Blog: Archive for the “Stanford University (Stanford Graduate School of Business)” Category

Thanks in part to a $105M gift from Nike founder and chairman Phil Knight (MBA ’62), the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) has constructed a new $350M campus. The 360,000 square foot campus of the Knight Management Center, which opened in April 2011, expanded the school’s existing campus footprint by 100,000 square feet. The … Read More  

Dorothy and Robert King (MBA ’60) have donated $150 million to Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business (GSB), the largest gift in the school’s history, to start the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies (SIIDE or “SEED”). The idea for the institute came from the homestays that the Kings have offered to the GSB’s international … Read More  

Close to Silicon Valley—arguably the technology capital of the world—the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) is well known for developing leaders in the field of technology and for its tech investment. However, the GSB is not as well known for its investment in resources dedicated to the manufacturing sector, which include the Global Supply … Read More  

Before we even begin our analysis of Stanford’s essay questions for this application season, we want to share a quote from Stanford Assistant Dean and Director of MBA Admissions Derrick Bolton that we feel bears repeating and is important to keep in mind with respect to your essays for Stanford or any other school: “Because … Read More  

When you select an MBA program, you are not just choosing your learning environment, but are also committing to becoming part of a community. Each Thursday, we offer a window into life “beyond the MBA classroom” at a top business school. Essentially happy hours, Liquidity Preference Functions (LPFs) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business … Read More