Starting up — again and again
For many people, it takes a few semesters in college, or a few years at a job, to figure out what they want to achieve. For others, their goals and aspirations are clear early on. Danny Castonguay, a second-year MBA student at the MIT Sloan School of Management, falls into the latter category. “I’ve known for a long time that I wanted to be the CEO of my own company,” Castonguay says. “My father started a company and purchased two rental buildings with 72 units when I was young. He made sure to remind me of the importance of hard work as I was growing up.” Danny Castonguay Photo: Allegra Boverman A native of Montreal, Castonguay received his undergraduate degree, as well as a master’s degree in computer engineering, from McGill University. But knowing that he wanted a managerial role, he then joined McKinsey and Company, a prominent management-consulting...