Ever since its creation one year ago, HEC Paris MBA’s Black in Business Club has focused on increasing the representation of Black professionals on campus and in the workplace. Their efforts to recruit more Black students to the school has led to brainstorming meetings with university administration. “Things don’t change unless you mobilize, and work… Continue Reading
The HEC Paris MBA provides many different interactive experiences and networking opportunities. From clubs mixers and parties to simulations and seminars, there are many ways to meet new people and have a good time across campus. However, for me, one of the most rewarding experiences has been created by students almost by chance: Women’s Wednesday… Continue Reading
Ankit Singh and Laury Jacot had plans to create an MBA Blockchain Club even before they entered HEC Paris in September 2021
Cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are among today’s hottest trends, but what do you really know about the technology underlying them? If you don’t understand blockchain yet, there’s a new HEC Paris MBA club ready to help. Co-founded by MBAs Laury Jacot and Ankit Singh, the Blockchain Club is the latest addition to the HEC… Continue Reading
The annual HEC Paris MBA Talent Show is many things— an astonishing display of talents, a going-away party for our September students, a way of roasting the school for its “almost Paris” location—but more than anything, it’s incredibly fun. This year’s show, entitled “Here Comes the Sun,” lit up Blondeau Auditorium with 17 live performances.… Continue Reading
With a career that began in the 1950s, merited a Nobel Prize and other awards, and continues today with the recent publication of his book Noise (co-written with HEC Paris’ own Professor Olivier Sibony, along with Cass Sunstein), Daniel Kahneman’s work has had a huge impact on the fields of psychology and economics. Today, he… Continue Reading
At the Champ de Mars with September 2020 MBA students and partners You Wu (MBA '22) and Minna, Fernando Mélega (MBA '22) and his partner Cassia, Agustina and her partner Francisco Mathó (MBA '22)
Being an MBA partner is a unique opportunity to explore a new culture and meet people from around the world. To learn more, we asked Agustina, current President of the HEC Paris MBA Partners Club, to share her experience. She and her husband Francisco Mathó moved from Uruguay to France when Francisco became part of… Continue Reading
Christine Lagarde on stage with student co-moderators Carla Richard and Cristobal Santisteban (photo ©Ciprian Olteanu - Madetoshow.com)
Christine Lagarde has served on the frontlines of the world’s biggest financial crises. Just months after becoming the first-ever female finance minister of a G7 country, the Great Recession struck. The next onslaught came in the form of the European Sovereign Debt crisis, where, as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, she threw lifelines… Continue Reading
Getting an MBA is an adventure. It places you in the center of a community of some of the smartest and most inspiring people you’ll ever meet. FOMO will never be so real, as everywhere you turn there will be another chance to learn, to grow, to challenge yourself—and to have a whole lot of… Continue Reading
Students in our September '21 intake take the leap at the Dune du Pilat (photo courtesy Zichuan Zhou, MBA '23, pictured jumping, second from left)
Bordeaux has long been known for velvety wines and stunning architecture—and now, thanks to the efforts of four HEC Paris MBA students, as the place where our September 2021 intake first met. Forty-five incoming students converged on the UNESCO World Heritage City for a pre-MBA visit. The five-day outing included sunsets over sandy white beaches,… Continue Reading
MBA students at the château of Chevreuse
When current student Charles Serilas suggested that he share his tips for discovering the region around campus, we leapt at his offer. After all, the former senior investment analyst and portfolio manager has logged nearly 4,000 kilometers on rides and runs since joining the HEC Paris MBA last September. “I work hard to finish all… Continue Reading
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