Howard H. Stevenson’s motivational video courtesy of Babson College. He was inducted into Babson's Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs™ on April 18, 2012. The evening benefited the global advancement of Entrepreneurship of All Kinds. Earlier that day at the Babson campus, Howard H. Stevenson shared his perspectives on entrepreneurship.
Howard is regarded as “the father of entrepreneurship” and coined what Inc. Magazine proclaimed to be “the best answer ever” to define it. He taught at Harvard Business School for 40 years, served as the Senior Associate Dean of HBS three times, the Chair of HBS Publishing, and the Vice Provost at Harvard University. He has written over 200 books, cases, and articles.
Howard raised over $1 billion for philanthropic causes. He is the former Chair of National Public Radio and has assisted innumerable other charities. He is the founding President of Baupost, which is one of the world’s leading private equity firms.
