Time was, the MBA candidates at Harvard were by and large white boys of debatable attractiveness looking for a cushy gig at Goldman upon graduation. Those guys are still there. But know who else is too? Chicks! Good looking ones! Who don’t give a rat’s ass about working on Wall Street. What praytell are they doing at HBS? Looking to get a leg up in the fashion world. For example, former model Olga Vidisheva. This her story.
…the 25-year-old Russian model with piercing green eyes and a 24-inch waist, struts into class, her fellow students at Harvard Business School snap up from their laptops. The 5-foot-8 stunner, who loves labels like Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent, stands out in a sea of crew-cut, khaki-wearing nerds. After graduating from Wellesley in 2007, the beauty from Moscow logged two grueling years working at Goldman Sachs. “I really gave it a shot,” she sighs. Upon realizing that finance wasn’t for her, she enrolled at HBS for an unlikely reason—to get a leg up in the fashion world. She spent this past summer in a coveted internship with Chanel’s marketing department in New York and hopes to score a plum job in fashion after graduating in 2011.
And Olga’s not just some sort of freak accident. Apparently there are lots of Olga’s running around campus.
They are a growing breed of well-groomed, well-heeled women who know as much about modern capital markets as they do about hemlines; who strive to work in chic lofts in Dumbo rather than a trading floor on Wall Street; and who claim that forgoing a “serious” career as an i-banker to hawk beauty products and designer dresses marks them as a new breed of feminist. With their perfectly blow-dried locks and lip-glossed smiles, these women lend a new glamour to the fusty business school, famed for churning out financial eggheads like Michael Bloomberg, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and ex-Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain.
But why Harvard? “Stanford’s too small, Kellogg [at Northwestern] is too far from any fashion hub and Wharton has such a focus on finance that I don’t know if you’d find enough people interested in retail,” Alexandra Nelson, class of 2010, told Page Six Magazine. “Harvard Business School is becoming the place for fashion.”
Russian girl interested in retail = Russian hooker
I’d hit that so hard that they’d make me the next King of Russia.
Did Stan Lee design that outfit? She looks like she’s sitting on Spiderman’s cumshot.
How did she get into Harvard with just 2 years of exp at GS?
I googled Olga. Here’s what came up: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/426296608_504b0e18e5.jpg
I think you’ll get the same result googling “Alexsey Veyner girlfriend”
She is Russian, so she is obviously a hooker and a spy.
looks like an eames chair, cretin
@Guest- eliminate the third, fourth and fifth words and the statement is still true.
Unfortunate name. Other than that, I have no concerns.
I have no concerns.
Lights on, boots on, a midget in a green outfit inscribed with some kids initials filming, Swizz Beats in the background, and I would be wearing a Scream mask or Spiderman mask..her pick.
Standard progression:
1. College
2. I-Bank 2 year analyst program
3. Business school
What’s your question?
Wow, a russkie girl who couldn’t hack it at a real firm likes wearing expensive clothes. The mind, it boggles.
Handbridge
http://demo.53mp.com/olga/pictures/10.jpg
Larry Summers must be feeling a little redemption today. Who knew you needed an MBA from Harvard to go it fashion?
FU, you ignorant inbred redneck
FU, you ignorant inbred redneck
that was the standard progression maybe like 10 years ago. about 5 years ago it became 2 year ib program, 2 years at hf/pe.
Nice gloves.
-The Juice
Her pick because birth control is the girl’s responsibility?
That is why the “Death Box” is always in the trunk of my car. I might need more duct tape, now that I think about it.
I agree.
-M Jackson
and not one “in soviet Russia” joke?
impressive…
Wow, way to ruin my fantasy. She’s flatter than a 7 year old girl. Feeling her chest would be like rubbing a pre-pubesent boys.
Not even HC can save that unfortunate shortage of assets.
bitch took my spot at HBS.
You DO NOT talk about the no hitter……asshole.
She’s female…duh
She is well aware of the need for the handbridge:
http://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/10950449
Did she get asked to play golf while at GS?
No concerns.
Yes, but during the corporate retreat “choose your own misogynistic activity” session, she chose the scores/groping outing instead.
More importantly, when did Jamie Dimon become a “financial egghead?”
I know her. I’ll be at Minetta Tavern tonight if you want some juicy stories. Punch everyone in the balls until you find me.
Russian ho’s are masters of the upsell, so that’s something
-guy who speaks from experience wink wink
more like 15 years ago… side question: has anyone gotten into HBS/GSB as a 3rd year analyst? after all, that’s usually a sign of failure (to go buyside) even in this market and previously, no?
Indeed from her profile,
Height: 5′ 8″
Weight: 105 lbs
Bust: 0″
…
Indeed, from her profile,
Height: 5′ 8″
Weight: 105 lbs
Bust: 0″
…
5’8″ 105lbs??? Enjoy your anorexia…
This is not an invitation to re-ignite the MBA v CFA debate, but in the face of the overwhelming evidence to support CFA lately, MBA just started looking a little more attractive
An MBA from a top b-school like Harvard opens way more doors than a stupid CFA degree. And of course, 2 years at Harvard Business is the most fun you’ll ever have.
Harvard Extenstion School on your res doesn’t merely open doors, it sets them aflame and kicks them the fuck in.
Deriv don’t act like a bitch. Doing 2 years at Devry Online Business school while attending business courses at community college isn’t killin’ it.
in soviet russia, no hitters talk about assholes.
Raptor chest or not, I am going to give her the best 30 seconds of her life!
@infinteguest – INS, the cheapest form of birth control next to coat-hangers and Jack Daniels.
Harvard’s new tag line “Consider an MBA: So easy even an airhead model can do it!”
fashion meets finance
Olga Vidisheva just launched a new company called Boutique Week http://www.boutiqueweek.net
I keep forgetting you can purchase your admission to HBS. Why did I have to be born middle class?? Damn.
hbs is #5 behind the likes of booth and tuck….. whatever
FTW!
Wasn’t it Harvard that had the 2 + 2 program that started a couple of years ago–2 years experience and then MBA?
You are all jealous assholes. I admire her for everything she has accomplished. Especially as a beautiful woman where so many pricks like you are out to attack any attractive girl that walks by. Grow some balls.
Only one guy on this board could possibly be jealous–the Bonobos guy. He seems like a nice guy, though, and not an asshole. The other commenters equally attack women and men, attractive and unattractive, who are mentioned in posts on this site. And finally, some commenters are women and would prefer not to “grow some balls”, if its all the same to you.
I actually know this girl and she came from nothing from Russia and worked very hard all her life: graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wellesley, paid herself through college and worked incredibly hard on Wall Street. Now she launched her own company Boutique Week (www.boutiqueweek.net) and all your bitterness and jealousy is just another way of saying that you would rather spend time in front of the computers writing bad comments about someone else (and believing everything media says) rather than working hard yourself and trying to get into Harvard or whatever else you want to do with your life. It is obviously much easier to say that degree from Harvard can be purchased – nice excuse for not even trying “Scmuck” or YSOM. Before judging others, look at yourself.
Need traffic to your site?
Something is missing from your friend’s story. Consider the situation of this foreign national student who graduated from Wharton a couple of years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_A9rhSMRzg
So, unless something has changed under TARP rules in the last two years or your friend didn’t start working for GS until 6/09, and therefore doesn’t have two years experience, then your friend more than likely did not require a H1B visa to work; she had a green card. There are a limited number of ways to get a green card–the most popular being marriage. And even if she went that route, then, it doesn’t mean she didn’t work hard. It just means she had some help.
Plenty, if not most, of the commenters on this site are well educated and work hard. Many have MBAs from Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, Booth, et al.
No one is jealous of your friend. Who in their right mind would waste time or money getting an MBA from Harvard to go into fashion or launch that cheesy website? People without a high school degree could do that level of work.
you spelled “shmuck” incorrectly. and you put it in quotes. I’m insulted that you quoted something and misspelled it. Appalled.
I think the most important thing you need to remember is that you are a fuckstick. you are a stick that is used, solely for the purpose of fucking. fuckstick.
Spelling doesn’t count when you are Phi Beta Kappa from Wellesley.
Wellesley costs over $50,000/yr. She paid for it “herself”. Just imagine, working part time at college just to pay for school and by the time you finish, you’ve graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
And you started as a poor girl from Russia. You struggled through the school system of Russia,with barely a crumb of bread everyday. But you persevered; nothing was going to hold you down. You had a dream of grabbing hold and changing the fashion world with a Harvard MBA. Anne Wintour watch out, Olga is coming.
You rose to the top of the heap and attended one of the top “Gymnasiums” in Russia that only the wealthy and politically connected could attend. From this launching site, you applied to all the top universities and colleges on the east coast of America, where fashion is the word.
You get into Princeton, Harvard, and Wellesley. Princeton and Harvard want details about how you will pay tutition with only a student visa. Wellesley is willing to take your word that you will be able to pay tuition.
And you do–through modeling. Over $50,000 a year earned while on a student visa and still graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Goldman Sachs is impressed. They hire you for just a two year stint promising they will help you reach your goals of overtaking the fashion industry by giving outstanding recommendations and pulling all strings on your path to a Harvard MBA. Goldman Sachs knows people at Harvard.
You launch a website, advertising sales and deep discounts at boutique stores in Boston. Soon, you have overpowered Wal-mart and boutique retail makes a rebound. You have saved the American economy and the small business man. Harvard asks Congress for a national day in your honor.
Truly an accomplishment, which doesn’t necessarily require spelling.
i swear i recognize this girl. she gave me a lapdance once at VIP’s.
fuckstick
Are those gauntlets?