Commencement 2021

Sara “Figes” McLoughlin Figel (MBA 2021) gives the Harvard Business School Class Day student address.

Doug McMillon, president and CEO of Walmart, addressed the Harvard Business School Class of 2021 graduates.

Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2021 Student Association Co-President Annie Plachta (MBA 2021) addressed the class during this year’s virtual Class Day ceremony.

Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2021 Student Association Co-President Caleb Bradford (MBA 2021) addressed the class during this year’s virtual Class Day ceremony

At the 2021 Harvard Business School virtual Graduation ceremony, Dean Srikant Datar addressed graduates, and presented the 2021 Alumni Achievement Awards to: Raymond T. Dalio (MBA 1973); H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA 1933) posthumous award; Udemezuo O. Nwuneli (MBA 2003) & Ndidi O. Nwuneli (MBA 1999); Terry W. Virts (GMP 11); and Deborah M. Winshel (MBA 1985).

Scenes from across Harvard Business School's campus, including members of MBA and Doctoral's Class of 2021.

Students graduating with High Distinction have earned academic honors putting them in the top 5% of the graduating class. These graduates are known as Baker Scholars in commemoration of George F. Baker’s gift in the 1920s that enabled the building of the Harvard Business School campus.

The MBA Class of 2021 student class day speaker Sara McLoughlin Figel (“Figes”) talks about growing up in California and the influence of her parents, studying International Affairs & Public Policy at Princeton, where she’s heading after HBS graduation, and how she hopes her speech will provide inspiration for what lies ahead.