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Feature Story
Haas in New York City and Boston: Haas Alumni Make
Their Mark
Margo Alexander, BS 68
Retired Chairman
UBS Global Asset Management
New York
Margo Alexander attributes her success to hard work,
an exceptional education, carefully-honed credentials,
and a dash of good luck. Over the course of her career
she climbed from stock analyst to one of the most senior
women on Wall Street as chairman of Paine Webber's
Asset Management Company, subsequently UBS Global Asset
Management.
At Berkeley in the mid-1960s, Alexander pursued a business
degree against the backdrop of turbulent campus protests.
She then went on to earn an MBA from Harvard in 1970
and, after graduation, she landed at a firm that would
become Paine Webber (and eventually UBS).
For the next 29 years, Alexander stuck with the company,
building impressive credentials and a resume punctuated
by a long list of "firsts." Although a few
women were securities analysts in the early 70s, she
was the first woman to head a top-ranked research department;
the first woman to oversee a major trading floor, and
one of the first women to head a large asset management
business.
Alexander's management syle relies on encouragement
and support -- support of bosses, subordinates, and
the home team. "Getting along with people and
forming personal relationships has been the bedrock
of my career," Alexander says. "Being a
team player was absolutely crucial."
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