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- 17 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Tech for the People
Shireen Santosham (MBA 2008) and Mayor Sam Liccardo immediately supported the idea,” says Tsai, which led to the October 2018 launch of Host Corps. This public/private initiative drew on a concept Airbnb devised to use its platform to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
He’s Back
Formerly NBA senior vice president for business and league operations, Dennis Robinson (MBA ’90) is the new president and CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, overseer of the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which Robinson View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Every Gift Counts
Perry Driggs reached out to every member of the class, ensuring that the class’s support will have a lasting impact on global activities and other key needs at the School. Class of 1991 The 20th Reunion gift campaign, led by Paige... View Details
- 03 Aug 2021
- News
Leading Maryland’s Only Black-Owned and -Managed Commercial Bank to Be a Pandemic Resource
The Baltimore Sun recently highlighted the work of John Lewis (MBA 2004), President and Chief Operating Officer of Harbor Bank of Maryland, which the newspaper notes became a vital pandemic-era resource for businesses looking to obtain federal Paycheck Protection... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- News
Rent The Runway Joins the Unicorn Club
Photo via Forbes, courtesy of Rent the Runway Photo via Forbes, courtesy of Rent the Runway Rent the Runway’s latest fundraising round—a $125 million investment led by Bain Capital Ventures and Franklin Templeton Investments—has pushed... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A champion for First Nations
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, Favel led the development of two national firsts for Canada: the First Nations Bank of Canada and the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority. In addition to serving as chancellor of the university,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sweet Deal
was really hard to put a deal together. Despite that, all the creditors, the management team, the board, and 11 of the 12 unions either approved the deal or agreed not to oppose this deal. And it was one union with bad information and bad judgment that really View Details
- Profile
Patrick Akl
impression on me.” Yet one aspect of the trauma, the family’s one-year flight to Paris in 1989-90, also inspired more positive resolutions. “It made me want to explore the world,” says Patrick. “I also wanted the flexibility to be able to succeed wherever I go.”... View Details
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IT Strategy: HBS IT Website Provides Easier Access to News and Support | Information Technology
a difference in the world. The Solution The HBS IT Communications team led a small team of cross-functional IT colleagues in creating a structure for the new public website that would include all the information the community needed with... View Details
- Portrait Project
Liz Delozier
invention after the managers in charge had given up. Fifty years later, I graduated from high school and the Fisher Plant was bulldozed after hundreds of layoffs. Grandpa’s pension evaporated. College now meant picking a major that would never leave me laid off. Yet... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Life Is a Marathon
has led “a life heartily lived,” the Times reported. “You’ve got to have goals in life or you wither away,” Mendes said. “It’s no disgrace to fail, only not to try.” Before his career in investment banking, Mendes was a Marine Corps pilot... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From venture capitalist to 'compassionate capitalist'
First he pioneered the British venture capitalist industry, cofounding Apax Partners in 1972. Then Sir Ronald M. Cohen (MBA 1969) led the way in social investment, prompting The Economist to call him “the compassionate capitalist.” Now he... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
president and COO. Thain labeled as “nonsense” the frequently heard claim in Washington that executive pay plans, particularly lavish bonuses, spurred the excessive risk-taking that ultimately led to the financial meltdown. He advocates... View Details
- Career Coach
Ryan Kim
independent sponsor private equity firm and completed a self-funded search to buy a regional automotive installation services business which he operated as President. Prior to that, Ryan worked in large and mid cap private equity, led... View Details
- Career Coach
Mark Hardie
earlier led new product innovation at Agero Inc., an automotive industry service provider. At Ipsos, Mark drove smartphone-based service innovation in the Futures Group. For six years at Nokia Inc., Mr. Hardie designed innovative mobile... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Learn Firsthand about Chinese Business
Related Links More faculty takeaways on the IXP Read about the Harvard Center Shanghai View upcoming executive programs in China Find HBS Alumni Clubs in China MBA students aren’t the only ones honing their global knowledge by traveling abroad. In June, a dozen HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Model Teamwork
break the 50th Reunion giving record by June 30. Terry Kungel, Cathy Paglia, and Ken Bartels For nearly 10 years, Class of 1976 fundraising has been led by the team of Ken Bartels, Terry Kungel, and Cathy Paglia. The trio has organized a... View Details
- 30 Oct 2020
- News
Billion-Dollar Valuations and Exits for Harvard-born Startups
Lissy Hu (MBA 2014) Lissy Hu (MBA 2014) Two harvard-born startups announced big milestones this week. CarePort Health,a web-based health care software startup led bycofounder and CEO Lissy Hu (MBA 2014), was acquired for $1.35 billion.... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- News
Jane Fraser Named CEO of Citi, Breaking Wall Street’s Glass Ceiling
“I have worked with Jane for many years and am proud to have her succeed me,” Corbat said in a statement. “With her leadership, experience and values, I know she will make an outstanding CEO.” Fraser is currently in charge of the Citi’s consumer bank. In her 16 years... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Student turns family health crisis into online solution
opportunity,” she explains. Hoffman’s experiences inspired her to collaborate with classmate Arick Morton (MBA 2014), with whom she brainstormed in Harvard’s Innovation Lab (i-lab), which led to a concept for an entrepreneurial solution... View Details