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- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Realizing a Dream
the case method pedagogy “so relevant to making you a better leader.” Ferrara was so inspired by the transformational experience the School provided that he has been a regular contributor to the HBS Fund since earning his MBA and is a...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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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 is revolutionizing the way...
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- 18 Nov 2021
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Strength in Numbers
American Cancer Society for the mental health field—an organization that can increase awareness, reduce the stigma, and rally donors to make large, multiyear funding commitments to the most promising care and research in the field. While...
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April White
- 21 Oct 2013
- News
Moving the Needle
Fran Seegull by Jill Radsken Fran Seegull is a woman on a mission, and it started with a paper she wrote at Harvard Business School. A lifelong passion for philanthropy brought Seegull (MBA 1998) to HBS, to see if she could mobilize the...
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- 01 Jun 2000
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VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
helping public schools improve their curricula and their methods of working with disadvantaged children. Doerr is cofounder of the New Schools Venture Fund (NSVF), a venture philanthropy View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
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Encouraging Young Entrepreneurs
Reunion established a fund to support the Harvard i-lab, the Harvard Launch Lab, and other HBS programs specifically fostering entrepreneurship and innovation. Martignetti believes his ties to both Harvard College and HBS may give him “a...
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- 25 Aug 2016
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Announcing the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
File photo by Jon Chase - Harvard Staff Photographer File photo by Jon Chase - Harvard Staff Photographer Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard University have announced the launch of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative. View Details
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- 21 Jul 2011
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Social Investing’s Time Has Come
meaningful social impact and earn a financial return based on measurable results. While still new, the idea is gaining traction in the United States and England, where this innovative approach to funding social services originated. It’s...
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- 03 Apr 2014
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Cross-Class Connection
who has been involved in HBS fundraising since graduating, and together they forged a cross-class connection that has resulted in significant support for the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation. “AJ did a phenomenal job of helping us...
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- 01 Feb 2013
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Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
philanthropy or government funding," Hourdequin explains. "What the public is getting back is the assurance that the property won't be converted to some other use, the assurance that the forest will be managed sustainably in perpetuity,...
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- 01 Jan 2012
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Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
Named CEO, Lorillard 1997 Appointed Co-Chairman, Loews 2001 Launches The Gift of New York, 9/11 relief fund 2007 Appointed Chairman, K12, Inc., technology-based education company The Tisch name is hard to miss in New York City. Strolling...
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- 15 Jun 2021
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Advancing Racial Equity
of our community to be their best self,” notes Dean Srikant Datar. The School has earmarked $25 million over the next decade to advance racial equity and diversity at HBS and in the world. As always, the HBS Fund will play an important...
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- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Generosity Multiplied
Photo courtesy James Reed There’s little doubt that James Reed (MBA 1990) loves his job. After all, he’s the chairman and CEO of Reed—the United Kingdom’s first and largest jobs website—and he takes the company’s slogan, “Love Mondays,” to heart. Even so, Reed admits...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2000
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Lumry Chair Supports IT and Entrepreneurship
(FAS) will fund both the Lumry Family Professorship at HBS and the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center in FAS's Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Lumry's gift reflects his professional interests and expertise in technology...
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Educational Services
- 13 Oct 2016
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Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
where he endowed the Blum Family Venture Philanthropy Fund to promote discoveries with potential to benefit the Israeli life-sciences economy. Closer to home, Blum established the Tikkun Olam Youth Science...
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Deborah Blagg
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
A Passion for Education
Bob Ryan (MBA 1970) Bob Ryan (MBA 1970), the first in his family to attend college, has come a long way from his Detroit roots. When the former chief financial officer (CFO) of Medtronic set up a fellowship fund at HBS, he wanted to pay...
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- 24 Aug 2017
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Unlocking Potential
numbers all day?’” Anderson recalls. She switched her focus to social entrepreneurship, working as an associate and then a project manager at New Profit, Inc., a Boston-based nonprofit, venture philanthropy fund. While there, she helped...
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- 01 Jun 2007
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Mission Possible
similarly affected by the disease — Jeff Morby (MBA ’61) from Pittsburgh and Phyllis Rappaport from Boston. McCance, who has been at Greylock for nearly forty years, says the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund is applying a venture-capital approach to...
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- 01 Dec 2001
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Reaching Out
fellow Dan Katzir (MBA '91), director of The Broad Foundation, a Los Angeles–based venture philanthropy organization that funds innovative efforts to improve governance, management, and labor relations in...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
Understanding that for many prospective students the greatest barriers to attending graduate school are financial, HBS is taking proactive steps to make the MBA Program more affordable. The School has held tuition flat for the past five years, and in August 2022...
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Jennifer Gillespie