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Green Genes
by Bryson Saez, MBA ’14 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow Mission-driven SGE student interns with the founding biotechnology firm. Early in my career I found that, like many […]

Making a Lasting Impact in Bangladesh and Bringing Technology to Farmers
Students conduct on-the-ground research in Bangladesh and deliver real-world impact to rural communities. by Stephanie Kwok, MBA ’13 As part of the Johnson EMI Fellows program, each fellow completes a […]

Big Red Russia
The historically unpredictable way of life in Russia, the dizzying traffic, and the formidable language barrier proved to only be a minor inconvenience to the relentless first year Cornell Johnson […]

Private Equity is Back in China with Full Force
Opportunities lie within secondary market exits, growth capital investments, and outbound strategic acquisitions by Kevin Wang, MBA ‘13 Wallace, the IPO Project Manager for QS Solar, a privately held alternative […]
Private Equity in Africa
The stars are aligned for major private equity investments to take place in Africa. by Derick Appia-kubi, MBA ’13 There has been a lot of focus on Africa as a […]

Bringing Beauty to the World, Inside and Out
Suh Kyung-Bae, MBA ’87, CEO of South Korean cosmetics firm AmorePacific Beauty. Harmony. Balance. Happiness. These are not words that you’d typically hear from the CEO of a multibillion-dollar global […]

Auke G. Cnossen, MBA ’04
Greenhouse Growing in China China has 22 percent of the world’s population but only about eight percent of its arable agricultural land. How to generate enough food to supply the […]

Wendy L. Schoppert ’88, MBA ’89
Deliberate and Bold When Wendy L. Schoppert mentors young professionals hoping to follow in her footsteps, she always offers the same advice: “Make yourself uncomfortable,” she says, “because if you’re […]

Hakim Feerasta, MBA ’74, MPS ’85
Fighting Poverty in Central Asia When Hakim Feerasta was a senior financial analyst at IBM in Toronto, he was invited to visit the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the […]