Jane Mendillo to Lead Harvard Management Company

Jane Mendillo will become the new president and chief executive officer of Harvard Management Company (HMC), effective July 1, 2008, the HMC board of directors announced today (March 27). Read full article

Kaplan to serve as interim CEO of Harvard Management Company

The Harvard Management Company (HMC) Board announced today (Nov. 9) that Robert Kaplan, professor of management practice at the Harvard Business School (HBS) and former vice chairman of The Goldman Sachs Group, will serve as interim CEO of the Harvard Management Company until the new president and CEO is named. He will assume his responsibilities starting Nov. 12. Read full article

Statistics captures unpredictability of real world

Harvard’s small but active statistics department celebrated its 50th anniversary last week. There were two days of lectures and panels Oct. 26-27 at the Gutman Conference Center, and a noisy, social, and musical banquet at the Harvard Club of Boston. Read full article

Harvard endowment posts strong positive return

Harvard University’s endowment earned a 23.0 percent return during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007. With FY07 being one of the best performance years since the inception of Harvard Management Company, Inc. (HMC) in 1974, the overall value of the University’s endowment grew to $34.9 billion. Read full article

El-Erian to step down as head of Harvard Management Company

Mohamed A. El-Erian announced today (Sept. 11) that he plans to step down as president and chief executive officer of Harvard Management Company (HMC) at the end of 2007 and to return to his former company, Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO), as co-chief executive officer and co-chief investment officer. Read full article