The Unraveling of Harvard’s Star Trading Desk

  • Endowment CEO Stephen Blyth departs fund after 18 months
  • Two former Goldman partners who guided equity plan also left

Can Harvard Recapture Its Investment Magic?

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Across the Charles River from Harvard Yard, the stewards of the university’s vast fortune were about to embark on an ambitious plan: they wanted to recreate a Wall Street-style hedge fund to trade stocks.

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