private equity (LBO funds) - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Jul 2013
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How Companies Can Use the Data They Collect to Further the Public Good

03 Oct 2013
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Who Wants to Buy BlackBerry? Prem Watsa Does

01 Nov 2015
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U.S. Business Schools Realize ESG is no Fad but Part of Long-Term Trend

27 May 2010
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Sir Ronald Cohen Offers Class Day Advice to MBA Class of 2010

09 Nov 2018
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Mainstreaming Sustainability: What Banks And Business Schools Should Do Next

14 Jul 2020
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The Strategic Problem the Army Doesn’t Seem to Care About: African Americans Aren’t Branching Combat Arms

01 Jan 2012
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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

01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon

starting a nonprofit? Or philanthropy in general? This internal struggle led to the second pivotal event, when he took these concerns to his mentor, Marshall Payne (MBA 1983), founding partner of the Dallas private View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

01 Sep 2023
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Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

business opportunity. In just 30 years—the span of a single generation—genealogy has grown from the domain of historical societies, microfilm, and the Mormon church to big data, artificial intelligence, DNA testing, and staggering private... View Details

Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Oct 2021
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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 Sep 2003
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Mark Schwartz

for new challenges. Following a yearlong sabbatical, he joined the legendary hedge fund and private equity firm founded by financier and philanthropist George Soros. The firm... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

12 Feb 2024
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Dale LeFebvre to Receive Horatio Alger Award

education and entrepreneurship.” LeFebvre went on to become cofounder and managing partner for AIC International Investments. Then, in 2006, he founded 3.5.7.11, a privately owned equity investment firm. It... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

21 Jul 2022
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A Warren Buffett Protégée Strikes Out on Her Own

time at Berkshire Hathaway, but tells the Times that “I’m not building a Berkshire 2.0. I’m building something different using some of the principles.” Her classmate Andrew Van Pelt (MBA 2009) says her approach is also very different from how some expect View Details

01 Oct 1997
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L.E. Simmons

time to invest in this industry because it was depressed, yet the long-term fundamentals were sound." By all indications, Simmons's gamble has paid off. SCF Partners, the private equity View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

11 Mar 2024
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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

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

01 Dec 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In

focused on the mobility and energy sectors. Lambert is backed by multi-billion-dollar private funds seeking to build innovation hubs in underserved markets and expand their portfolio in the global energy and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

food. “We’re raising the profile of our food because we believe it is excellent, and the world needs to embrace and celebrate it,” says Nwuneli. Runa Alam, from DPI, says many pension funds, sovereign funds, endowments and other investment View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

23 Jan 2024
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A Wide Net

Growing up in Mumbai, Navroz Udwadia (MBA 2005) spent most of his time on the tennis court, where he was an internationally ranked athlete. Today, as cofounder and partner of Alpha Wave, a global investment group with a multibillion-dollar stake in India’s startup... View Details

Keywords: April White

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