Pick Your City: Should You Get an MBA in Charlotte or Washington DC?
If you’re looking to live on the east coast, you have your pick of cities. You could choose to live in the Northeast in New York City or down in the south in Savannah, GA. But what if you’re looking for a location in between those two? For that, you have Charlotte, North Carolina and Washington DC.
Both Charlotte and Washington DC are great places to live. To help you “pick your city,” our latest series breaks down two similar locations to help you make the best decision for you when it comes to cost of living, culture, job opportunities, and MBA programs. Continue reading…
MBA Alumni Spotlight: Urban One CEO Alfred C. Liggins III
Alfred C. Liggins III, the CEO of Urban One (previously Radio One), is a shining example of what you can accomplish with an MBA from The Wharton School. Not only is he considered a trailblazer of urban radio, but he has also paved the way for Black ownership in media.
It was just two years after earning his Wharton MBA in 1995, that Liggins was promoted to CEO of Radio One. He took over from his mother Cathy Hughes, who founded the company in 1980 with limited funds—selling her home and car to finance the venture. Hughes built the company station by station, but it truly didn’t begin to take off until Liggins got involved, long before his MBA and becoming CEO. Continue reading…
Alumni Spotlight: Maria Kiwanuka, London Business School
There have been plenty of well-known, impressive and important people to graduate from the prestigious London Business School. I’m talking about folks like Timothy Kopra (a NASA Astronaut), Jean Tirole (Winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics), Ronald Boire (Former President and CEO of Brookstone) — even real-life Knights, such as Sir David Arculus (Chairman of the Board, O2) and Sir John Egan (Former CEO of Jaguar Cars, Former CEO of BAA, Chairman of Severn Trent plc). Continue reading…
