Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate

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, a

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. Located in Allston, Massachusetts, HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing, which publishes business books, leadership articles,

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, and ''

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'', a monthly academic business magazine. It is also home to the

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, the school's primary library. Harvard Business School is one of six Ivy League business schools.

History

The school was established in 1908. Initially established by the

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faculty, it received independent status in 1910, and became a separate administrative unit in 1913. The first dean was historian Edwin Francis Gay (1867–1946). Yogev (2001) explains the original concept: :This school of business and public administration was originally conceived as a school for diplomacy and government service on the model of the French '' Ecole des Sciences Politiques.'' The goal was an institution of higher learning that would offer a Master of Arts degree in the humanities field, with a major in business. In discussions about the curriculum, the suggestion was made to concentrate on specific business topics such as banking, railroads, and so on... Professor Lowell said the school would train qualified public administrators whom the government would have no choice but to employ, thereby building a better public administration... Harvard was blazing a new trail by educating young people for a career in business, just as its medical school trained doctors and its law faculty trained lawyers. The business school pioneered the development of the case method of teaching, drawing inspiration from this approach to legal education at Harvard. Cases are typically descriptions of real events in organizations. They are written by school faculty members who earn royalties on their sales. Students are positioned as managers and are presented with problems which they need to analyze and provide recommendations on. From the start the school enjoyed a close relationship with the corporate world. Within a few years of its founding many business leaders were its alumni and were hiring other alumni for starting positions in their firms. At its founding, the school accepted only male students. The Training Course in Personnel Administration, founded at

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in 1937, was the beginning of business training for women at Harvard. HBS took over administration of that program from Radcliffe in 1954. In 1959, alumnae of the one-year program (by then known as the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration) were permitted to apply to join the HBS MBA program as second-years. In December 1962, the faculty voted to allow women to enter the MBA program directly. The first women to apply directly to the MBA program matriculated in September 1963. Harvard Business School played a role in the founding of the first business schools in the United Kingdom, delivering six-week Advanced Management Program courses alongside local staff at Durham in 1964, Bangor in 1965 and at

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of the River Clyde') was one of nine former Local government in Scotland, local government Regions and districts of Scotland, regions of Scotland cre ...

in 1966. It also brought in professors from the newly founded British business schools to see how teaching was carried out at Harvard via an International Teachers Program. In 2012–2013, HBS administration implemented new programs and practices to improve the experience of female students and recruit more female professors.

International research centers

HBS established nine global research centers and four regional offices and functions through offices in Asia Pacific (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore), United States (San Francisco Bay Area, CA), Europe (Paris, opened in 2003), South Asia (India), Middle East and North Africa (Dubai, Istanbul, Tel Aviv), Japan and Latin America (Montevideo, Mexico City, São Paulo).

Rankings

As of 2022, HBS was ranked fifth in the nation by '' U.S. News & World Report,'' third in the world by the ''

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'', and second in the world by ''

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''.

Academic life

Most full-time students study for an MBA, although doctoral programs are also undertaken. Executive education is provided, and online courses. Baker Scholars are those MBA students with academic honors over the two year course in the top 5% of their year class.

Student life

HBS students can join more than 95 different clubs and student organizations on campus. The Student Association (SA) is the main interface between the MBA student body and the faculty/administration. In addition, the HBS student body is represented at the university level by the Harvard Graduate Council.

Executive education

In 2015, executive education contributed $168 million to HBS's total revenue of $707 million. This included: * The Advanced Management Program, a seven-week residential program for senior executives with the stated aim to "Prepare for the Highest Level of Leadership". * The General Management Program, a four-month intensive residential program for senior executives who are general managers or within range of such position in their organizations. * The Program for Leadership Development, an Executive-MBA alternative is a seven month residential program for accelerating the careers of high-potential leaders and emerging executives. * The Owner/President Management Program, three three-week "units" spread over two years that is marketed to "business owners and entrepreneurs". * Harvard Business School Online, launched in 2014 as HBX, offers flexible certificate and credential programs taught by Harvard Business School faculty and delivered via an online platform. * The Summer Venture in Management Program, a one-week management training program for rising college seniors designed to increase diversity and opportunity in business education. Participants must be employed in a summer internship and be nominated by and have sponsorship from their organization to attend.

Academic units

The school's faculty are divided into 10 academic units: Accounting and Management; Business, Government and the International Economy; Entrepreneurial Management; Finance; General Management; Marketing; Negotiation, Organizations and Markets; Organizational Behavior; Strategy; and Technology and Operations Management.

Buildings

Older buildings include the 1927-built Morgan Hall, named for

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, and 1940-built Loeb house, named for John L. Loeb Sr. and his son, (both designed by

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), and the 1971-built Burden Hall with a 900-seat auditorium. In the fall of 2010, Tata related companies and charities donated $50 million for the construction of an executive center. The executive center was named as Tata Hall, after

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(AMP, 1975), the chairman of Tata Sons. The total construction costs have been estimated at $100 million. Tata Hall is located in the northeast corner of the HBS campus. The facility is devoted to the Harvard Business School's Executive Education programs. At seven stories tall with about 150,000 gross square feet, it contains about 180 bedrooms for education students, in addition to academic and multi-purpose spaces. Kresge Way was located by the base of the former Kresge Hall, and is named for Sebastian S. Kresge. In 2014, Kresge Hall was replaced by a new hall that was funded by a US$30 million donation by the family of the late Ruth Mulan Chu Chao, whose four daughters all attended Harvard Business School. The Executive Education quad currently includes McArthur, Baker, and Mellon Halls (residences), McCollum and Hawes (classrooms), Chao Center, and Glass (administration). Most of the HBS buildings are connected by a color-coded basement tunnel system which is open to pedestrian traffic. Tunnels open to maintenance workers only carry steam pipes to the rest of the campus, and connect Kresge with the Blackstone steam plant in Cambridge, via the Weeks Footbridge.

Notable alumni

MBA

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, 1992 – hedge fund manager * Geeta Aiyer, 1985 – Indian founder and president of Boston Common Asset Management * Richard B. Peiser, 1973- scholar and educator in

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and real estate development. * Paul V. Applegarth, 1974 – first CEO of the

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and executive with

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, and

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* Adam Aron, chairman and CEO of

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* Gerry Ashworth - Olympic gold medalist sprinter * Joseph L. Badaracco – senior associate dean, chair, and professor of

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, HBS MBA program; author * Rahul Bajaj, 1964 – Indian CEO of

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* Raymond W. Baker, 1960 – director of Global Financial Integrity * Jim Balsillie, 1989 – billionaire co-CEO of

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– former White House advisor and former chairman of Breitbart News Network * Alex Behring – co-founder and managing partner of

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* Tarek Ben Halim – investment banker and founder of Alfanar, a

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organization * Guy Berruyer – French CEO of

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* Ernesto Bertarelli - Italian-born Swiss billionaire businessman and philanthropist. * Paul Bilzerian (born 1950), financier convicted of securities fraud * Len Blavatnik, 1989 – Ukrainian-American businessman *

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, 1966 – former mayor of New York City *

Dan Bricklin Daniel Singer Bricklin (born July 16, 1951) is an American businessman and engineer who is the co-creator, with Bob Frankston, of VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program. He also founded Software Garden, Inc., of which he is currently president, ...

, 1979 – inventor of the electronic

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* Tracy Britt Cool, 2009 – entrepreneur; former director of

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and subsidiaries * Charles Bunch, 1979 – CEO of

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* Jean Burelle (born 1938/39) – French billionaire chairman and CEO of Burelle * Steve Burke –

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CEO;

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executive vice president *

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, 1975 – 43rd

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and former

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, 2010 – politician,

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Member of parliament * Philip Caldwell, 1942 – chairman and CEO of the

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, 1980 – president of

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* Cynthia Carroll, 1989 – former CEO of

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* Donald J. Carty, 1971 – chairman and CEO of

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* Elaine Chao, 1979 – U.S. Secretary of Transportation and former U.S. Secretary of Labor * P. Chidambaram, 1968 – former Union Minister of Finance in India * Teresa Clarke – former managing director of

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(2004–2010) and CEO and founder of Africa.com * Vittorio Colao, 1990 – CEO of Vodafone Group * Sherry Coutu, 1993 – former CEO and angel investor * Stephen Covey, 1957 – self-help author * Zoe Cruz, 1982 – banker; former co-president of

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* Philip Hart Cullom, 1988 – U.S. Navy Vice Admiral * John D'Agostino, 2002 – managing director of Alkeon Capital and subject of best-selling book '' Rigged: The True Story of a Wall Street Novice who Changed the World of Oil Forever'' * Daniel A. D'Aniello, 1974 – co-founder of

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Ray Dalio Raymond Thomas Dalio (born August 8, 1949) is an American billionaire and hedge-fund manager, who has been co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates since 1985. He founded Bridgewater in 1975 in New York. Dalio was born in New York ...

, 1973 – founded

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* Jeffrey Deitch, 1978 – art dealer and gallerist * Elisabeth DeMarse, 1980 – CEO of

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* Anne Dias-Griffin, 1997 – hedge fund manager for Aragon Global Management * Betty Jane Diener, 1964 (and DBA, 1974) – Virginia Secretary of Commerce (1982–1986) * Jamie Dimon, 1982 – CEO and chairman of

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* James Dinan, 1985 – founder of hedge fund York Capital Management * Tim Draper, 1984 – venture capital investor * Colin Drummond – CEO of Viridor and joint CEO of Pennon Group * Donna Dubinsky, 1981 – CEO of Palm, Inc. * Axel Dumas, 2010 – CEO of

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* Erik Engstrom, 2015 – CEO of

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, 1993 – CEO of J.P. Morgan Asset Management * Mark Ein, 1992 – venture caplaitlist and owner of sports teams * Sheldon Erikson, 1970 – chairman, president and CEO of Cameron International Corporation * Diana Farrell 1991 – president and CEO of JPMorgan Chase Institute *

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– chairman of

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* Mark Fields, 1989 – president and CEO of Ford Motor Company * Randy Fine, 1998 – U.S. Representative and gambling industry executive"Randy Fine,"
flhouse.gov. * Barbara Hackman Franklin, 1964 – 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce * Jane Fraser, 1994 – CEO of

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* Morten Friis, 1979 – Chief Risk Officer of

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* Orit Gadiesh, 1977- Israeli-American chairperson of management consulting firm

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* Gregory Gray Garland Jr., 1949 – lawyer and business executive; chairman of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad * William W. George – senior fellow and professor, HBS MBA program; author; former chair and CEO of

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* Brad Gerstner, 2000 – founder of Altimeter Capital * Shikhar Ghosh, 1980 – entrepreneur, lecturer at HBS * Melvin Gordon, 1943 – CEO of Tootsie Roll Industries (1962–2015) * Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis - business executive and spouse of the

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* Allan Gray, 1965 – founder of Allan Gray Investment Management and philanthropist * Jonathan Grayer, 1990 – CEO of Kaplan, Inc. and Founder and CEO of Imagine Learning * John Grayken – billionaire founder of

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* C. Scott Green, 1989 –

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of the

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* Ranjay Gulati – professor, HBS MBA program, author *

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, 1973 – former managing director of

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; convicted of insider trading in the 2011 Galleon Group case * Walter A. Haas Jr., 1939 – CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. * Ken Hakuta, 1977 – entrepreneur and inventor * Dido Harding - British Conservative Party businesswoman serving as chairwoman of NHS Improvement since 2017 * Josh Harris, 1990 – co-founder of

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and owner of the NBA's

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, the NHL's

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, and the NFL's

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Fred Hassan Fred Hassan (born November 12, 1945), is a Pakistan-born American business executive who works for the private equity giant Warburg Pincus and previously was CEO of three global pharmaceutical companies. Early life Fred Hassan was born in Brit ...

, 1972 – CEO of

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* Frances Haugen, 2011 – data engineer and

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whistleblower * Rodney A. Hawes Jr., 1969 – CEO of LifeRe and benefactor of the Hawes Hall classroom building * Randy Haykin, 1988 – founder of The Intersection Event and The Gratitude Network * Fritz Henderson, 1984 – former president and CEO of

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* John B. Hess, 1977 – CEO of

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* Andy Hill, 1990 – politician, Washington State Senator *

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, 1984 – CEO of

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, pled guilty to fraud for allegedly participating in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal * Robert Hoffman, co-founder, National Lampoon, art collector * Chris Hohn, 1993 – British activist investor, billionaire, philanthropist, founder of

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* Yoshito Hori, 1991 – founder of Globis University Graduate School of Management * Darren Huston, 1994 – CEO of Priceline * Jennifer Hyman, 2009 – Co-founder and CEO of Rent the Runway * Jeff Immelt, 1982 – former chairman and CEO of

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* Andy Jassy, 1997 – CEO,

Amazon Amazon most often refers to: * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek myth ...

* Abigail Johnson, 1988 – chairman of

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, 1984 – former CEO of J. C. Penney * Henry Juszkiewicz, 1979 – CEO of Gibson Guitars Inc. * George Kaiser, 1966 – chairman of BOK Financial Corporation * Steven Kandarian – CEO of Metlife Group * Judith Kent, business executive and philanthropist * Salman Khan, 2003 – founder of

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* Naina Lal Kidwai, 1982 – Indian Group General Manager and Country Head of HSBC India *

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– billionaire

hedge fund A hedge fund is a Pooling (resource management), pooled investment fund that holds Market liquidity, liquid assets and that makes use of complex trader (finance), trading and risk management techniques to aim to improve investment performance and ...

manager; Baupost Group founder * Jim Koch, 1978 – co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company *

Robert Kraft Robert Kenneth Kraft (born June 5, 1941) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Kraft Group, a diversified holding company with assets in paper and packaging, sports and entertainmen ...

, 1965 – chairman and CEO of The Kraft Group, owner of the

New England Patriots The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. The Patriots compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East division. The Pa ...

and

New England Revolution The New England Revolution are an American professional association football, soccer club based in the Greater Boston area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. It is on ...

* Larry S. Kramer, 1974 – founder and CEO of

Marketwatch ''MarketWatch'' is a website that provides financial information, business news, analysis, and stock market data. It is a subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company, a property of News Corp, along with ''The Wall Street Journal'' and '' Barron's.'' ...

, president and publisher of ''

USA Today ''USA Today'' (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headq ...

'' * A.G. Lafley, 1977 – former CEO and chairman of the board of

Procter & Gamble The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/con ...

* Jack Langer (born 1948/1949) – basketball player and investment banker * Stephen D. Lebovitz, 1988 – CEO of CBL & Associates Properties * Kewsong Lee, 1990 – CEO of The Carlyle Group. * William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth –

UKIP The UK Independence Party (UKIP, ) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), member ...

Member of the European Parliament * Michael Lynton, 1987 – chairman and CEO of

Sony Pictures Entertainment Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate that produces, acquires, and distributes filmed entertainment (theatrical motion pictures, television programs, and rec ...

* William MacDonald, 1940 – Christian preacher and writer in the

Plymouth Brethren The Plymouth Brethren or Assemblies of Brethren are a low church and Nonconformist (Protestantism), Nonconformist Christian movement whose history can be traced back to Dublin, Ireland, in the mid to late 1820s, where it originated from Anglica ...

movement *

Anand Mahindra Anand Gopal Mahindra (born 1 May 1955) is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Mahindra Group, a Mumbai-based business conglomerate. The group operates in aerospace, agribusiness, aftermarket, automotive, components, construc ...

, 1981 – Indian owner and chairman of

Mahindra Group Mahindra Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai. The group has operations in over 100 countries, with a presence in aerospace, agribusiness, aftermarket automotive components, construction equipment, defen ...

Nadiem Makarim Nadiem Anwar Makarim (born 4 July 1984) is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the only Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Indonesia), minister of education, culture, research, and technology of Indonesia, serv ...

, 2011 – co-founder and former CEO of

Gojek PT Gojek Indonesia (stylized in all lower case and stylized ''j'' as goȷek, formerly styled as GO-JEK) is an Indonesian on-demand multi-service platform and digital payment technology group based in Jakarta. Gojek was first established in Ind ...

, Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia * Stephen Mandel – billionaire

manager; Lone Pine Capital founder * Lawrence Marcus, 1940 – Vice-president of

Neiman Marcus Neiman Marcus is an American department store chain founded in 1907 in Dallas, Texas by Herbert Marcus, his sister Carrie Marcus Neiman, and her husband Abraham Lincoln Neiman. It has been owned by Saks Global, a Corporate spin-off, spin-o ...

* Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein, 1998 – president and CEO of

LGT Group LGT Group is the largest royal family-owned private banking and asset management group in the world. LGT, originally known as The Liechtenstein Global Trust, is owned by the princely House of Liechtenstein through the Prince of Liechtenstein Fo ...

* Tom McGrath – chairman of

Broadway Across America Broadway Across America (BAA) is a presenter and producer of live theatrical events in the United States and Canada since 1982. It is currently owned by the John Gore Organization (formerly Key Brand Entertainment), which purchased it from Live ...

, Broadway and film producer * Depelsha Thomas McGruder, 1998 - COO of the

Ford Foundation The Ford Foundation is an American private foundation with the stated goal of advancing human welfare. Created in 1936 by Edsel Ford and his father Henry Ford, it was originally funded by a $25,000 (about $550,000 in 2023) gift from Edsel Ford. ...

, founder of Moms of Black Boys (MOBB) United *

Robert McNamara Robert Strange McNamara (; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson ...

, 1939 – former Secretary of Defense; former president of World Bank * W. James McNerney Jr., 1975 – CEO of

Boeing The Boeing Company, or simply Boeing (), is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support s ...

* Richard Menschel, 1959 – (retired) senior director of

; 2015 winner of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. *

Christopher Michel Christopher P. Michel is an American photographer and entrepreneur, who founded Military.com. He is the current artist in residence at the National Academies. Early life and career Michel attended the University of Illinois. He served as a ...

, 1998 – founder and former CEO of

Military.com Military.com is a website that provides news and information about the United States military, service members, veterans, and their families as well as foreign policy and broader national security issues. Founded in 1999, the site has been a divi ...

, and founder and former CEO Affinity Labs * Hiroshi Mikitani - founder and CEO of Rakuten * Karen Mills, 1977 – 23rd Administrator of the

Small Business Administration The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) is an independent agency of the United States government that provides support to entrepreneurs and small businesses. The mission of the Small Business Administration is "to maintain and str ...

* Ann S. Moore, 1978 – CEO of Time Inc. * David Nelms, 1987 – CEO of Discover Financial Services * Grover Norquist, 1981 – president of Americans for Tax Reform * Mark Okerstrom, 2004 President/CEO of

Expedia Group Expedia Group, Inc. is an American travel technology company that owns and operates travel fare aggregators and travel metasearch engines, including Expedia, Hotels.com, Vrbo, Travelocity, Hotwire.com, Orbitz, Ebookers, CheapTickets, C ...

* Neil Pasricha, 2007 – author and speaker *

Henry Paulson Henry "Hank" Merritt Paulson Jr. (born March 28, 1946) is an American investment banker and financier who served as the 74th United States secretary of the treasury from 2006 to 2009. Prior to his role in the Department of the Treasury, Paulson ...

, 1970 – former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, former CEO of

John Paulson John Alfred Paulson (born December 14, 1955) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager. He leads Paulson & Co., a New York–based investment management firm he founded in 1994. He has been called "one of the most prominent names in high f ...

– president of hedge fund Paulson & Co. * Art Peck, 1979 – CEO of GAP, Inc. * Joseph R. Perella, 1972 – founder and CEO of Wasserstein Perella & Co. and Perella Weinberg Partners * Chip Perry, 1980 – former president and CEO of TrueCar; first employee and CEO of AutoTrader.com * Carl Howard Pforzheimer Jr (1907–1996), 1930 – investment banker * Mark Pincus – CEO of

Zynga Zynga Inc. () is an American video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher known for its social video game services. It was founded in April 2007, with headquarters in San Mateo, California. The company primarily focuses on mobile an ...

*Michael B. Polk – CEO of Newell Brands *Matthew Prince — Co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare *Ramalinga Raju, 1993 - Indian businessman, convicted of fraud *Bruce Rauner, 1981 – 42nd Governor of Illinois *Edwin W. Rawlings, 1939 – U.S. Air Force and president and chairman of General Mills *James Reed (entrepreneur), James Reed, 1990 – British chairman and chief executive of the Reed (company), Reed group of companies *John Replogle former CEO of Seventh Generation Inc. *Gary Rodkin, 1979 – CEO and president of ConAgra Foods *Mitt Romney, 1975 – 70th Governor of Massachusetts, co-founder of Bain Capital and 2012 presidential nominee of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party *Wilbur Ross, 1961 – Secretary of Commerce (2017–2021) under the first Trump administration *Sheryl Sandberg, 1995 – COO of

*Ann Sarnoff, 1987 – president of BBC America *Ulf Mark Schneider, 1993 – CEO of Nestlé, and former CEO of Fresenius SE, Fresenius *Gerry Schwartz, 1970 - founder, chairman and CEO of Onex Corporation *Stephen A. Schwarzman, 1972 – founder of Blackstone Group *Joe Shoen, 1973 – billionaire chairman of AMERCO *Martin A. Siegel, 1971 — former Kidder, Peabody & Co. investment banker and former Drexel Burnham Lambert managing director; Den of Thieves (Stewart book), convicted for insider trading in 1987 *Jayant Sinha, 1992 – Union Minister of State for Finance of India *Chatri Sityodtong, 1999 – chairman and CEO of ONE Championship *Jeffrey Skilling, 1979 – former CEO of Enron; convicted of securities fraud and insider trading *Tad Smith – CEO of Sotheby's *Gunnar Sønsteby, 1947 – Norwegian World War Two resistance fighter, most highly decorated person of Norway *Guy Spier, 1993 – Swiss-German-Israeli author and investor *E. Roe Stamps 1974 – founding partner of private equity firm Summit Partners *Gerald L. Storch – chairman and CEO of Toys "R" Us, Inc. *Sandra Sucher – businesswoman; professor, HBS MBA program *Anjali Sud, 2011 – CEO of Vimeo *Anthony Tan, 2011 – co-founder and CEO of Grab (company), Grab *Tan Hooi Ling, 2011 – Malaysian co-founder and COO of Grab (company), Grab *John Thain, 1979 – former CEO of Merrill Lynch *Pamela Thomas-Graham, 1988 – businesswoman Clorox, Credit Suisse, and Liz Claiborne, author * Whitney Tilson, 1994 – hedge fund manager, philanthropist, author, and Democratic political activist *Gerald Tremblay, 1972 – mayor of Montreal and former Quebec Minister of Industry, Commerce, Science and Technology *Melvin T. Tukman, 1966 – co-founder and president of Tukman Grossman Capital Management *David Viniar, 1980 – CFO and executive vice president of

*Rick Wagoner, 1977 – former CEO of

*Wendell Weeks, 1987 – chairman, CEO and president of Corning Inc. *John C. Whitehead, 1947 – former co-chairman of Goldman Sachs *Meg Whitman, 1979 – president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard *Glenn Youngkin, 1994 – Governor of Virginia; former co-CEO of

*Michelle Zatlyn, 2009 – Canadian co-founder, president, and COO of Cloudflare

DBA

*Jay Lorsch, DBA, 1964 – professor, HBS MBA program; contingency theory contributor; author, DBA (1964) *George Schussel, DBA, 1966 – founder and former chairman of Digital Consulting Institute and founder of Jellicle Investors, Inc. *Robert B. Stobaugh, DBA, 1968 – Harvard Business School emeritus professor of Business Administration

Executive Education

Advanced Management Program (AMP)

*Timothy I. Ahern, 1967 – U.S. Air Force Major General *Gabi Ashkenazi, AMP, 2004 – Chief of General Staff (Israel), Chief of the General Staff of Israel Defense Forces *Jaime Zobel de Ayala, 1963 – Filipino businessman and chairman emeritus of Ayala Corporation *Julie Bishop, AMP, 1996 – Australian deputy Prime Minister *Rick Burr, 2013 – Chief of Army (Australia), Chief of the Australian Army *Alden W. Clausen, 1966 – World Bank former President *Christine M. Day, 2002 – Canadian business executive and former CEO of Lululemon *Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, Y. C. Deveshwar – chairman and CEO of ITC Limited *Muhammad bin Ibrahim, 2010 – 8th Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, Central Bank of Malaysia *Antony Leung, 1999 – financial secretary of Hong Kong *William Lewis (journalist), William Lewis, 2009 – Journalist, British Media Executive *Minoru Makihara, 1977 – Senior Corporate Advisor, Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation *Christopher McCormick – president and CEO of L.L. Bean *David V. Miller – U.S. Air Force Major General *Michael Mullen, 1991 – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, United States armed forces *A. Sivathanu Pillai, 1991 – honorary distinguished professor of Indian Space Research Organisation *Matthew Barrett (banker), 1981 – Former Chairman and CEO, Bank of Montreal; chairman and Chief Executive, Barclays Bank *Ajay Piramal, 1992 – chairman, Piramal Group *

, 1975 – chairman and CEO Tata Sons *Lucius Theus, AMP 57 – Major General in the United States Air Force *Jim Lovell, 1971 – Astronaut, Apollo 13

Other executive education

*Paolo Rocca, 1985 – CEO of Techint *Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, 2000 – co-founder Access Bank Plc and founder and chairman, Africa Initiative for Governance *Ciara – singer *Vicente Fox – 55th President of Mexico *Kilma S. Lattin – Emmy Award-winning Native American leader, military veteran, and business man *Daniel Vasella, PMD, 1989 – president of Novartis AG * Jimmy Rane, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Great Southern Wood Preserving * Seth Rotherham, 1977 – entrepreneur and media personality

References

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