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Nancy koehn on the entrepreneurial greats
Nancy F. Koehn (born 1959) is a historian of business at the Harvard Business School in Allston, Massachusetts, where she is James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration and was a Visiting Scholar from 2011–2013. She is also a member of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, in the Economics Department. She describes herself as "an avid equestrian" and on her personal website as a "Teacher, Rider, Poet, Pilgrim" and often cites her love of horses and of riding horses and her caring for three horses. The Chairman Dances included a song for Nancy and Peter Gomes on their 2016 album, Time Without Measure.
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- Nancy koehn on the entrepreneurial greats
- Nancy koehn on harvard business school
- Education
- Professional career
- Personal life
- Academic appointments
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Nancy koehn on harvard business school
Education
Professional career
Nancy F. Koehn is a business historian at Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences and has been a business historian at Harvard Business School, since 2011 (some online sources say 1991). She began as a Visiting Scholar (2011–2013) and was offered the James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, which she has held since 2013. Her predecessor in that endowed Chair was James Cash, Jr..
Nancy Koehn is widely quoted on radio and television and is a regular featured contributor to Boston's WGBH, an NPR radio station which is also in Allston, Massachusetts, near Harvard Business School. She speaks frequently at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Aspen Institute Ideas Festival, and the World Business Forum. She has appeared on American Experience, Good Morning America, Bloomberg Television, CNBC's Moneywheel, The NewsHour, A&E's Biography, CNN's Money Line, and many other television programs. She writes regularly for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, and the Harvard Business Review Online, and is a regular commentator on National Public Radio and the BBC. Numerous corporations consult with her for strategic guidance.
She is also a director of both Fashion To Figure, a clothing retailer, and Tempur Sealy International.
Personal life
Dr. Koehn is single and is a breast cancer survivor. She is an avid equestrian, fond of horses and of riding horses, and houses three horses. She has devoted significant interest to women in leadership, has written two books about Oprah Winfrey and had a role in Harvard's offering her an honorary doctorate, and serves on the board of Fashion To Figure.