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Samantha Tweedy, the inaugural president of the Black Economic Alliance Foundation, has spent her career building and leading transformative racial and economic justice initiatives at the intersection of the public, private, and philanthropic sectors.

Samantha Tweedy, the inaugural president of the Black Economic Alliance Foundation, has spent her career building and leading transformative racial and economic justice initiatives at the intersection of the public, private, and philanthropic sectors.

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB's Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, wrote the Project Syndicate article "The Finlandization of Asia." The article states that "Most Asian countries have refrained from vocal or vociferous condemnations of Russia's war on Ukraine. This makes a united front between the US, South Korea, and Japan all the more important to regional security."

Stephen Grimaldi, the executive director of New York Common Pantry, and John MacDonald and Scott Crawford, the chief marketing and chief merchandising officers of FreshDirect, talk about the extraordinary partnership the two organizations forged in the height of the pandemic.

Stephen Grimaldi, the executive director of New York Common Pantry, and John MacDonald and Scott Crawford, the chief marketing and chief merchandising officers of FreshDirect, talk about the extraordinary partnership the two organizations forged in the height of the pandemic.

Indra Nooyi, former CEO and chairman of PepsiCo, opened up about her leadership journey and her hopes for an ethical and fair future.

 

Large-scale studies find that MBA and JD students of East Asian descent trail their peers in courses with classroom participation criteria, but online courses help to close the gap

Jon Sebastiani ’12 took the audience through his journey joining his family’s businesses and expounded on some of the successes and challenges he faced. He shared practical relational advice for those thinking of joining their family’s business and what to look out for, as well as some career advice from his experience launching his own private equity fund after his family sold their business and he graduated from CBS.

Donnel Baird '13 is the founder and CEO of BlocPower, a clean tech startup based in New York City that develops portfolios of clean energy retrofit opportunities in underserved communities and connects those opportunities to investors seeking social, environmental, and financial returns.

CBS Professor Rita McGrath shared her expertise on innovation in times of uncertainty. Her latest book, Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen, explores how to harness disruptive influences early for a strategic advantage.

Panelists discussed new challenges, from “cancel culture” to personal privacy, which businesses, and their people, must navigate in an inescapably interconnected world.

Young Columbia Business School alumni leaders across the globe and from diverse industries shared their thoughts and insights on how to best position themselves in their family businesses. They also gave students invaluable advice on what they can do now to pave a successful path for themselves at their family businesses in the future.

Donnel Baird ’13 is the founder and CEO of BlocPower, a clean tech startup based in New York City that develops portfolios of clean energy retrofit opportunities in underserved communities and connects those opportunities to investors seeking social, environmental, and financial returns.

The panelists on this session gave us an inside look at the missions and family dynamics in family offices. They spoke about some of the difficulties of keeping younger family members engaged as family businesses grow, and also highlighted some things to consider when deciding who should run a family’s office and how they should do it.

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, was interviewed on CNBC. A video of the section featuring Professor Ito’s answers to questions about the Bank of Japan’s unlimited bond buying can be found at the link below.

We hope you enjoy this TV show selection that explores Old Money Meets New in 1882 New York.  

We hope you enjoy this movie selection that explores next-generation succession.  

CJEB's event featuring Bank of Japan's Governor Haruhiko Kuroda was covered by Yahoo Finance in the article "UPDATE 2-BOJ's Kuroda vows to 'persistently' continue aggressive monetary easing" and in other media outlets listed below.   UPDATE 2-BOJ's Kuroda vows to 'persistently' continue aggressive monetary easing (Yahoo Finance, 4/22/22)