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September 2026

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

Paris-Saclay SPRING 2026: HEC Paris at Europe’s First Deep Tech Hub

On June 2, the Renault Group Technocentre hosted the 2026 edition of Paris-Saclay SPRING. The HEC Paris team was there alongside nine startups from the Challenge+ program, which had come to meet with industry leaders, investors, and research labs within the ecosystem. Here’s a look back at the event ...

Sep 10, 2026

Anne Michaut, doyenne associée des programmes Pré-Expérience à HEC Paris, lors du discours de rentrée devant les étudiants de L3 Grande école, dans le hall d'honneur du campus d'HEC, le 27 août 2026 - c HEC Paris

The School

After Admission, HEC Paris Invites Its Students to Rethink Success

Nearly 1,450 new students joined HEC Paris's Grande Ecole and Master's programs in September 2026. In their welcome addresses, the School's leaders outlined the educational vision that will guide them. Above all, they set out what HEC Paris expects of its students: to rethink their relationship with ...

Sep 10, 2026

August 2026

Family Business

Family Businesses: Long-Term Thinking for Tomorrow's Economy

At the Universités d'Été de l'Économie de Demain, held on August 28, 2026 in Paris, a round table on family businesses brought together Camille Vever, Xavier Unkovic, Caroline Schildt and Thibault Petithuguenin. Moderated by Cécile de Lisle, Executive Director of the Center for Family Business, the ...

Aug 31, 2026

Guillaume Vuillemey KnowledgeHEC - cover

Executive Education

The Private Equity Exit Now Takes Twice as Long

Twenty times larger in twenty-five years. That is what has happened to assets under management in private equity, and investing in the asset class has become much more common for a wide range of investors. The past three or four years slowed the pace. Guillaume Vuillemey, Associate Professor at HEC ...

Aug 27, 2026

Executive Education

“Success Tells You Something. Failure Tells You Too Many Things”. Vincent Fraitot on AI Transformation

By some estimates, more than 80% of AI projects fail to deliver the value expected of them. For Vincent Fraitot, those failures explain very little: it is the successes that are readable, and what they reveal goes well beyond technology. The HEC Paris professor on what it takes to scale an AI ...

Aug 24, 2026

July 2026

Family Business

Family Business Voices Challenge: HEC Summer School Students Turn the Camera on Their Own Family Stories

This June, the Family Business Center welcomed two cohorts of HEC Paris Summer School participants and launched the Family Business Voices Challenge, inviting students to interview their own family business and uncover the pivotal moments, and sometimes the hard calls, that shaped its story.

Jul 30, 2026

Executive MBA

Sandrine Wamy's Path to General Management

"The program transformed my leadership, changed the way I work, and equipped me with tools that I continue to use every day. It wasn't just about learning—it was about creating immediate impact in my organization."

Jul 28, 2026

The School

HEC Paris Launches the Wisdom Frontiers Entrepreneur Program in Beijing

On 26 June, HEC Paris officially launched the HEC Paris Wisdom Frontiers Entrepreneur Program (WFEP) in Beijing, marking the beginning of a new Executive Education initiative designed for a select cohort of Chinese entrepreneurs and business leaders.

Jul 09, 2026

Rodolphe Durand, seated with a microphone, speaks and gestures during a panel discussion

Executive Education

Purpose Has No Effect on Performance Until You Do This

Companies rush to define their purpose, sure it will fire up their teams and lift results. Rodolphe Durand has spent ten years checking whether that was true. Few people are better placed to know: he holds the Joly Family Chair in Purposeful Leadership at HEC Paris, runs its Purpose Center, and has ...

Jul 09, 2026

Faculty & Research

Sihem BenMahmoud-Jouini's research on Design as a driver of transformation and innovation awarded

Sihem BenMahmoud-Jouini, Associate Professor in Innovation at HEC Paris, has been awarded the 2026 SYNTEC Conseil–FNEGE Academic “Coup de Cœur” Prize, which recognizes the best research article in management.

Jul 08, 2026