Robert Steven Kaplan
Martin Marshall Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration, Senior Associate Dean for External Relations at CEIBS
Biography
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Martin Marshall Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration Senior Associate Dean for External Relations
Robert S. Kaplan is the Martin Marshall Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for External Relations. He is also co-chairman of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a global venture philanthropy firm. He is the author of several case studies, articles and the following books: What You Really Need to Lead: The Power of Thinking and Acting Like an Owner(Harvard Business Review Press, 2015); What You're Really Meant To Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013) and What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential (Harvard Business Review Press, 2011)
Prior to joining Harvard Business School in 2006, Rob served as vice chairman of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. with global responsibility for the firm's Investment Banking and Investment Management Divisions. Previously, he was global co-head of the firm's Investment Banking Division. He was also a member of the firm’s Management Committee and served as co-chairman of the firm’s Partnership Committee and chairman of the Goldman Sachs Pine Street Leadership Program. During his career at the firm, he also served in various other capacities including head of the Corporate Finance Department, head Asia-Pacific Investment Banking, and head of the high yield department in Investment Banking. He became a partner in 1990. Rob is a Senior Director of the firm.
Rob co-chairman of the Board of Project A.L.S., co-chair of the Executive Committee for Harvard University Office of Sustainability, and is a member of the Boards of the Harvard Medical School, Harvard Management Company, and the Ford Foundation. Previously, Rob was appointed by the Governor of Kansas as a member of the Kansas Healthcare Policy Authority Board (2006-2010) and also served as a member of the Investors Advisory Committee on Financial Markets of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Rob is a member of the Board of the State Street Corporation. He is chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee of Google, Inc. Previously he was a member of the Board of Bed, Bath & Beyond, Inc. (1994-2009). He serves as advisor to a number of companies.
Rob received an M.B.A. from Harvard in 1983 and a B.S. from the University of Kansas in 1979.
Prior to attending business school, Rob was a certified public accountant at Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co in Kansas City.
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Robert S. Kaplan: Millennium Campus Conference 2011
Robert Steven Kaplan | Talks at Google
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