Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate

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Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

, a

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. Located in

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, HBS owns

Harvard Business Publishing Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) is a publisher founded in 1994 as a not-for-profit, independent corporation and an affiliate of Harvard Business School (distinct from Harvard University Press), with a focus on improving business management pr ...

, 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

Baker Library/Bloomberg Center The Baker Library/Bloomberg Center is a building complex at Harvard Business School on the campus of Harvard University in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It includes the Baker Library, built in 1927, and the Bl ...

, the school's primary library. Harvard Business School is one of six

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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

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(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 ''

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.'' 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

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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

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courses alongside local staff at

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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

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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

Ratan Tata Ratan Naval Tata (28 December 1937 9 October 2024) was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He served as the chairman of Tata Group and Tata Sons from 1991 to 2012 and he held the position of interim chairman from October 2016 to Feb ...

(AMP, 1975), the chairman of

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. 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

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. 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

Bill Ackman William Albert Ackman (born May 11, 1966) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager who is the founder and chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital Management, a hedge fund management company. His investment approach has made him ...

, 1992 – hedge fund manager *

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, 1985 – Indian founder and president of Boston Common Asset Management *

Richard B. Peiser Richard B. Peiser is an American scholar and educator in urban planning and real estate development. He has been the Michael D. Spear Professor of Real Estate Development at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design (GSD) since 1998. His ...

, 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 Adam Maximilian Aron (born September 30, 1954) is an American businessman and the chairman and CEO of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. More recently, he became a co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, additionally serving as its CEO from 2011 to 20 ...

, chairman and CEO of

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Gerry Ashworth Gerald Howard "Gerry" Ashworth (born May 1, 1942 in Haverhill, Massachusetts to Earl Ashworth) is an American former track athlete and a gold medalist in the 4 × 100 meter relay in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He won two gold medals sprinting in t ...

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

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, HBS MBA program; author *

Rahul Bajaj Rahul Bajaj (10 June 1938 – 12 February 2022) was an Indian billionaire businessman and politician. He was the chairman emeritus of the Indian conglomerate Bajaj Group. He was awarded the third-highest civilian award in India, the Padma Bhus ...

, 1964 – Indian CEO of

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Raymond W. Baker Raymond W. Baker (born October 30, 1935) is an American businessman, scholar, author, and "authority on financial crime." He is the founder and president of Global Financial Integrity, a research and advocacy organization in Washington, DC worki ...

, 1960 – director of

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Jim Balsillie James Laurence Balsillie (born February 3, 1961) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He was the former chair and co-chief executive officer of the Canadian technology company Research In Motion (BlackBerry), which at its 2011 peak made ...

, 1989 – billionaire co-CEO of

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Steve Bannon Stephen Kevin Bannon (born November 27, 1953) is an American media executive, political strategist, and former investment banker. He served as the White House's chief strategist for the first seven months of president Donald Trump's first ...

– former White House advisor and former chairman of Breitbart News Network *

Alex Behring Alex Behring (born 1967) is a Brazilian billionaire businessman. He is a co-founder and managing partner of 3G Capital, a global investment firm known for its investments in Anheuser-Busch InBev, Restaurant Brands International (Burger King, Tim ...

– co-founder and managing partner of

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Tarek Ben Halim Tarek Ben Halim (4 December 1955 – 11 December 2009) was a Libyan investment banker who worked in investment banking before focusing on philanthropic work and advocating for justice and democracy in the Arab world. He left the banking sector ...

– investment banker and founder of Alfanar, a

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organization * Guy Berruyer – French CEO of

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Ernesto Bertarelli Ernesto Silvio Maurizio Bertarelli (born 22 September 1965) is an Italian-born Swiss billionaire businessman and philanthropist. The 2017 edition of the Sunday Times Rich List estimated the family's wealth at £11.5 billion, an increase of £1 ...

- Italian-born Swiss billionaire businessman and philanthropist. *

Paul Bilzerian Paul Alec Bilzerian (born 1950) is an American army veteran, businessman, corporate takeover specialist, and felon. Bilzerian was the chairman and chief executive officer of Singer Corporation for two years, while he owned a controlling stake. I ...

(born 1950), financier convicted of securities fraud *

Len Blavatnik Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik ( Ukrainian: Леонард Валентинович Блаватник; born June 14, 1957) is a Soviet/Ukrainian-born British-American businessman and philanthropist. As of April 2025, ''Forbes'' estimated ...

, 1989 – Ukrainian-American businessman *

Michael Bloomberg Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American businessman and politician. He is the majority owner and co-founder of Bloomberg L.P., and was its CEO from 1981 to 2001 and again from 2014 to 2023. He served as the 108th mayo ...

, 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 Tracy Britt Cool (born September 7, 1984, in Manhattan, Kansas) is an American business executive and entrepreneur who was widely noted as a Warren Buffett protégé. She chaired four Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries before co-founding Kanbrick, a ...

, 2009 – entrepreneur; former director of

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and subsidiaries * Charles Bunch, 1979 – CEO of

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Jean Burelle Jean Burelle (born 1938/39) is a French billionaire, the chairman and CEO of the family-owned company Burelle. Early life He is the son of Pierre Burelle, the founder of Burelle. He has a bachelor's degree from ETH Zurich, and an MBA from Harv ...

(born 1938/39) – French billionaire chairman and CEO of

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* 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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Chase Carey Chase Carey (born 22 November 1953) is an Irish-born American executive who is a board member of Fox Corporation and Liberty Media. He is the former chief executive officer and executive chairman of the Formula One Group. He has previously work ...

, 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 Elaine Lan Chao (born March 26, 1953) is an American businesswoman and former government official who served as United States secretary of labor in the administration of George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 and as United States secretary of transpor ...

, 1979 – U.S. Secretary of Transportation and former U.S. Secretary of Labor *

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, 1968 – former Union Minister of Finance in India *

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– former managing director of

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(2004–2010) and CEO and founder of Africa.com *

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, 1990 – CEO of

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Sherry Coutu Sherry Coutu CBE (born 1964) is a Canadian-born entrepreneur, angel investor and non-executive director based in Cambridge, UK. Career Coutu graduated from University of British Columbia, with a first class honours BA, in 1986, with distincti ...

, 1993 – former CEO and angel investor *

Stephen Covey Stephen Richards Covey (October 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012) was an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker. His most popular book is '' of Highly Effective People''. His other books include '' First Things First'', ''Principle- ...

, 1957 – self-help author * Zoe Cruz, 1982 – banker; former co-president of

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* Philip Hart Cullom, 1988 –

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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

Bridgewater Associates Bridgewater Associates, LP (informally known as "Bridgewater") is an American investment management firm founded by Ray Dalio in 1975. The firm serves institutional clients including pension funds, Financial endowment, endowments, Foundation (no ...

Jeffrey Deitch Jeffrey Deitch (pronounced ''DIE-tch'';Mike Boehm (January 12, 2010)''Los Angeles Times''. born July 9, 1952) is an American art dealer and curator. He is best known for his gallery Deitch Projects (1996–2010) and curating groundbreaking exhib ...

, 1978 – art dealer and gallerist *

Elisabeth DeMarse Elisabeth DeMarse is an American businesswoman and the former Chairwoman, CEO, and President of TheStreet.com. As of 2022, she is a board member of the NYC-based ad-fraud prevention and marketing company Kubient Inc. Early life and education D ...

, 1980 – CEO of

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* Anne Dias-Griffin, 1997 – hedge fund manager for Aragon Global Management *

Betty Jane Diener Betty Jane Diener (September 15, 1940 – January 23, 2015) was an American academic administrator and politician. She served as the Virginia Secretary of Commerce from 1982 to 1986 during the administration of Governor Chuck Robb. Diener wa ...

, 1964 (and DBA, 1974) – Virginia Secretary of Commerce (1982–1986) *

Jamie Dimon James Dimon ( ; born March 13, 1956) is an American businessman who has been the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of JPMorgan Chase since 2006. Dimon began his career as a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group. After earnin ...

, 1982 – CEO and chairman of

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, 1985 – founder of hedge fund York Capital Management *

Tim Draper Timothy Cook Draper (born June 11, 1958) is an American venture capital investor, and founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ),

, 1984 – venture capital investor *

Colin Drummond Colin Irwin John Hamilton Drummond (born 22 February 1951) is a British businessman, and the former CEO of Viridor, and joint CEO of Pennon Group. Early life Drummond was born and brought up in Northern Ireland, where his father worked in t ...

– CEO of

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and joint CEO of

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, 1981 – CEO of

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, 2010 – CEO of

Hermès Hermès International S.A. ( , ) is a French Luxury goods, luxury fashion house established in 1837. It specializes in leather goods, silk goods, lifestyle accessories, home furnishings, perfumery, jewelry, watches and ready-to-wear. Since the ...

* Erik Engstrom, 2015 – CEO of

Reed Elsevier RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; ...

Mary Callahan Erdoes Mary Callahan Erdoes (born August 13, 1967) is an American investment manager and businesswoman. She is the chief executive officer (CEO) of the asset and wealth management division of J.P. Morgan, since 2009. With the firm since 1996, she bega ...

, 1993 – CEO of J.P. Morgan Asset Management *

Mark Ein Mark David Ein (born December 31, 1964) is an American venture capitalist and sports entrepreneur. He owns the ''Washington City Paper'' and is a limited partner of the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). Ein earned a de ...

, 1992 – venture caplaitlist and owner of sports teams *

Sheldon Erikson Sheldon Erikson (born September 23, 1941) is a Supervisory Director for Frank's International, NV, a Dutch based oilfield services firm with operational headquarters in Houston. He is Chairman of the Board (since May 2, 1996) and was President an ...

, 1970 – chairman, president and CEO of Cameron International Corporation *

Diana Farrell Diana Farrell is a banker and political advisor who served until 2021 as the founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the JPMorgan Chase Institute, a think tank. Previously, Ms. Farrell was the Global Head of the McKinsey Center for Gover ...

1991 – president and CEO of JPMorgan Chase Institute *

Nicholas Ferguson Nicholas Ferguson (born 2 June 1938) is an English artist and television director. Education Born in London, Ferguson's artistic career started at the Chelsea College of Art and Design, Chelsea College of Art before moving on to University Co ...

– chairman of

BskyB Sky UK Limited (formerly British Sky Broadcasting Limited (BSkyB)), trading as Sky, is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television, broadband internet, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers ...

* Mark Fields, 1989 – president and CEO of Ford Motor Company *

Randy Fine Randall Adam Fine (born April 20, 1974) is an American politician and former gambling executive serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Florida's 6th congressional district since April 2025. A member of the ...

, 1998 –

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of th ...

and gambling industry executive"Randy Fine,"
flhouse.gov. *

Barbara Hackman Franklin Barbara Hackman Franklin (born March 19, 1940) is an American government official, corporate director, and business executive. She served as the 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1992 to 1993 to President George H. W. Bush, during which she ...

, 1964 – 29th

U.S. Secretary of Commerce The United States secretary of commerce (SecCom) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to commerce. The secretary rep ...

* Jane Fraser, 1994 – CEO of

Citigroup Citigroup Inc. or Citi (Style (visual arts), stylized as citi) is an American multinational investment banking, investment bank and financial services company based in New York City. The company was formed in 1998 by the merger of Citicorp, t ...

* Morten Friis, 1979 – Chief Risk Officer of

Royal Bank of Canada Royal Bank of Canada (RBC; ) is a Canadian multinational Financial institution, financial services company and the Big Five (banks), largest bank in Canada by market capitalization. The bank serves over 20 million clients and has more than ...

Orit Gadiesh Orit Gadiesh (; born January 31, 1951) is an Israeli-American corporate strategist and Chairman of management consulting firm Bain & Company since 1993. Biography Gadiesh was born Orit Grunfeld in Haifa, Israel, in 1951, to a Berlin-born Israel D ...

, 1977- Israeli-American chairperson of management consulting firm

Bain & Company Bain & Company is an American management consulting company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm provides advice to public, private, and nonprofit organizations. One of the Big Three (management consultancies), Big Three management co ...

* Gregory Gray Garland Jr., 1949 – lawyer and business executive; chairman of the

Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE; ), also known as the "Little Giant", was formed on May 11, 1875. Company headquarters were located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The line connected Pittsburgh in the east with Youngstown, Ohio, in the ...

* William W. George – senior fellow and professor, HBS MBA program; author; former chair and CEO of

Medtronic Medtronic plc is an American-Irish medical device company. The company's legal and executive headquarters are in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, while its operational headquarters are in Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Medtronic rebased to I ...

Brad Gerstner Bradley Thomas Gerstner (born May 4, 1971) is an American investor and hedge fund manager. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Altimeter Capital. Gerstner appeared on the 2022 ''Forbes'' Midas List after his firm's successful investments in ...

, 2000 – founder of

Altimeter Capital Altimeter Capital is an American investment firm based in Boston, Massachusetts and Menlo Park, California. The firm focuses on technology investments in both public and private markets globally. Background In 2008, Brad Gerstner founded Alt ...

* Shikhar Ghosh, 1980 – entrepreneur, lecturer at HBS *

Melvin Gordon Melvin Gordon III (born April 13, 1993) is an American professional football running back. He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers, earning unanimous All-American honors and winning the Doak Walker Award as the top college running ...

, 1943 – CEO of

Tootsie Roll Industries Tootsie Roll Industries () is an American manufacturer of confectionery based in Chicago, Illinois. Its best-known products include the namesake Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops. Tootsie Roll Industries currently markets its brands internationall ...

(1962–2015) *

Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis (; born 1967) is a Greek business executive who has promoted Greek cultural heritage through her finance and fashion entrepreneurial ventures. She is married to Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the current Prime Minister of Greece ...

- business executive and spouse of the

Prime Minister of Greece The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic (), usually referred to as the prime minister of Greece (), is the head of government of the Greece, Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Cabinet of Greece, Greek Cabinet. The officeholder's of ...

* Allan Gray, 1965 – founder of

Allan Gray Investment Management Allan Gray is an investment management firm headquartered in South Africa, established with the objective of offering a range of investments. In addition to its primary location, the firm has expanded its operations to include offices in Botswan ...

and philanthropist * Jonathan Grayer, 1990 – CEO of

Kaplan, Inc. Kaplan, Inc. is an international educational services company that provides educational and training services to colleges, universities, businesses and individuals around the world. Founded in 1938 by Stanley Kaplan, the company offers a variety o ...

and Founder and CEO of Imagine Learning *

John Grayken John Patrick Grayken (born June 1956) is an American-born Irish billionaire financier, the founder and chairman of the private equity firm Lone Star Funds. Forbes magazine ranked Grayken 424th in the list of World's Billionaires and listed hi ...

– billionaire founder of

Lone Star Funds Lone Star Funds, legal name of main entity Lone Star Global Acquisitions, Ltd. is a global private equity firm that invests in corporate equity, real estate, credit, and other financial assets. The founder of Lone Star established its first fu ...

* C. Scott Green, 1989 –

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

of the

University of Idaho The University of Idaho (U of I, or UIdaho) is a public land-grant research university in Moscow, Idaho, United States. Established in 1889 and opened three years later, it was the state's sole university for 71 years, until 1963. The un ...

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

Rajat Gupta Rajat Kumar Gupta (; born ) is an Indian-American business executive who, as CEO, was the first foreign-born managing director of management consultancy firm McKinsey & Company from 1994 to 2003. In 2012, he was convicted of insider trading and ...

, 1973 – former managing director of

McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company (informally McKinsey or McK) is an American multinational strategy and management consulting firm that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. Founded in 1926 by James O. McKinse ...

; convicted of insider trading in the 2011 Galleon Group case * Walter A. Haas Jr., 1939 – CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. *

Ken Hakuta Ken Hakuta (born 1951), known as Dr. Fad since 1983, is an American businessman, inventor, and television personality. Hakuta, as Dr. Fad, was the host of the popular children's invention TV show ''The Dr. Fad Show'', which ran from 1988 to 1994 ...

, 1977 – entrepreneur and inventor *

Dido Harding Diana Mary "Dido" Harding, Baroness Harding of Winscombe (born November 1967) is a British businesswoman and life peer who served as chair of NHS Improvement from 2017 to 2021, and as interim chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency (UK ...

- British Conservative Party businesswoman serving as chairwoman of NHS Improvement since 2017 * Josh Harris, 1990 – co-founder of

Apollo Global Management Apollo Global Management, Inc. is an American asset management firm that primarily invests in alternative assets. , the company had $548 billion of assets under management, including $392 billion invested in credit, including mezzanine capita ...

and owner of the NBA's

Philadelphia 76ers The Philadelphia 76ers, also known colloquially as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlan ...

, the NHL's

New Jersey Devils The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The club w ...

, and the NFL's

Washington Commanders The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) East division ...

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

Schering-Plough Schering-Plough Corporation was an American pharmaceutical company. It was originally the U.S. subsidiary of the German company Schering AG, which was founded in 1851 by Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering. As a result of nationalization, it becam ...

Frances Haugen Frances Haugen (born 1983 or 1984) is an American product manager, data engineer, scientist, and whistleblower. She disclosed tens of thousands of Facebook's internal documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission and ''The Wall Street Jou ...

, 2011 – data engineer and

Facebook Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms, Meta. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates, Eduardo Saverin, Andre ...

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 Frederick Arthur "Fritz" Henderson (born November 29, 1958) was president and chief executive officer of General Motors. Prior to his appointment as CEO on March 31, 2009, Henderson was the Vice President of General Motors and had been with the co ...

, 1984 – former president and CEO of

General Motors General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The company is most known for owning and manufacturing f ...

John B. Hess John Barnett Hess (born April 5, 1954)"Profile: John Hess"

Hess Corporation Hess Corporation (formerly Amerada Hess Corporation) is an American global independent energy company involved in the oil exploration, exploration and production of Petroleum, crude oil and natural gas. It was formed by the merger of Hess Oil and ...

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

Douglas Hodge Douglas William Hodge (born 25 February 1960) is an English actor, director and musician. He has had an extensive career in theatre, as well as film and television where he has appeared in ''Robin Hood'' (2010), '' Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Retu ...

, 1984 – CEO of

PIMCO Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO) is an American investment management firm. While it has a specific focus on active fixed income management worldwide, it manages investments in many asset classes, including fixed income, share ca ...

, pled guilty to fraud for allegedly participating in the

2019 college admissions bribery scandal Operation Varsity Blues was the code name for the investigation into the 2019 criminal conspiracy scandal to influence undergraduate admissions decisions at several top American universities. United States federal prosecutors made the invest ...

* Robert Hoffman, co-founder, National Lampoon, art collector *

Chris Hohn Sir Christopher Anthony Hohn KCMG (born October 1966) is a British billionaire hedge fund manager. In 2003, Hohn established The Children's Investment Fund Management (TCI), a prominent value-based hedge fund. Profits generated by the fund w ...

, 1993 – British activist investor, billionaire, philanthropist, founder of

The Children's Investment Fund Foundation The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (UK) (CIFF) is an independent philanthropic organisation with offices in Addis Ababa, Beijing, London, Nairobi and New Delhi. It is a registered charity in England and Wales and in 2021 disbursed $468 m ...

Yoshito Hori (born March 28, 1962) is a Japanese businessman, educator, and venture capitalist. He is the founder and president of Globis Corporation and Globis University Graduate School of Management. He is also founder and managing partner of Globis Ca ...

, 1991 – founder of Globis University Graduate School of Management *

Darren Huston Darren R. Huston (born 3 January 1966) is a Canadian businessman. He is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of BlackPines Capital Partners. Huston was previously president and CEO of Priceline and Booking.com. Early life Darren R. H ...

, 1994 – CEO of

Priceline Priceline may refer to: * Priceline.com, a commercial website which helps users obtain discount rates for travel-related items such as airline tickets and hotel stays * The Priceline Group, a provider of online travel & related services, and a pare ...

* Jennifer Hyman, 2009 – Co-founder and CEO of

Rent the Runway Rent the Runway is an American e-commerce platform that allows users to rent, subscribe, or buy designer apparel and accessories. It was founded in November 2009 by Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss and is based in New York City. History In ...

Jeff Immelt Jeffrey Robert Immelt (born February 19, 1956) is an American manufacturing executive working as a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates. He previously was the CEO of General Electric from 2001 to 2017, and the CEO of GE's Medical Systems ...

, 1982 – former chairman and CEO of

General Electric General Electric Company (GE) was an American Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the New York (state), state of New York and headquartered in Boston. Over the year ...

* 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 Abigail Pierrepont Johnson (born December 19, 1961) is an American billionaire businesswoman heiress and the CEO of Fidelity Investments. Her family and their affliates own approximately 40% of Fidelity Investments, which was founded by her grand ...

, 1988 – chairman of

Fidelity Investments Fidelity Investments, formerly known as Fidelity Management & Research (FMR), owned by FMR LLC and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, provides financial services. Established in 1946, the company is one of the largest asset managers in the ...

Ron Johnson Ronald Harold Johnson (born April 8, 1955) is an American businessman and politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Wisconsin, a seat he has held since 2011. A Rep ...

, 1984 – former CEO of J. C. Penney * Henry Juszkiewicz, 1979 – CEO of Gibson Guitars Inc. *

George Kaiser George Bruce Kaiser (born July 29, 1942) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of BOK Financial Corporation in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As of September 2021, he is the 476th richest person in the world and was, in 2012, one of th ...

, 1966 – chairman of BOK Financial Corporation * Steven Kandarian – CEO of Metlife Group *

Judith Kent Judith Ellen Kent (born 1956) is an American business executive and philanthropist with a background in organizational psychology and marketing. She has held roles in corporate management and philanthropy, and is involved in charitable initiative ...

, business executive and philanthropist *

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; born 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who predominantly works in Hindi films. In a career spanning over three decades, his awards include two National Film Awa ...

, 2003 – founder of

Khan Academy Khan Academy is an American non-profit educational organization created in 2006 by Sal Khan. Its goal is to create a set of online tools that help educate students. The organization produces short video lessons. Its website also includes suppl ...

Naina Lal Kidwai Naina Lal Kidwai (born 14 April 1957) is an Indian banker, chartered accountant and business executive. She was a Group General Manager and the Country Head of HSBC India. She is also a former President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of ...

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

Seth Klarman Seth Andrew Klarman (born May 21, 1957) is an American billionaire investor, hedge fund manager, and author. He is a proponent of value investing. He is the chief executive and portfolio manager of the Baupost Group, a Boston-based private in ...

– 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 The Baupost Group is a hedge fund founded in 1982 by William Poorvu and partners Howard Stevenson, Jordan Baruch and Isaac Auerbach. Seth Klarman, who was asked by Poorvu to help run the fund, remains at its head today. Baupost Group's investm ...

founder *

Jim Koch Charles James Koch ( '; born May 27, 1949) is an American entrepreneur, billionaire, and the co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company, the producers of Samuel Adams beer. Koch is widely considered to be a founding father of the Ameri ...

, 1978 – co-founder and chairman of the

Boston Beer Company The Boston Beer Company is an American brewery founded in 1984 by Jim Koch, James "Jim" Koch and Rhonda Kallman. Boston Beer Company's first brand of beer was named Samuel Adams (beer), Samuel Adams after Founding Fathers of the United States, Fo ...

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 The Kraft Group, LLC, is a group of privately held companies in the professional sports, manufacturing, and real estate development industries doing business in 90 countries. Founded in 1998 by American businessman Robert Kraft as a holding comp ...

, 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 Alan George "A. G." Lafley (born June 13, 1947) is an American businessman who led consumer goods maker Procter & Gamble (P&G) for two separate stints, from 2000 to 2010 and again from 2013 to 2015, during which he served as chairman, president ...

, 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 Jack Langer is an American former basketball player. During his basketball career, he played college basketball at Yale University, and won a silver medal with Team USA in the 1969 Maccabiah Games in Israel. The National Collegiate Athletic Ass ...

(born 1948/1949) – basketball player and investment banker * Stephen D. Lebovitz, 1988 – CEO of

CBL & Associates Properties CBL Properties (previously CBL & Associates, Inc., then CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.) is an American real estate investment trust that invests in shopping centers and owns shopping malls, primarily in the Southeastern and Midwestern Unite ...

Kewsong Lee Kewsong Lee (; born August 12, 1965) is an American businessman who is the former chief executive officer (CEO) of private equity firm The Carlyle Group. Early life and education Lee was born in Albany, New York on August 12, 1965. He is of ...

, 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 Michael Mark Lynton (born January 1, 1960) is a businessman and current chairman of Snap Inc. He previously served as chairman and chief executive of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In 2017, Lynton stepped down as CEO of Sony Entertainment to becom ...

, 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 Stephen Mandel (born July 18, 1945) is a Canadian politician and leader of the Alberta Party from 2018 to 2019. He previously served as an Alberta cabinet minister from 2014 to 2015 and as mayor of Edmonton, Alberta for three terms from 200 ...

– billionaire

manager;

Lone Pine Capital Lone Pine Capital is an American-based hedge fund and investment advisor headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm has offices in London, New York City, and San Francisco. History Lone Pine Capital was established in 1997 by its preside ...

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 Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg (Maximilian Nikolaus Maria; born 16 May 1969), known professionally as Max von Liechtenstein, is a Liechtensteiner prince and businessman. He is the second son of Hans-Adam II, Prince of L ...

, 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 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divided ...

; former president of World Bank *

W. James McNerney Jr. Walter James "Jim" McNerney Jr. (born August 22, 1949) is a business executive who was president and CEO of the Boeing Company from June 2005 to July 2015. McNerney was also chairman from June 2005 until March 1, 2016. McNerney oversaw developme ...

, 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 The Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy is a private award for philanthropy, bestowed every second year to multiple people by the Carnegie family of institutions. In recent years the medal has been presented in New York. About the Medal The Carnegie ...

. *

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 Affinity Labs was a company that built social networking sites for niche groups such as firefighters, police officers, nurses and the Armed Forces. In January 2008, Affinity Labs was merged into Monster.com in a $61 million transaction. Affin ...

Hiroshi Mikitani (born March 11, 1965) is a Japanese billionaire business magnate and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Rakuten, Inc. He is also the president of Crimson Group, chairman of the football club Vissel Kobe, chairman of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchest ...

- founder and CEO of

Rakuten is a Japanese technology conglomerate based in Tokyo, founded by Hiroshi Mikitani in 1997. Centered around the online retail marketplace Rakuten Ichiba, its businesses include financial services utilizing Fintech, digital content and communi ...

* 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. Time Inc. (also referred to as Time & Life, Inc. later on, after their two onetime flagship magazine publications) was an American worldwide mass media corporation founded on November 28, 1922, by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden and based in New ...

* David Nelms, 1987 – CEO of

Discover Financial Services Discover Financial Services, Inc. was an American financial services company best known for its Discover Card. Founded in 1985, the company offered a wide range of banking and payment services, including checking and savings accounts, persona ...

Grover Norquist Grover Glenn Norquist (born October 19, 1956) is an American political activist and anti-tax advocate who is founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, an organization that opposes all tax increases. A Republican, he is the primary pro ...

, 1981 – president of

Americans for Tax Reform Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) is a politically conservative U.S. advocacy group whose stated goal is "a system in which taxes are simpler, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today." According to ATR, "The government's power to contr ...

* 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 Neil Pasricha (born September 17, 1979) is a Canadian author, entrepreneur, podcaster, and public speaker characterized by his advocacy of positivity and simple pleasures. He is best known for his The Book of Awesome series, and "The Happiness E ...

, 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 The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...

, 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 Arthur Peck (born 1955) is an American businessman, and was the CEO of Gap Inc., the American multinational clothing retailer from 2015 to 2019. Early life Peck was born in 1955. He earned a degree from Occidental College in Los Angeles in ...

, 1979 – CEO of

GAP, Inc. The Gap, Inc., commonly known as Gap Inc., is an American multinational clothing and accessories retailer. Gap was founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company operates four ...

Joseph R. Perella Joseph R. Perella (born September 20, 1941) is an American financier. In 1988 he formed Wasserstein Perella & Co., and in 1992 he joined Morgan Stanley as head of mergers and acquisitions, and then the chairman of the Institutional Securities a ...

, 1972 – founder and CEO of Wasserstein Perella & Co. and

Perella Weinberg Partners Perella Weinberg Partners is an American global financial services firm focused on investment banking advisory services. The firm was founded in 2006 by Joseph R. Perella, Peter A. Weinberg and Terry Meguid, and went public in 2021. It is head ...

Chip Perry Victor A. Perry, better known as Chip Perry, is the former founding president and CEO of AutoTrader.com from 1997 to 2013. Education Perry holds a degree in Civil Engineering from University of Virginia, and earned an MBA, in 1980, from Harvar ...

, 1980 – former president and CEO of

TrueCar TrueCar, Inc. is an American car retailing website company headquartered in Santa Monica, California. It also maintains a sales office in Austin, Texas. History 2005–2010: Early years TrueCar was originally incorporated under the name "Z ...

; first employee and CEO of AutoTrader.com *

Carl Howard Pforzheimer Jr Carl Howard Pforzheimer Jr (1907–1996) was an American banker based in New York City. He was senior partner in Carl H. Pforzheimer & Company, and a benefactor of medicine, education and the arts. Early life and education Pforzheimer was born an ...

(1907–1996), 1930 – investment banker *

Mark Pincus Mark Jonathan Pincus (born February 13, 1966) is an American Internet entrepreneur known as the founder of Zynga, a mobile social gaming company. Pincus also founded the startups Freeloader, Inc., Tribe Networks, and Support.com. Pincus was the ...

– 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 Newell Brands Inc. is an American manufacturer, marketer and distributor of consumer and commercial products. The company's brands and products include Rubbermaid storage/or waste disposal containers; home organization and reusable container ...

Matthew Prince Matthew Browning Prince (born ) is an American billionaire businessman and executive. He is the co-founder, executive chairman, and chief executive officer of the technology company Cloudflare. With a net worth of billion Prince is the wealth ...

— Co-founder and CEO of

Cloudflare Cloudflare, Inc., is an American company that provides content delivery network services, cybersecurity, DDoS mitigation, wide area network services, reverse proxies, Domain Name Service, ICANN-accredited domain registration, and other se ...

Ramalinga Raju Byrraju Ramalinga Raju (born 16 September 1954) is an Indian businessman. He is the founder of Satyam Computer Services and served as its chairman and CEO from 1987 until 2009. Raju stepped down following his admission to embezzlement from the ...

, 1993 - Indian businessman, convicted of fraud *

Bruce Rauner Bruce Vincent Rauner (; born February 18, 1956) is an American businessman, venture capitalist, and politician who served as the 42nd governor of Illinois from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he had a decades-long career in inves ...

, 1981 – 42nd

Governor of Illinois The governor of Illinois is the head of government of Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its we ...

* Edwin W. Rawlings, 1939 –

U.S. Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its origins to 1 ...

and president and chairman of

General Mills General Mills, Inc. is an American multinational corporation, multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded ultra-processed consumer foods sold through retail stores. Founded on the banks of the Mississippi River at Saint Anthony Falls in ...

* James Reed, 1990 – British chairman and chief executive of the

Reed Reed or Reeds may refer to: Science, technology, biology, and medicine * Reed bird (disambiguation) * Reed pen, writing implement in use since ancient times * Reed (plant), one of several tall, grass-like wetland plants of the order Poales * Re ...

group of companies * John Replogle former CEO of Seventh Generation Inc. * Gary Rodkin, 1979 – CEO and president of

ConAgra Foods Conagra Brands, Inc. (formerly ConAgra Foods) is an American consumer packaged goods holding company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Conagra makes and sells products under various brand names that are available in supermarkets, restaurants, ...

Mitt Romney Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American businessman and retired politician. He served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Utah from 2019 to 2025 and as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 ...

, 1975 – 70th

Governor of Massachusetts The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the head of government of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The governor is the chief executive, head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonw ...

, co-founder of

Bain Capital Bain Capital, LP is an American Investment company, private investment firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, with around $185 billion of assets under management. It specializes in private equity, venture capital, credit, p ...

and 2012 presidential nominee of the Republican Party *

Wilbur Ross Wilbur Louis Ross Jr. (born November 28, 1937) is an American businessman who served as the 39th United States Secretary of Commerce from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Ross was previously cha ...

, 1961 –

Secretary of Commerce The United States secretary of commerce (SecCom) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to commerce. The secretary rep ...

(2017–2021) under the

first Trump administration Donald Trump's first tenure as the president of the United States began on January 20, 2017, when Trump First inauguration of Donald Trump, was inaugurated as the List of presidents of the United States, 45th president, and ended on January ...

Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl Kara Sandberg (born August 28, 1969) is an American technology executive, philanthropist, and writer. Sandberg served as chief operating officer (COO) of Meta Platforms, a position from which she stepped down in August 2022. She is also ...

, 1995 – COO of

Ann Sarnoff Ann Marie Sarnoff (née Misiaszek; born c. 1961) is an American television executive. She became the chairwoman and chief executive officer, CEO of Warner Bros. in the summer of 2019. Sarnoff was the first woman to hold the position at the company ...

, 1987 – president of

BBC America BBC America is an American basic cable network that is owned by AMC Networks. The channel primarily airs sci-fi and action series and films, as well as selected programs from the BBC (such as its nature documentary series). Unlike the BBC's ...

Ulf Mark Schneider Ulf Mark Schneider (born 9 September 1965) is a German-American businessman. He was CEO of Nestlé from 2017 to August 2024, and before that, CEO of the healthcare group Fresenius SE. Early life Schneider was born and raised in Neuwied, Germa ...

, 1993 – CEO of

Nestlé Nestlé S.A. ( ) is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It has been the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 20 ...

, and former CEO of Fresenius *

Gerry Schwartz Gerald W. Schwartz, OC (born 1941) is the founder and chairman of Onex Corporation. Schwartz has a net worth of US$1.5 billion, according to ''Forbes'' magazine. Early life and career Schwartz was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He graduated from ...

, 1970 - founder, chairman and CEO of

Onex Corporation Onex Corporation is a Canadian investment management firm founded by Gerry Schwartz in 1984. In September 2024, it had $50 billion dollars under management. History Schwartz founded Onex in 1984 and took the company public in 1987. In Jun ...

Stephen A. Schwarzman Stephen Allen Schwarzman (born February 14, 1947) is an American businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of the Blackstone Group, a global private equity firm he established in 1985 with Peter G. Peterson. Schwarzman was chairman of President Do ...

, 1972 – founder of

Blackstone Group Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. It was founded in 1985 as a mergers and acquisitions firm by Peter Peterson and Stephen Schwarzman, who had previously worked together at Lehman ...

Joe Shoen Edward Joseph Shoen (born March 28, 1949) is an American billionaire businessman and lawyer. He is the president, chairman, and chief executive officer (CEO) of U-Haul Holding Company, the holding company of U-Haul International. His efforts ma ...

, 1973 – billionaire chairman of

AMERCO U-Haul Holding Company is an American moving truck, trailer, and self-storage rental company, based in Phoenix, Arizona, that has been in operation since 1945. The company was founded by Leonard Shoen and Anna Mary Carty in Ridgefield, Washingto ...

Martin A. Siegel Martin A. Siegel (born 1948) is an American former investment banker who was convicted, along with Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken, for insider trading during the 1980s. Biography Born to a Jewish family, Siegel is a graduate of Harvard Business S ...

, 1971 — former Kidder, Peabody & Co. investment banker and former

Drexel Burnham Lambert Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. was an American multinational investment bank that was forced into bankruptcy in 1990 due to its involvement in illegal activities in the junk bond market, driven by senior executive Michael Milken. At its height, i ...

managing director;

convicted In law, a conviction is the determination by a court of law that a defendant is guilty of a crime. A conviction may follow a guilty plea that is accepted by the court, a jury trial in which a verdict of guilty is delivered, or a trial by jud ...

for

insider trading Insider trading is the trading of a public company's stock or other securities (such as bonds or stock options) based on material, nonpublic information about the company. In various countries, some kinds of trading based on insider informati ...

in 1987 * Jayant Sinha, 1992 – Union Minister of State for Finance of India *

Chatri Sityodtong Chatri Trisiripisal (, ), known by the ring names Chatri Sityodtong (, ) and Yodchatri Sityodtong (, ), is a Thai entrepreneur and martial arts instructor based in Singapore. He is best known for being the founder, chairman, and chief executive ...

, 1999 – chairman and CEO of

ONE Championship ONE Championship, formerly ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) until January 2015, is a Multinational corporation, multinational combat sports Promoter (entertainment), promotion founded on 14 July 2011 by Chatri Sityodtong and Victor Cui. Origi ...

Jeffrey Skilling Jeffrey Keith Skilling (born November 25, 1953) is an American businessman who in 2006 was convicted of federal felony charges relating to the Enron scandal. Skilling, who was CEO of Enron during the company's collapse, was eventually sentence ...

, 1979 – former CEO of

Enron Enron Corporation was an American Energy development, energy, Commodity, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. It was led by Kenneth Lay and developed in 1985 via a merger between Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth, both re ...

; convicted of

securities fraud Securities fraud, also known as stock fraud and investment fraud, is a deceptive practice in the stock or commodities markets that induces investors to make purchase or sale decisions on the basis of false information.insider trading Insider trading is the trading of a public company's stock or other securities (such as bonds or stock options) based on material, nonpublic information about the company. In various countries, some kinds of trading based on insider informati ...

* Tad Smith – CEO of

Sotheby's Sotheby's ( ) is a British-founded multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City. It is one of the world's largest brokers of fine art, fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles. It has 80 locations in 40 countries, an ...

Gunnar Sønsteby Gunnar Fridtjof Thurmann Sønsteby DSO ( 1918 – 10 May 2012) was a member of the Norwegian resistance movement during the German occupation of Norway in World War II. Known by the nickname "Kjakan" ("The Chin") and as "Agent No. 24", ...

, 1947 – Norwegian World War Two resistance fighter, most highly decorated person of Norway *

Guy Spier Guy Spier (; born February 4, 1966) is a Zurich-based Swiss-German-Israeli investor. He is the author of ''The Education of a Value Investor''. Spier is the manager of the Aquamarine Fund with $400 million in assets. He is well known for bidding ...

, 1993 – Swiss-German-Israeli author and investor *

E. Roe Stamps E. Roe Stamps IV is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist who established the Stamps Scholarship. He is the founding partner of the private equity firm Summit Partners. He is also a member of the Georgia Tech Foundation Board of T ...

1974 – founding partner of private equity firm

Summit Partners Summit Partners is an American investment firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm focuses on investing in technology, healthcare, life sciences and other growth industries. Background Summit Partners was founded in 1984 by E. Roe Stamps ...

Gerald L. Storch Gerald L. Storch is a business executive who has led several large retailers. He is the Founder and CEO of Storch Advisors, a global business and management advisory firm. He is frequently on television as discussing retail and consumer news, in ...

– chairman and CEO of

Toys "R" Us Toys "R" Us is an American toy, clothing, and baby product retailer owned by Tru Kids (doing business as Tru Kids Brands) and various others. The company was founded in 1948 in Washington, D.C.; its first store was built in April 1948, with i ...

, Inc. * Sandra Sucher – businesswoman; professor, HBS MBA program *

Anjali Sud Anjali Sud (born August 13, 1983) is an American businesswoman and technology and media executive. She is the CEO of Tubi, the entertainment platform and Free ad-supported streaming television service owned by Fox Corporation. Sud was previously C ...

, 2011 – CEO of

Vimeo Vimeo ( ) is an American Online video platform, video hosting, sharing, and services provider founded in 2004 and headquartered in New York City. Vimeo focuses on the delivery of high-definition video across a range of devices and operates on a ...

*Anthony Tan, 2011 – co-founder and CEO of Grab *

Tan Hooi Ling Tan Hooi Ling () is a Singaporean businesswoman. She is best known as the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Singaporean ride-hailing company, Grab Holdings Inc. Tan was a business analyst at McKinsey & Company before she co-founded ...

, 2011 – Malaysian co-founder and COO of Grab *

John Thain John Alexander Thain (born May 26, 1955) is an American financial executive and investment banker. He was president and co-COO of Goldman Sachs, and then CEO of the New York Stock Exchange. Thain then became the last chairman and CEO of Merrill ...

, 1979 – former CEO of

Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, doing business as Merrill, and previously branded Merrill Lynch, is an American investment management and wealth management division of Bank of America. Along with BofA Securities, the investm ...

* Pamela Thomas-Graham, 1988 – businesswoman

Clorox The Clorox Company (formerly Clorox Chemical Company) is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products. As of 2024, the Oakland, California-based company had approximately 8,000 employees worldwide. N ...

Credit Suisse Credit Suisse Group AG (, ) was a global Investment banking, investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland. According to UBS, eventually Credit Suisse was to be fully integrated into UBS. While the integration ...

, and

Liz Claiborne Anne Elisabeth Jane Claiborne (March 31, 1929 – June 26, 2007) was an American fashion designer and businesswoman. Her success was built upon stylish yet affordable apparel for career women featuring colorfully tailored separates that cou ...

, author *

Whitney Tilson Whitney Richard Tilson (born November 1, 1966) is an American former hedge fund manager, author, and Democratic Party political activist. He is a candidate in the 2025 New York City mayoral Democratic primary. Early life and education Whitney ...

, 1994 – hedge fund manager, philanthropist, author, and Democratic political activist * Gerald Tremblay, 1972 – mayor of

Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

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 David Alan Viniar is an American businessman who was the CFO and executive vice president at Goldman Sachs from 1999 until January 31, 2013. He is currently on the board of directors of Goldman Sachs. Biography A 1972 alumnus of The Bronx High Sc ...

, 1980 – CFO and executive vice president of

Rick Wagoner George Richard "Rick" Wagoner Jr. (born February 9, 1953) is an American businessman and former chair and chief executive officer of General Motors. Wagoner resigned as chairman and CEO at General Motors on March 29, 2009, at the request of the ...

, 1977 – former CEO of

* Wendell Weeks, 1987 – chairman, CEO and president of

Corning Inc. Corning Incorporated is an American multinational technology company specializing in glass, ceramics, and related materials and technologies including advanced optics, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was name ...

* John C. Whitehead, 1947 – former co-chairman of Goldman Sachs *

Meg Whitman Margaret Cushing Whitman (born August 4, 1956) is an American business executive, diplomat, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, she ran for governor of California in the 2010 California gubernatorial election and lost to former Ca ...

, 1979 – president and CEO of

Hewlett-Packard The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard ( ) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company. It was founded by Bill Hewlett and David Packard in 1939 in a one-car garage in Palo Alto, California ...

Glenn Youngkin Glenn Allen Youngkin (born December 9, 1966) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 74th governor of Virginia since 2022. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he spent 25 years at the Private equi ...

, 1994 –

Governor of Virginia The governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia is the head of government of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. The Governor (United States), governor is head of the Government_of_Virginia#Executive_branch, executive branch ...

; former co-CEO of

Michelle Zatlyn Michelle Zatlyn (born July 1979) is a Canadian billionaire businesswoman. She is the co-founder, president, chief operating officer and a board member of American content delivery network provider and cybersecurity firm Cloudflare. Personal lif ...

, 2009 – Canadian co-founder, president, and COO of

DBA

Jay Lorsch Jay William Lorsch (born 1932) is an American organizational theorist and the Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at the Harvard Business School, known for his contribution of contingency theory to the field of organizational behavior. Bi ...

, DBA, 1964 – professor, HBS MBA program;

contingency theory A contingency theory is an organizational theory that claims that there is no best way to organize a corporation, to lead a company, or to decision making, make decisions. Instead, the optimal course of action is contingent (dependent) upon the i ...

contributor; author, DBA (1964) *

George Schussel George Schussel (born 1941 in occupied France during World War II) is an American businessman and entrepreneur. In 1942, Schussel's father brought the family out of German-occupied territory into Spain, and subsequently into the United States. Ed ...

, 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 Timothy I. Ahern (November 7, 1924 – April 16, 2003) was a major general in the United States Air Force. Biography Ahern was born on November 7, 1924, in New Haven, Connecticut. At the age of 15 he entered New Haven State Teachers College. La ...

, 1967 –

Major General *

Gabi Ashkenazi Gabriel "Gabi" Ashkenazi (; born 25 February 1954) is an Israeli politician and former military leader. He previously served as the minister of foreign affairs. He was the Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces from 2007 to 2011. ...

, AMP, 2004 –

Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff. List * Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia) * Chief of General Staff (Afghanistan) * Chief of the General Staff (Albania) * C ...

of Israel Defense Forces *

Jaime Zobel de Ayala Jaime Zóbel de Ayala y Pfitz (born 18 July 1934), also known as Jaime Zóbel, is a Filipino businessman who served as the chairman of the Ayala Corporation from 1984 to 2006 and as its president from 1984 to 1994. Presently, he holds the hon ...

, 1963 – Filipino businessman and chairman emeritus of Ayala Corporation *

Julie Bishop Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia), Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2018 and Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia#Federal deputy leader ...

, AMP, 1996 – Australian deputy Prime Minister *

Rick Burr Lieutenant General Richard Maxwell "Rick" Burr, (born 2 June 1964) is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army, who served as Chief of Army from 2 July 2018 to 1 July 2022. He was previously Commander 1st Division from 2011 to 2012, D ...

, 2013 – Chief of the Australian Army *

Alden W. Clausen Alden Winship "Tom" Clausen
...

, 1966 – World Bank former President * Christine M. Day, 2002 – Canadian business executive and former CEO of

Lululemon Lululemon, commonly styled as lululemon ( ; all lowercase), is a Canadian-American multinational athletic apparel retailer headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, and incorporated in Delaware, United States, as Lululemon Athletica Inc. I ...

* Y. C. Deveshwar – chairman and CEO of

ITC Limited ITC Limited is an Indian conglomerate, headquartered in Kolkata. It has a presence across six business segments, namely FMCG, agribusiness, information technology, paper products, and packaging. It generates a plurality of its revenue from t ...

Muhammad bin Ibrahim Muhammad bin Ibrahim (born 1955) was the 8th Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia. He assumed the office of Governor on 1 May 2016, succeeding Zeti Akhtar Aziz. He tendered his resignation on 6 June 2018. Education Muhammad graduated from ...

, 2010 – 8th Governor of

Central Bank of Malaysia The Central Bank of Malaysia (BNM; ; Jawi: ) is the Malaysian central bank. Established on 26 January 1959 as the Central Bank of Malaya (''Bank Negara Tanah Melayu''), its main purpose is to issue currency, act as the banker and advisor to the ...

Antony Leung Antony Leung Kam-chung GBS OBE JP (born 29 January 1952 in Hong Kong with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong) is a businessman who served as Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), from 29 May 2001 unti ...

, 1999 – financial secretary of Hong Kong * William Lewis, 2009 – Journalist, British Media Executive *

Minoru Makihara Minoru Makihara ( ''Makihara Minoru''; January 12, 1930 – December 13, 2020) was a Japanese business executive who served as the chief executive (1992–1998) and chairman (1998–2004) of Mitsubishi Corporation. He was noted for steering ...

, 1977 – Senior Corporate Advisor, Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer,

Mitsubishi Corporation is a Japanese general trading company ( ''sogo shosha'') and a core member of the Mitsubishi Group. For much of the post-war period, Mitsubishi Corporation has been the largest of the five great ''sogo shosha'' (Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Itochu, S ...

Christopher McCormick Christopher McCormick (born in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is the former chief executive officer of L.L.Bean, a mail-order, online and retail company based in Freeport, Maine. Early life Chris McCormick graduated from Fairfield University Dolan Scho ...

– president and CEO of

L.L. Bean L.L.Bean is an American privately held retail company that was founded in 1912 by Leon Leonwood Bean. The company, headquartered in Freeport, Maine (where it was founded), specializes in clothing and outdoor recreation equipment. History L.L. ...

* David V. Miller –

Major General *

Michael Mullen Michael Glenn Mullen (born 4 October 1946) is a retired United States Navy Admiral (United States), admiral who served as the 17th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2007 to September 2011. Mullen was the 32nd vice chief of Nav ...

, 1991 –

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is the presiding officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The chairman is the highest-ranking and most senior military officer in the United States Armed Forces Chairman: appointment; gra ...

, United States armed forces * A. Sivathanu Pillai, 1991 – honorary distinguished professor of

Indian Space Research Organisation The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO ) is India's national List of government space agencies, space agency, headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It serves as the principal research and development arm of the Department of Space (DoS), ...

Matthew Barrett (banker) Matthew William Barrett (born 20 September 1944) is an Irish-Canadian banker who until 2006 was the Chairman of Barclays Bank. Prior to this, Barrett was chairman and CEO of the Bank of Montreal where he spent 30 years. Career He started his ...

, 1981 – Former Chairman and CEO,

Bank of Montreal The Bank of Montreal (, ), abbreviated as BMO (pronounced ), is a Canadian multinational Investment banking, investment bank and financial services company. The bank was founded in Montreal, Quebec, in 1817 as Montreal Bank, making it Canada ...

; chairman and Chief Executive,

Barclays Bank Barclays PLC (, occasionally ) is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England. Barclays operates as two divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, supported by a service company, Barclays Execution Services ...

Ajay Piramal Ajay Gopikisan Piramal (born 3 August 1955) is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman of the Piramal Group, a conglomerate with interests in pharmaceutical, financial services, real estate, healthcare analytics and glass packaging. ...

, 1992 – chairman,

Piramal Group The Piramal Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate that has presence across various sectors such as healthcare, life sciences, drug discovery, financial services, alternative investment and real estate. History In the early 1980s, Aj ...

, 1975 – chairman and CEO

Lucius Theus Lucius Theus (October 11, 1922 – October 15, 2007) was an American military officer and aviator. A Tuskegee Airman during World War II, he became the third black Major General in the United States Air Force. Early life Theus was born in Madi ...

, AMP 57 – Major General in the

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...

Jim Lovell James Arthur Lovell Jr. ( ; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders, one of the fi ...

, 1971 – Astronaut, Apollo 13

Other executive education

Paolo Rocca Paolo Rocca (born 1952) is an Argentine-Italian businessman, CEO of the Techint Group, which owns Tenaris, Ternium and other companies in the engineering, construction and energy sectors. He is also chairman and CEO of Tenaris, and chairman o ...

, 1985 – CEO of

Techint Technical intelligence (TECHINT) is intelligence about weapons and equipment used by the armed forces of foreign nations. The related term, scientific and technical intelligence, addresses information collected or analyzed about the broad range ...

Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede FCIB, (born 24 September 1966) is a Nigerian businessman, banker, investor and philanthropist. He was the former group managing director (GMD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Access Bank Plc. He is the founder and ...

, 2000 – co-founder Access Bank Plc and founder and chairman, Africa Initiative for Governance *

Ciara Ciara Princess Wilson ( ; Harris; born October 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. She was discovered by record producer Jazze Pha in the early 2000s, and rose to prominence with her debut studio album, ''Goodies ...

– singer *

Vicente Fox Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. After campaigning as a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the Nat ...

– 55th President of Mexico *

Kilma S. Lattin Kilma Sibimoat Lattin (October 30, 1978) is a Native American leader, businessman, and military veteran. He is a member of the Pala Band of Mission Indians in San Diego, California, where he was elected to multiple terms of office on both the ...

–

Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ...

-winning Native American leader, military veteran, and business man * Daniel Vasella, PMD, 1989 – president of

Novartis AG Novartis AG is a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical corporation based in Basel, Switzerland. Novartis is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world and was the eighth largest by revenue in 2024. Novartis manufactures the drugs c ...

* Jimmy Rane, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Great Southern Wood Preserving *

Seth Rotherham Seth, in the Abrahamic religions, was the third son of Adam and Eve. The Hebrew Bible names two of his siblings (although it also states that he had others): his brothers Cain and Abel. According to , Seth was born after Abel's murder by Cain, ...

, 1977 – entrepreneur and media personality

References

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