John Whitehead, HBS 1947, joined Goldman Sachs when its service offerings were almost exclusively in commercial paper. He soon created a new-business development department and then went out and listened to the firm’s clients, identified new business lines, and over time developed these into major service offerings.
Indeed, it’s difficult to imagine the world of Goldman Sachs before such things as Mergers & Acquisitions, IPOs, and other financial services now so closely associated with the investment banking industry.
After retiring from Goldman Sachs in 1984, John served as deputy secretary of state during the Reagan administration. In December 2001, he took on the task of managing the redevelopment of lower Manhattan following the events of September 11.
He described his experiences in a video interview at his Manhattan office in July 2002. Interviewer: Amy Blitz, HBS Director of Media Development for Entrepreneurial Management.
Download, watch and read the interview
http://www.hbs.edu/entrepreneurs/johnwhitehead.html
Thursday, January 24, 2008
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