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A Conversation With Debi Chirichella, EVP & CFO at Hearst Magazines: "We Are As Good As The People Who Work For Us"

Debi Chirichella is executive vice president, chief financial officer and director of global operations for Hearst Magazines, one of the world's largest publishers of monthly magazines, with 25 U.S. titles and close to 300 international editions.

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“Know Thy Troops”: From Marine Service to Strategic Management with Matt Eichmann

Matt Eichmann’s depth of experience is tough to beat. As a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy with 7 years of service in the Marine Corps, Eichmann commands a powerful presence in the manufacturing industry. He now serves as the Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at the packaging firm Greif, Inc.

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Investing in Companies Based on Management Behavior: A Conversation With Karim Mawji, Founding Partner and Head of Research at Paragon Intel

Founded in 2017, Paragon Intel gathers and provides data on management teams to better help investors develop informed insights on the companies they invest in. In an interview with Karim Mawji, the company’s Founding Partner and Head of Research, he explained how there has traditionally been a large community of investors who primarily analyze the company and places less emphasis on qualifying the human capital component.

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Third Place Winner of the Writing Competition: "The Future is Data" by Katie McCarren

The breakfast preventing millennials from buying houses: avocado toast and a side of fruit accompanied by coffee from a Seattle-based beverage conglomerate. In this typical American breakfast, the avocados grown in Colombia, the blueberries shipped from Mexico, and the coffee blend originating in Latin America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. A scroll through Instagram shows people traveling all over the world, a result of the jet age: easier and cheaper travel has aided over 1.2 billion people in crossing international borders and pursuing their wanderlust. Even the iPhone displaying these images is comprised of parts from 43 countries.

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Second Place Winner of the Writing Competition: Blockchain: Long Live Globalization: by Tanner Wegrowski

With stories like BREXIT, trade wars, and the rise of nationalism inundating the daily news, it’s hard not to ask the question: is globalization dead? The rapid decline of global foreign direct investment, nationalist parties roiling politics in the European Union, and the weakening of global trade for the first time since the Great Recession intimate that this could be the end of an era. Yet all the while, blockchain is sending us an entirely different signal: hang on, because globalization is very much alive and well.

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Curating Personalization in Hospitality with Ed Scheetz, CEO of Chelsea Hotels

In the words of Ed Scheetz, “Personal service is the new luxury. It’s not more marble or gold faucets or fancy chandeliers, but it’s being recognized that you’re treated in a place where you should be.”

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Patti Brennan, Founder and CEO of Key Financial, on the Importance of Perseverance

Over the course of her professional life, Patti Brennan went from being a nurse to being President and CEO of one of America’s leading independent financial companies. “How did I do that?” she asked at the start of her executive seminar. The attendees looked around, baffled. How did she do that?

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Leveraging a Global Alumni Network through Schwarzman Scholars

At the 45th International Conference, Business Today had the pleasure of speaking with Frederico Menino, a Schwarzman Scholars admissions officer, and Sarah Mortell, a graduate of the program, on how interested candidates can apply and how the program has evolved since its creation.

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