Steven Rogers retired from Harvard Business School (HBS) in 2019 where he was the “MBA Class of 1957 Senior Lecturer” in General Management.

He taught Entrepreneurial Finance and a new course that he created, titled “Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship.”

A 1985 graduate of the school, Professor Rogers holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College. Prior to HBS, Professor Rogers taught in the MBA and PhD programs at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He received the Outstanding Professor Award for the Executive MBA Program 26 times and daytime program twice. Both are records.

In 2023, he purchased a church that sits on land taken from Black families in 1929.

In 2022, he published his third book, Successful Black Entrepreneurs, and in 2021, he published, A Letter to my White Friends and Colleagues: What You Can Do Now to Help the Black Community. In 2020, he published the 4th edition of, Entrepreneurial Finance: Finance and Business Strategies for the Serious Entrepreneur. He has also authored 30 HBS case studies, most of which have Black protagonists. He has published more case studies with Black protagonists than anyone in the country.

In 2019, he toured 10 HBCUs where he taught a workshop, Finance for Black Entrepreneurs.

In 2017, he received the “Black Brilliance in Service” award from Harvard Law School’s Black Law Students Association, and in that same year, Poets & Quants Magazine selected him as one of “Our Favorite MBA Professors of 2017.”

In 2016, he was a volunteer professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point Army, where he received the West Point cadets’ sword for “Expert Teaching and Professionalism.” He has taught in Africa, Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, Philippines, and Vienna.

Before becoming a professor, he owned and operated two manufacturing firms and one retail operation. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Professor Rogers worked at Bain + Company consulting firm, Cummins Engine Company and UNC Ventures, a venture capital firm.

He also owns a real estate company that invests in residential properties on the South Side of Chicago. He is also a partner in Nubian Square Ascends, a real estate development firm in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

He received the “Bicentennial Medal for Distinguished Achievement” by an alum from Williams College, and the “Bert King Award for Service” from the African American Student Union at HBS. Ebony Magazine named him one of the top 150 influential people in America. Dominican University presented him with the Award for Entrepreneurship and Ethics in Business. Radnor High School inducted him into it’s Hall of Fame.

Professor Rogers’ governance experiences span over two decades. He has served as a Trustee for Williams College, and the Visiting Committee for HBS. His corporate Board experiences includes SuperValu (Chairman, Governance Committee), Duquesne Light (Chairman, Finance Committee), Oakmark Mutual Funds (Chairman, Audit Committee and Investment Review Committee), W. S. Darley (Lead Director) and S. C. Johnson Wax.

He has completed five Triathlons and is part owner of the Chicago Sky, the 2021 WNBA Champions.

Rogers has two daughters, Akilah and Ariel.