Before Gerry Laybourne co-founded Oxygen Media Network and sold it for nearly $1 billion, she attended Vassar College, where participating in student government, she says, first exposed her to the management skills that would catapult her to entrepreneurial success and wealth beyond the dreams of avarice.
That is the story told by Vassar’s official newspaper, The Miscellany News, in a piece that similarly portrays the backgrounds of entrepreneurs Christopher English, a hedge fund manager, and technology consulting firm founder Anthony Friscia. The premise is that leadership roles in extracurricular activities such as student government and athletics prepared these students for running organizations later on.
