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A business career comes full circle
Henry McGee (AB 1974, MBA 1979) spent 34 years at Home Box Office, helping to develop the television company into an international powerhouse. As president of HBO Home Entertainment, the DVD and digital program distribution division, he oversaw the release of numerous multimillion-selling releases, including The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Band of Brothers, and Game of Thrones. In 2013, McGee returned to HBS to become a senior lecturer in business administration.
“The opportunity to work with some of the leading scholars in the world as well as some of the brightest students from around the globe is truly exciting,” he says. McGee points to FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development), which immerses students into businesses in emerging markets, as the kind of leading-edge curriculum innovation that helps students obtain the experience they will need to be leaders in an increasingly globalized economy.
During his tenure at HBO, McGee grew home-video operations to more than 70 countries, and is credited for the early adoption of the Internet for marketing and program distribution.
(Published April 2014)
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