
Cover Story: School of Choice
New Dean Ira Solomon hopes to make Freeman a “school of choice” for business students from around the world, but first he plans an ambitious effort to grow the school’s faculty by 40 percent in the next few years.
New Dean Ira Solomon hopes to make Freeman a “school of choice” for business students from around the world, but first he plans an ambitious effort to grow the school’s faculty by 40 percent in the next few years.
A new generation of entrepreneurs and business people are combining their love of food with a desire to make an impact in New Orleans, and the Freeman School is playing a big part in that effort.
While the Freeman School has long placed graduates in general finance positions with energy companies, a new generation of students is finding success in more specialized roles including energy finance, trading, sell-side analysis and risk management.
After building three successful businesses over 30 years, Jerry Greenbaum stepped back and handed the reins to his children. Now, after more than 10 years in semi-retirement, he’s back at work, developing a high-end steakhouse in his beloved New Orleans.
Young, socially motivated entrepreneurs are helping to build a better New Orleans, and the Freeman School is playing major part in that effort.
Social entrepreneurship is limited to organizations founded to address social problems, but what about organizations with non-social missions? The answer, John Elstrott says, is conscious capitalism.