HBS Alumni Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 List

02 Dec 2020

Re: Richard Horgan (MBA 2018); Tess Michaels (MBA 2020); Melcolm Ruffin (MBA 2020); Gabrielle Starfield (MBA 2018)

Topics: Career-Awards Entrepreneurship Business Ventures-Business Startups

Rich Horgan (MBA 2018), Tess Michaels (MBA 2020), Melcolm Ruffin (MBA 2020), and Gabrielle Starfield (MBA 2018)

Four HBS alumni have been named to the annual Forbes 30 Under 30 list. The annual list features “young entrepreneurs, activists, scientists and entertainers” from a wide diversity of categories, ranging from sports to venture capital to social impact.

The HBS alumni featured include Rich Horgan (MBA 2018), founder and president of Cure Rare Disease, whose work was recently featured in the HBS alumni podcast, Skydeck; Tess Michaels (MBA 2020), founder of Stride Funding, which offers income share agreements—a student loan alternative—"mostly to STEM grad students,” notes Forbes; and Melcolm Ruffin (MBA 2020), head of athlete content strategy at CAA Sports and cofounder of the nonprofit Sports & Entertainment Equity Network, which aims “to close the diversity, equity, and inclusion gap in the business of sports & entertainment”; and Gabrielle Starfield (MBA 2018), Senior Associate at Blackstone Group, who is highlighted for playing "a key role in some of Blackstone's most notable real estate deals in recent years."