HBS Selects Intuit Cofounder as Class Day Speaker
Harvard Business School has selected alumnus Scott Cook, cofounder and chairman of the executive committee of Intuit Inc., as the 2015 Class Day key note speaker. The 2015 Class Day will be held May 27, the day before the HBS commencement. The Class Day ceremony will take place on the Baker Lawn on the School’s campus in Boston and will also include a welcome from the co-presidents of the MBA Class of 2015, the presentation of faculty teaching awards and a student address.
Intuit Inc. is a pioneering financial software firm that is the cloud and mobile leader. Cook created a basic and intuitive software that would help people pay their bills after his wife expressed her frustration with keeping track of family finances. He cofounded Intuit in 1983. The company’s first product, Quicken, became a huge success as the result of a winning combination of revolutionary and easy-to-use software as well as constant attention to the needs of the customer, including information and service.
