion... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Capitalism’s False Mantra
Emeritus, and William Meckling. Capitalism has been reeling ever since. That’s the view of Roger Martin (MBA ’81) in his new book, Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
partner. In what proved to be a fortuitous stroke, Cohen then recruited Alan Patricof, a pioneering venture capitalist based in New York, to join the partnership. Under Patricof’s influence, the firm shifted... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
Heart Foundation, Lewis is a founding member of Impact X, a venture capital firm supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs across Europe. “My parents taught me generosity,” he... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
venture capital and private equity. Last year, he stepped down from his management responsibilities to devote all his efforts to social investing in the United Kingdom and the Middle East. "Those who have... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
pressing business challenges, such as managing creative employees, navigating the IPO process, and protecting intellectual property. Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur by Dermot Berkery... View Details