He's pursuing returns he thinks will exceed U.S. markets by at least 15 percentage points but also hoping to spread the message that the free flow of private equity and venture capital to bright entrepreneurial firms in Africa can be a superior alternative to the traditional development funds funneled through the likes of the World Bank.
Nearly every speech was dedicated to the idea that HBS grads could improve financial performance and reduce corrosive social inequity by pursuing returns from social contributions.
Organizations like Attac in France, whose membership has increased in two years to 26,000, including more than 20 members of Parliament, argue for taxes on international capital flows, codes of conduct obliging multinationals to respect human rights and restraints on the activities of United States pension funds that pursue returns in Europe in ways that cut back jobs.
There seemed little danger to Bayer as Roberto Carlos took on Schneider for pace in pursuing a return pass from Santiago Solari.
Cindy McCain, the wife of the Republican presidential nominee, has spent the last year pursuing a return to Washington: "a harsh town" that does not suit her, she has said.
The Texan insurance company SCA is pursuing the return of $12m it had to pay out in bonuses following Armstrong's 2006 Tour win and the US Department of Justice will this week decide whether to join a whistleblowing suit filed by former team-mate Floyd Landis seeking the return of $30m invested in his team by the US Postal Service.
Pursuing a return to public service came at a cost to Hillary and Bill Clinton, as their considerable joint income dropped by nearly two-thirds last year when the former secretary of State began her run for president.
Although he was legally permitted to go back to his job, the protests of some students and parents due to his reputation as a "racist", led him to be bought off by the court from pursuing a return to his old job.
Jeremy C. Stein, a member of the Fed's Board of Governors, and some other Fed officials have expressed concern in recent months that low interest rates were encouraging excessive risk-taking by investors pursuing higher returns.
Investors who sought the relative safety of the American currency during the financial crisis are now pursuing higher returns in stocks, commodities and foreign currencies, out of concern that demand for American debt is waning, and that the dollar could someday lose its status as the world's reserve currency.
