Advice From the Harvard Business School Class of 1963
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Imagine a time when the average starting salary of a Harvard Business School graduate was $9,500, and the average price of a home was $12,650. It was an era when there was little divide among classmates at Harvard. They were mostly white, mostly well off, and mostly male. It was 1963.
Fast forward 50 years, and one-third of the class claims a net worth of more than $10 million. Among the alumni are a two-term governor, a U.S. senator, and CEOs and board chairs of Fortune 500 companies. These factoids about the class are part of If I Knew Then, a book of advice by Harvard Business School’s Class of 1963.