Jonathan Ive, Apple’s head of design, has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours list and made a Knight Commander of the British Empire. Mr. Ive began working for Apple in 1992 and since then has been the brains behind many of its products. He has been lauded for the tight fit between [...]
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Wharton’s Allen and Guillen on the Eurozone
The Eurozone’s efforts to fence in Greece’s debt problems have consistently lagged events. Creditors could lose all confidence in Europe’s ability to fix these problems, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy that leads to a collapse in Europe’s banking system and other parts of the global economy, including US financial markets. Wharton finance professor Franklin Allen and [...]
Eckstein shares view on economic hot spots
Visiting Wharton Professor Zvi Eckstein shares his thoughts about the world’s economic and social hot spots. He is the former deputy governor of the Bank of Israel and, in this video, he talks about what’s in the cards for the European Union. He does offer a few rays of hope.
Top 10 MBAs in the US in 2011
Wharton is one of the very best schools inside the US. For years, Wharton’s strength in finance has overshadowed faculty and programs in other departments. That’s no longer true, and hasn’t been for some time. If you’re not yet sure what you want to concentrate in and want to insure you have a deep dive [...]
Goldman Sachs thinks these startups will IPO
Goldman Sachs held its “Private Internet Company Conference” this week in Las Vegas. A bunch of companies presented their business models to an audience of bankers, investors, and peers. Marc Andreessen, Keith Rabois, and Ron Conway were present at the event. This event functions as a foresighted form of lead generation. These are the 30 [...]
Horowitz tells you what it’s like at a startup
Ben Horowitz is the co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and has invested in Twitter, Skype, and Facebook. In a 2009 talk, he said what it’s like to start a tech company. He also discusses what it was like during the dot-com bubble and eventual burst, blaming it on technology not being quite there [...]
Gerardo Villoslado
Gerardo Villoslado holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and is currently completing an MBA at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a former senior economist at both CEMEX and BBVA.
