An afternoon at Bulgari’s hotel, complete with a tour of the spa, guest rooms, and garden
It was a dazzling three days for the HEC Paris MBA and HEC Paris EMBA students indulging in the Retail and Luxury Club’s Career Trek to Milan. Mingled in with stylish lunches overlooking the Duomo and at the ultra-chic 10 Corso Como were 11 company visits designed to inspire. Take, for example, the club’s stopover… Continue Reading
The HEC Paris MBA has earned the number #1 spot in Europe, and #7 worldwide, in The Economist’s 2022 Which MBA? ranking. The annual ranking, released this year in June, is known for heavily weighing the responses of former and current students in its analysis. It also uses more conventional measures, such as post-MBA salaries,… Continue Reading
When you have 140 years’ of historic milestones and achievements behind you, it is hard to create yet another superlative experience. But HEC Paris did just that in June 2022, when the business school held its biggest—and arguably best—graduation ever, hosting more than 12,000 people on campus. The magnitude of the school-wide fete, in which… Continue Reading
For a company boasting €22 billion in annual sales, Florent Menegaux’s appointment in 2019 as the CEO of the Michelin Group was a staid affair. At the time, Le Monde reported that internally, there simply wasn’t any contention around the 22-year-employee-turned-general-partner taking the driver’s seat of one of France’s most well-known companies. “As a leader,… Continue Reading
PE/VC Club members visiting Speedinvest
After two years of virtual treks, the MBA Private Equity and Venture Capital Club was able to return to London for its in-person career trek. The club’s management team, consisting of 12 members from 11 different nationalities, organized eight visits with PE & VC funds, as well as a meeting with a headhunting firm specialized… Continue Reading
In 2019 when I first arrived at the HEC Paris MBA, my classmates hyped the idea of participating in a regatta designed especially for MBAs. Until then, I’d always thought of regattas as professional sporting events. Upon learning that the MBA regattas were holistic events with networking, sailboat racing and black tie galas, I was… Continue Reading
Henry Tan (wearing his HEC hoodie) with his team at the Paris Blockchain Week Summit Hackathon
A trip to Spain recently reminded HEC Paris MBA student Henry Tan of all the fun you can have traveling with friends—and all the hassles involved in keeping track of who paid for what. So when an App that could divvy up expenses and seamlessly accept payments was pitched as a business case to work… Continue Reading
(From left to right) Yoko, Minori, Junichi and Akari at the Château de Chenonceau
When Junichi Hatano first enrolled in the HEC Paris MBA, he has no idea that a TV crew would accompany him to campus. But when TF1 (Télévision Française 1) announced they were seeking an MBA student for a broadcast about adapting to life in France, he and his wife, Yoko, decided to take center stage.… Continue Reading
Women in Leadership Club with Station F's new artwork, L'Arc by Urs Fischer (photo by madetoshow)
As part of the MBA Women in Leadership Club’s recent tour of Station F, students heard from inspiring women about the trials and triumphs involved in entrepreneurship. One of the speakers was HEC Associate Professor Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, who has two decades of experience working with entrepreneurs. She shared her research and personal tips for surviving—and… Continue Reading
HEC Professor Anne Michaut and WWD Editor Miles Socha discuss the return of in-person fashion weeks
If you weren’t lucky enough to score seats at the big-name shows of Milan or Paris’s Fashion Weeks, the restaurant Treize au Jardin was the next best place to be. That’s because Miles Socha, the editor-in-chief of Women’s Wear Daily, spent the evening of March 10 at the whimsical Parisian eatery regaling HEC Paris MBA… Continue Reading
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