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- 01 Jan 2010
- News
James Dimon, MBA 1982
Salomon Smith Barney, the Travelers Group, and Citigroup, which he helped build into the world’s largest financial services company through tight management and astute mergers. Both Dimon’s father and grandfather worked as stockbrokers,... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
further acquisitions to take PCL to the next level! With the ever-changing industry that we operate in, I look forward to the new challenges along this journey.” Can you tell us about MAYU and what motivated you and your wife to launch it? “My wife, Mayura, and I are... View Details
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
problem: how the business was run ran completely counter to what he’d learned as a child working alongside his entrepreneurial father in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Traveling to New York as the company’s representative, Schwartz had a moment of... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
For 17 years, Andre Kearns (MBA 1999) has been tracing his family tree. One by one, he has added branches, grounding himself in a long and sometimes complicated lineage. Through family stories, forgotten heirlooms, and vital records, Kearns has traveled back through... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Carlos A. Saladrigas: Hardworking Optimist
communist Cuba. "It's only now that I have four children of my own that I understand what a painful decision that was," says Saladrigas, who, while still in Miami, has traveled far from those humble beginnings without leaving them behind... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)
father's travels provided me with a broadening experience," says Porter, at ease between sips from a can of diet soda, "and athletics offered an outlet for competing while exposing me to the importance of self-discipline and thorough... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
of people in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. After traveling and living in 55 countries, I am surprisingly happy living in the United States again. I think I’m ready to make an impact in my own country, among my own people. In many ways... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Task Force
meeting weekly at the Harvard i-lab, still talking, still sharing ideas. They also traveled to Mexico City in October 2017 to meet alumni (“I think we had 25 meetings in five days,” Campbell says) and conduct focus groups with potential... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Dick Franyo: From Banker to Barkeeper
was leveled and in its place rose what his wife, Susan, refers to as the couple’s “dream bar.” “Susan and I traveled from the Caribbean to New England, taking detailed pictures of the interiors of bars frequented by sailing people,” he... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
entrepreneurial style of management has benefited both Ayala and an island nation that faces significant social and economic challenges. At least once a year, Jaime Zobel, his brother Fernando (who shares leadership of the Ayala Corporation as its president), and a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Nathaniel Fick (MBA/MPA 2008)
diagnostics? We need to make innovation our North Star. I’ll travel from South Asia to Central America to Eastern Europe to the West Coast, then repeat; I don’t even get jet lag anymore. I like to get up early in whatever city I’m in, run... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Preparing Global Leaders
faculty research facilitated by the School’s 18 research outposts on five continents, and more than 1,300 MBA students traveled abroad to 20 countries for immersive courses in the field. Across all of HBS’s academic programs—MBA,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
accelerator Flat6Labs and its anchor investment in Algebra Ventures’ first fund. From there, it was an easy transition to a role as managing partner at Global Ventures, doing all the things hard-driving VCs do—like making presentations from a hospital bed. In March... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Elevator Pitch: Standard of Care
March 2023, Teodorescu traveled to Ukraine to deliver 50 additional SurgiBox units at the military’s request. A portable operating room that fits into a backpack and runs on a rechargeable battery, SurgiBox is a timely innovation for a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
cofounder of ApnaKlub, a wholesale digital platform that helps kirana owners aggregate their buying power and access credit tools and other services. “These are micro businesses that run on tight margins. If shopkeepers run out of something, they have to View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
In Full Flower
Eliminating middlemen also increases vase life and leverages flowers’ ability to travel without water; many of the company’s bouquets are sent dry, in flat boxes that fit through a letter-box door slot. Gelbard notes that Valentine’s Day... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
immediate predecessor, the Department of Street Cleaning, was founded in 1881 to deal with almost unimaginable filth: By the mid-19th century, New York’s streets were clogged with horse manure and rotting food; travelers could smell the... View Details
- 04 May 2023
- News
Class of 2024 Embarks on Global Immersion
This year marks the return of international travel for the MBA Program’s FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) course, an experiential learning opportunity that gives first-year students in the Required Curriculum hands-on exposure to how business... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Made in Italy
in faculty-led IFCs, nearly 2,000 have pursued research interests in countries around the world. In 2023, approximately 300 students traveled across several continents, exploring such topics and locales as crisis management in Ghana, the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
The Musts of 2023
into where we are now. And I was just traveling through Europe, through Croatia, and Slovenia. It gave me incredible insights I would have never had, just in terms of why their cultures are the way they are. Michael Depatie (MBA 1983):... View Details