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Rakesh Khurana

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Advisor at Xfund

Greater Boston

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About

Rakesh Khurana is an Advisor to Xfund and the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business School, as well as a Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, where he teaches organizational behavior, leadership, and the sociology of organizations. He taught at MIT's Sloan School of Management from 1998 to 2000, joined Harvard Business School's faculty in 2000, and served as Dean of Harvard College from 2014 to 2025. He holds an S.B. from Cornell University and an A.M. and Ph.D. from Harvard.

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Experience

  1. Harvard UniversityProfessorcurrent2000 — presentCambridge, MA
  2. Harvard UniversityProfessor, Harvard Business School and Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciencescurrent2000 — presentHarvard Business School
  3. Harvard CollegeDean2014 — 2025Cambridge, MA
  4. MIT Sloan School of ManagementAssistant Professor1998 — 2000

Skills & more

Transformational LeadershipAcademic ResearchHigher Education AdministrationEducational Leadership3Business Strategy3Data Analysis7Higher Education26Editing3

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Colleagues at Xfund

Alex Pentland
Toshiba Professor of Media, Arts, and Sciences at MIT at Xfund
Andrew Williamson
Managing Partner, Cambridge Innovation Capital at Xfund
Bob Pozen
Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management at Xfund
Brandon Farwell
General Partner at Xfund
Cherry Murray
Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy and Professor of Physics, Harvard University at Xfund
Deborah Spar
Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School at Xfund
Elise Bates
Senior Director of the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and HBS Foundry, Harvard Business School at Xfund
Habib Haddad
Managing Partner at The E14 Fund

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Who is Rakesh Khurana?
Rakesh Khurana is an Advisor to Xfund and the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business School, as well as a Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, where he teaches organizational behavior, leadership, and the sociology of organizations. He taught at MIT's Sloan School of Management from 1998 to 2000, joined Harvard Business School's faculty in 2000, and served as Dean of Harvard College from 2014 to 2025. He holds an S.B. from Cornell University and an A.M. and Ph.D. from Harvard.
Where does Rakesh Khurana work?
Rakesh Khurana is Advisor at Xfund.
Where did Rakesh Khurana go to school?
Rakesh Khurana studied at Harvard University (PhD, Organizational Behavior/Sociology); Harvard University (Masters, Sociology); Cornell University (B.S., Industrial Labor Relations).

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