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Alumni
John Paulson (BS ’78) shakes hands with a student

The Greatest Trade in History

On November 30, 2022, NYU Stern and Dean Raghu Sundaram welcomed John Paulson, president and portfolio manager of Paulson & Co., a private investment company, to a Fireside Chat before an audience of Stern students, staff, and faculty.

 


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Benjamin Serbiak (MBA ’21)

The Power of Alumni in Experiential Learning

Ben Serbiak (MBA ’21), a senior global marketing manager at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health, who also holds an MS in Biology from NYU, regularly sponsors experiential learning projects for MBA students on behalf of J&J for Stern’s Consulting Lab: Branding + Innovation Stern Solutions co


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Books Worth Reading 2023

Stern faculty released the following books this past year. 

 

Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most

Adam Alter, Professor of Marketing


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Stewart Satter (MBA ’82)

An Early Supporter of Entrepreneurship at NYU Stern

Through his generosity, insight, and passion for entrepreneurship, Stewart Satter (MBA '82) has steadily contributed to NYU Stern’s profile as a top business school for aspiring entrepreneurs.


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Caroline O’Connor (MBA ’08) poses with Emilio Estefan

Stepping Up to the Plate

Caroline O’Connor (MBA ’08), pictured left with Emilio Estefan at a Miami Marlins game, had her “aha moment” about her professional future while in her corporate finance class at NYU Stern.


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Chana Rosenthal (MBA ’22)

Sustainability Evangelist

One day earlier in her career, fashion executive Chana Rosenthal (MBA ’22) and colleagues spent the afternoon at a supplier’s denim factory in China reviewing products. That evening, washing up for dinner, she noticed blue fibers in her nostrils. The experience turned out to be seminal.


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Charles Chen (MBA ’91), chairman of Eyon Holding Group and NYU Stern board member, with Sam Chandan, director of the Chao-Hon Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance, named in honor of Chen’s father

A Blueprint for Expansion

Last September, NYU Stern established the Chao-Hon Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance with a $20 million gift from Charles C.Y. Chen (MBA ’91) and named Professor Sam Chandan the Institute’s director.


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Ellis Island played host to Stern juniors reconnecting at the start of the academic year

Embracing Change in the Undergraduate College

Excellence, unbound by tradition, is a core value at NYU Stern and a favorite phrase of Undergraduate College Dean Robert Whitelaw. “An advantage we have at NYU is we don’t have a 400-year history; We’re not wedded to doing the things the way we used to do them,” he says.