About Ben

Ben Hsieh is a charismatic and empathetic leader, championing underrepresented voices at Harvard Business School where he is pursuing his Master’s in Business Administration. Most recently, he worked with the Maryland Governor’s Workforce Development Board building the roadmap for students in his home state to have stable, family-sustaining wages through the development of apprenticeships. Ben has built his career at the intersections of the non-profit, public, and private sectors, with a focus on equity of opportunity, environmental justice, and building up the professionalism of non-profits and governments. He believes that the training, development, and excellence that is considered a given within the upper echelons of the business can and should be brought to the masses through government and non-profit organizations. If we can train a philosophy major to become a McKinsey consultant, we must be able to train the next generation of nursing assistants, IT technicians, and craftspeople. No matter the job at hand, Ben’s passion has always centered on building and developing the people around him. He is a people leader, a first-class listener, and the world’s best hype man. He takes pride in bringing energy and vitality to all he does. As the first person to be hired by Bain directly from the University of Maryland, his purpose is to continue to prove to the world that while talent is equally distributed, opportunity is not. Ben is rooted in his family, including his 7 nieces and nephews all local to the DMV. He is eternally indebted to his parents, who sacrificed their successful careers in Taiwan in order for him to find not only success, but purpose, in the United States. He lives with his partner, Shaye, and is an avid patron of the theatre, a lifelong singer, and a tennis aficionado. On the business school front, Ben is proud and lucky to say that he gained admissions to the following programs: Harvard Business School, Wharton ($140K scholarship), Yale SOM ($50K scholarship), and UVA Darden (Jefferson Fellowship - full tuition).