Even as a seventh grader, Mario Gabelli '67 was intrigued by what makes financial markets tick. While working as a caddy at a country club in Westchester County, New York, he'd often overhear members—many of whom were Wall Street specialists getting in a quick nine holes after market close— talk about stocks. He started building up his own portfolio shortly thereafter.
The work-from-home revolution is transforming office spaces, management practices, and interactions between coworkers. But how can we grasp the depth of these changes and understand what's next?
Professors Glenn Hubbard and Tano Santos have been honored with the 2023 Singhvi Prize for Scholarship in the Classroom, selected by the School's graduating class. The prestigious award recognizes full-time faculty who demonstrate exceptional dedication to teaching and ability to engage students.
With a background in STEM and at least two years of professional experience, 28 students matriculated this fall into the first class of the School's Dual MBA/Executive MS: Engineering & Applied Science program.
The W. Edwards Deming Center for Quality, Productivity, and Competitiveness at Columbia Business School honored Michele Buck, chair, president, and CEO of The Hershey Company, and Brian Cornell, chair and CEO of Target, with the 2023 Deming Cup for Operational Excellence during a ceremony at Columbia University's Low Library Rotunda in October.
Jensen Huang, a tech visionary who built his company into a $1 trillion giant, met with Columbia Business School Dean Costis Maglaras for a conversation organized by CBS's Digital Future Initiative and the Silfen Leadership Series.
Two Columbia Business School alumni and change agents in the climate-tech and entertainment industries received special honors from the CBS board of trustees at the 45th Annual Awards Dinner.
The first event of its kind at Columbia Business School, TEDxColumbiaUniversity—Excellence Through Equity was held last September in Manhattanville. Faculty, students, and thought leaders from across academia, business, and policy gathered to examine how equity in organizations propels all of us higher.
Turning a startup idea into a successful business takes passion, perseverance, and grit, as the alumni entrepreneurs profiled below exemplify. These former CBS students leveraged the School's programs and resources at the Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurship Center to get their ventures off the ground.
Over the summer, nine other US business school deans and I traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with Lael Brainard, Director of the National Economic Council, and Jared Bernstein, Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, as well as other members of Congress, top White House staff, and business leaders.
Jan Walstrom, senior vice president within the Global Climate Response and ESG office at engineering company Jacobs, shares her insights at the School's inaugural Think Bigger Innovation Summit.