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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
and Kurt Vonnegut said, “To diggers a thousand years from now, the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen.” To which MacDonald... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
than one-third of them American—who among them speak 89 languages in 83 offices in 45 countries. As client companies became more sophisticated and demanding, another change... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
inside of the courtroom more than once), hip-hop is as much a lifestyle as a musical genre. Yet the company’s spare, functional Times Square offices don’t suggest any of these... View Details
- 18 May 2023
- News
India's New Money Managers
into another obstacle: As Gupta began her career successfully setting up the trading desk for her company Navratan Capital, she found that investors would only speak with her male colleagues. Gupta persevered, founding Anand Rathi in... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Peter G. Harf
Francisco and was eventually sent to Munich to set up BCG's office there. His strong desire to "create something and leave an imprint" then led him to Benckiser. The family-owned, $300 million former chemical View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thai Lee, MBA 1985
grown into a top-ranked provider of IT products and services. With an industry-high of 99 percent in customer retention, SHI is one of the largest privately held firms in its... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
of technology, order, and modernity, not ancient disciplines involving hand-to-hand combat. At the time, Sityodtong was setting up the Asian office of Izara Capital Management,... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
professor recounted how a colleague's career was completely derailed when the rocket carrying his experimental instrument exploded at launch. Platzer decided to put his dream on hold and pivoted to a career in technology consulting. He... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi
on the line, Checchi had to somehow revive the company amid an industry-wide slump that saw six other airlines go bankrupt. Under his leadership, Northwest eventually did roar back to strength and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Working the Street
recalls. “I worked hard — with the help of excellent training officers — to catch up. Earning your colleagues’ respect here is a little more salient than in most workplaces — they’re depending on you with... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
David G. Bradley, MBA 1977
Counsel while earning a law degree at Georgetown, “so I was comfortable with research.” As he pitched his services to companies in need of legal advice, he refined and expanded his business plan to focus on... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
the potential to transform a company or industry and to invest in the people who really do epitomize breakthrough thinking. If a second volume of Giants of Enterprise were to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley The Happiness Handbook By Landon Carter (MBA 1967) Marshall and McClintic Publishing Have you ever wished you had the instruction manual for being a happy human on planet Earth? This book will answer some of life’s fundamental questions: Who am... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
Image by John Ritter In 2020, the number of women running Fortune 500 companies hit an all-time high: 37, or just 7.4 percent. Of those CEOs, only three (less than 1 percent)... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
Women of Color Teaming Up to Lead, Empower and Thrive, paints a more optimistic picture, provided business leaders embrace our generational diversity findings. Our study confirms others that quantify the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
CEO Compensation Troubles
long-term trend has been for CEO pay to rise along with the pay for other senior executives, and it is now twice as much as that of CEOs in major European countries, according to Towers Perrin, a global... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
became an officer of the company in record time and was appointed a vice president within 15 years. Insurance was a clean industry, with gentlemen leaders. I liked the values.... View Details
- 22 Feb 2024
- News
GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit
Clubs News Clubs News Crossroads Forum Explores Future of Gulf Region More than 1,300 public and private leaders convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 30 and 31 for the Crossroads GCC Future Impact Forum, co-hosted by the HBS Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
company with his brother Jim and cousin Jonathan. Loews, once merely a movie theater company, was transformed by Tisch’s father and uncle, who parlayed the purchase of a single New Jersey hotel into what is... View Details
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- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
after it was reconfigured following a merger, Barford then took up the reins of Valleydene Corporation Limited, a family-run holding company that has a majority interest in GSW... View Details