Among the world’s richest men, Anil Ambani is an Indian business mogul who currently serves as the Chairman of the Reliance Group, one of India’s leading private sector organizations with global interests in telecommunications, entertainment, financial services, energy, and infrastructure. Following his father’s death in 2002, Ambani took over the reins of the Indian conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai, India…
Oscar winner, Lupita Nyong’o is a Kenyan-Mexican actress best known for her roles in movies like 12 Years A Slave and Black Panther. Growing up as the daughter of a well-to-do Nairobi politician, she shied away from the acting spotlight for most of her youth…
Nobel Prize winner Barbara McClintock was one of the greatest geneticists of the 20th century, a time when few women worked in the field. Her studies of genetic mutation in maize led to her discovery of “mobile genetic elements,” genes that move from one chromosome to another…
Alumni Spotlight is pleased to announce The Top 100 Wharton School Alumni in Finance & Investing. After many decades of producing some of the most promising business graduates, the name Continue Reading
Reed Hastings has come a long way from slinging DVDs through the mail. As the co-founder and CEO of Netflix, Hastings grew his company from an innovative idea into an industry-shaking, award-winning media giant…
American billionaire businessman Robert Kraft engineered one of the more remarkable turnarounds in professional athletics after purchasing the New England Patriots. When Kraft purchased the NFL team in 1994, the franchise had suffered five consecutive losing seasons…
Alumni Spotlight is pleased to announce The Top 100 Wharton School Alumni in Finance & Investing. After many decades of producing some of the most promising business graduates, the name Continue Reading
Heralded for her award-winning career in Hollywood, Ashley Judd has often used her celebrity status to address a wide range of social and political issues across the world. As an actress, Judd has proven to be a box office draw while demonstrating her range in a variety of genres, thus earning multiple industry awards, and two nominations for both a Golden Globe and an Emmy…
With nearly four decades in the industry, actress Claire Danes has matured from awkward teen queen into one of the most popular performers of her generation. A precocious talent, Danes was only 9 years old when she began taking acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Studio…
Pioneering British computer scientist and mathematician Alan Turing is widely regarded as one of the most innovative thinkers of the 20th century. In 1936, Turing’s seminal paper “On Computable Numbers” established the theoretical foundations of computer science, while producing insights into what later became known as “artificial intelligence.”…
