Columbia Business School (CBS) is the

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. Established in 1916, Columbia Business School is one of six Ivy League business schools and one of the oldest business schools in the world.

History

The school was founded in 1916 with 11 full-time faculty members and an inaugural class of 61 students, including 8 women. Banking executive Emerson McMillin provided initial funding in 1916, while A. Barton Hepburn, then president of

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, provided funding for the school's endowment in 1919. The school expanded rapidly, enrolling 420 students by 1920, and in 1924 added a PhD program to the existing BS and MS degree programs. In 1945, Columbia Business School authorized the awarding of the MBA degree. Shortly thereafter, in the 1950s, the school adopted the

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emblem as its symbol, reflecting the entrepreneurial nature of the Greek god Hermes and his association with business, commerce, and communication. In 1952, CBS admitted its last class of undergraduates. The school currently offers executive education programs that culminate in a Certificate in Business Excellence (CIBE) and full alumni status, and several degree programs for the MBA and PhD degrees. In addition to the full-time MBA, the school offers four Executive MBA programs: the NY-EMBA Friday/Saturday program, the EMBA-Global program (launched in 2001 in conjunction with the

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), the EMBA-Americas program launched in 2012, and the EMBA-Global Asia program (launched in 2009 in conjunction with the London Business School and the University of Hong Kong Business School). Students in jointly run programs earn an MBA degree from each of the cooperating institutions. In 2004, economist R. Glenn Hubbard became Columbia Business School's eleventh dean. He was succeeded in 2019 by Costis Maglaras.

Campus

From 1961, Columbia Business School was primarily located housed in Uris Hall, at the center of Columbia's

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campus. In October 2010, Columbia Business School announced that alumnus

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, pledged $100 million to fund an expansion of Columbia Business School, the largest gift in its history. The donation went toward construction of the business school's new site on Columbia's

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campus. In December 2012,

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also donated $100 million to the construction of the second business school building. In September 2021,

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pledged $75 million to support the new campus' construction. The buildings are designed by

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, and are named Henry R. Kravis Hall and David Geffen Hall, respectively. Columbia Business School officially moved to Manhattanville in January 2022. The cost of the new campus, which stands at $600 million, makes it the most expensive business school ever built. File:Columbia Business School - 2022 (52009456843).jpg, Manhattanville Campus – Kravis Hall File:David Geffen Hall - Columbia Business School (52009919930).jpg, Manhattanville Campus – David Geffen Hall File:Columbia Business School - Uris Hall (48170436502).jpg, Morningside Heights – Uris Hall (Old Campus)

MBA program

The Columbia MBA Program is one of the most competitive in the world with an admission rate of 13.6% for the Class of 2021. Students in the class that entered in 2009 come from 61 countries and speak more than 50 languages. The revised core curriculum, launched in the fall of 2008, represents about 40% of the degree requirement. It consists of 2 full courses and 12 half-term courses including Corporate Finance, Financial Accounting, Managerial Statistics, Managerial Economics, Leadership, Operations Management, and Marketing Strategy. While the first year of the program is usually devoted to completing the requirements of the core curriculum, the second year provides students with the opportunity to choose from the more than 130 elective courses available at the school and supplement them with more than 4,000 graduate-level classes from the university's other graduate and professional schools. Among the most popular electives at Columbia Business School are the Economics of Strategic Behavior, Financial Statement Analysis and Earnings Quality, Launching New Ventures, Modern Political Economy, and the Seminar in Value Investing. Columbia Business School has a firm grade non-disclosure policy, which states that students may refrain from disclosing specific class grades, GPAs, or transcripts until they accept full-time, post graduation positions. Students enter Columbia's MBA program in two tracks. The traditional fall term is approximately 550 students, while the January term "J-Term" is approximately 200 students. Students entering in the fall are divided into eight clusters of approximately 65 students that take all first year core classes together. J-Term students are broken into three clusters. The January-entry is similar to the August-entry option. January-entry students attend orientation in the spring, while August-entry students are beginning their second terms, and finish their core courses over the summer, while August-entry students participate in summer internships. In the fall of the second year, the two tracks become one, and all MBA students choose from the same pool of electives, gain access to the same career management resources, lead the same clubs, and graduate as a single class. The average starting base salary and bonus for Columbia MBAs in 2020 was $171,436, a sum that places it as the 6th highest among business schools. According to ''

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'' magazine, 90% of billionaires with MBAs who derived their fortunes from finance obtained their master's degree from one of three schools:

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, Columbia Business School, or

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Academic divisions

The school's faculty are divided into six academic units: *Accounting *Decision, Risk, and Operations *Finance *Management *Economics *Marketing

MBA rankings

Recent national rankings of Columbia's MBA program include 7th by ''Forbes'', 5th by ''

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'', and 6th by '' U.S. News & World Report''. In global rankings, Columbia was ranked No. 4 by ''

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'' in 2022 and No. 1 by the ''

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'' in 2023.

Dual-degree programs

Columbia Business School students can combine an MBA with one of ten other professional degrees. In general, a dual degree requires one less year than it would take to complete the two degrees separately. Candidates must apply separately to Columbia Business School and the other degree program. Dual degrees offered with the following schools include: * School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation * College of Dental Medicine * School of Engineering and Applied Science *

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* School of Nursing * College of Physicians and Surgeons * School of Public Health * School of Social Work

Student life

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". It purports to be from Glenn Hubbard, Dean of the Business School, in response to Hubbard's being a runner-up to the Fed Chairmanship assumed by

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Executive MBA programs

Columbia offers various executive MBA programs. The Executive MBA (EMBA) Friday/Saturday Program is a 20-month graduate program designed for individuals that are looking to enhance their education without interrupting their careers. The EMBA program is taught on campus at Columbia University by full-time faculty. The first year of classes consists of the same core curriculum as the Full-Time MBA program. Executive education is the focus of the second year. This Friday/Saturday program is targeted at individuals with approximately 10 years of work experience. The Executive MBA (EMBA) Saturday Program is a 24-month graduate degree program designed for individuals that are looking to enhance their education, but cannot take any time away from work. This program is the same as the Friday/Saturday program, with the exception that classes only meet on Saturdays over a longer period of time. In addition to the New York-based EMBA Program, Columbia offers three partner programs to meet the differing needs and geographical distribution of prospective students. Because students in the partner EMBA programs must satisfy the separate requirements of each school, they earn an MBA degree from each participating university. Likewise, they become alumni of each university and business school and may avail themselves of all programs and privileges afforded to alumni. *The EMBA-Global Americas & Europe program is a 20-month program administered in partnership with the London Business School. The program enrolls approximately 70 students from around the world per year. Courses are taught by the full-time faculty of both schools. During the first year, the core curriculum classes alternate monthly between the campuses of Columbia University and the London Business School. The core curriculum is similar to that offered in the regular EMBA programs offered separately by each school, but with a more transnational-business emphasis. Second year classes may be selected from the portfolio of EMBA classes offered at either or both partner schools. *The EMBA-Global Asia, run jointly with the London Business School and the

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. This 20-month program follows a curriculum similar to the EMBA-Global program. Classes are held in Hong Kong, London, New York, and Shanghai.

EMBA rankings

* No. 2 worldwide, No. 2 US program, ''BusinessWeek'', 2011 Executive MBA Rankings * No. 2 worldwide, ''Financial Times'', 2010 Executive MBA Rankings, Global-EMBA program * No. 3 US Program, No. 13 worldwide. ''Financial Times'', 2010 Executive MBA Rankings, Berkeley-Columbia program * No. 4 US Program, No. 15 worldwide. ''Financial Times'', 2010 Executive MBA Rankings, NY-EMBA program * No. 5 ''U.S. News & World Report 2010'' Rankings * No. 4 ''BusinessWeek'' Executive MBA Rankings, NY-EMBA program * No. 9 ''Wall Street Journal'' Executive MBA Rankings, 2010, NY-EMBA program

MS Programs

Columbia Business School offers three separate Master of Science degrees in Accounting and Fundamental Analysis, Financial Economics and Marketing Science. Admission to the programs is extremely competitive: in 2021, there were 837 applicants to the Financial Economics program and only 20 students were accepted.

Doctoral program

The degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is offered by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and is administered by the Business School. Admission is highly competitive with 894 applicants in 2010 for positions in an entering class of 18 students (2%). In 2021, the Finance division received over 500 applications and admitted 3 students (Acceptance rate of 0.6%) A

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or Business is a common precursor to an academic career in business schools.

Executive education

Columbia Business School Executive Education offers custom non-degree programs for organizations and open-enrollment non-degree programs for individuals in topics including management, finance, leadership, marketing, social enterprise, and strategy. The school also offers executive certification programs, including the Advanced Management Program, the Certificate in Business Excellence and the Senior Leaders Program for Nonprofit Professionals.

CIBE

The Certificate in Business Excellence (CIBE) is awarded to students who complete a total of 18 program days of executive education within a four-year period. Any executive education program at Columbia Business School can be applied toward the completion of the certificate.

Research centers, programs, and institutes

Research centers, special programs, institutes, and cross-disciplinary areas at Columbia Business School include: *Arthur J. Samberg Institute for Teaching Excellence *The Behavioral Lab *The Center for Decision Sciences *Center for Excellence in Accounting and Security Analysis *Center on Global Brand Leadership *Center on Japanese Economy and Business *Columbia Institute for Tele-Information *Columbia University Center for International Business Education Research *Competitive Strategy *Decision Making and Negotiations *Eugene Lang Center for Entrepreneurship *Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program *The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing *Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business *The Media Program *The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate *Private Equity Program *Program for Financial Studies *Program on Social Intelligence *Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy *The Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics *The Social Enterprise Program *W. Edwards Deming Center for Quality, Productivity and Competitiveness

People

Faculty

Columbia Business School employs 136 full-time faculty members, including

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, the 2001

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in economics who also teaches at the university's

; and Bernd Schmitt, the Robert D. Calkins Professor of International Business. The current Dean is the former Presidential

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Chairman Glenn Hubbard.

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gurus

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and Ken Shubin Stein are currently adjunct professors.

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teaches Value Investing and Economics of Strategic Behavior electives.

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, brother of Dell Inc. CEO

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, is a venture capitalist who teaches Business Innovation and Technology. Jonathan Knee teaches Media, Mergers, and Acquisitions and is the author of a book titled "The Accidental Investment Banker".

Frederic Mishkin Frederic Stanley "Rick" Mishkin (born January 11, 1951) is an American economist and Alfred Lerner professor of Banking and Financial Institutions at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. He was a member of the Federal Reserve Bo ...

, member of the Board of Governors of the

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, returned to teach at CBS starting fall 2008.

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is a well known member of the strategy faculty and the author of four books on the subject, most recently ''The End of Competitive Advantage: How to Keep Your Strategy Moving as Fast As Your Business'' (2013, Harvard Business Review Publishing)

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created the Lean Launchpad class that he teaches a scientific method for teaching entrepreneurship that combines experiential learning with the three building blocks of a successful Lean Startup.

Alumni

Columbia Business School has over 44,000 living alumni. Some of the more notable alumni include the following: Warren Buffett KU Visit

* Akinlabi Olasunkanmi, MBA, Nigerian Senator and Minister of Youth Development *

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, MBA 1957, founder of

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, MBA 1955,

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* Alfred P. Thorne, PhD 1959,

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-born development economist * Anna Rawson, MBA 2015, Australian professional golfer and model * Antony Ressler, MBA 1985, co-founder of private equity firm

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and

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, MBA, CEO of

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, PhD 1934, chairman of the

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* Arthur J. Samberg, MBA 1967, chairman and CEO of Pequot Capital * Artie Minson, MBA 1997, former CEO of

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* Azita Raji, MBA 1991, former

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* Benjamin M. Rosen, MBA 1961, former chairman and CEO of

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* Benjamin Wey, MSLD 2013, Chinese-born American financier *

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, MBA 1995, CEO of

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* Beverly Leon, MBA 2020, former midfielder for

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* Bill Keenan, MBA 2016, former professional hockey player and author * Blair Effron, MBA 1986, founder of

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* Robert Kasten Jr., MBA 1966, U.S. Senator from

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, MBA 1986, Major League Baseball pitcher * Charles E. Exley Jr., MBA 1954, former chairman and CEO of

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* Charles R. Perrin, MBA 1969, chairman of Warnaco; former CEO of

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and of

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* Cherie Nursalim, MBA 1990, Indonesian businesswoman, vice chairman of Giti Group * Christopher O'Neill, MBA 2005, British-American businessman and husband of Princess Madeleine of Sweden * Claude Arpels, MBA 1998, French-American director of

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, MBA 2003, founder of

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, MBA 1970, Spanish CEO of

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* Daniele Bodini, MBA 1972, Italian-American real estate businessman, Ambassador of

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to the

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* David Berger, MBA/Law 1969, American-Israeli Olympic weightlifter, taken hostage and killed by the Palestinian group

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in the Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympics * David C. Schmittlein, PhD 1980, Dean of MIT (Sloan) * David LeFevre Dodd, MS 1921, PhD 1930, father of value investing * David Philbrick Conner, MBA 1976, CEO of

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* David S. Rose, MBA 1983, entrepreneur, founder of

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, MBA 1971, British former chairman of

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* David E. Simon, MBA 1985, chairman and CEO of

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* Diana Taylor, MBA 1980, 42nd Superintendent of the

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;

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of former mayor

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 ...

* Donna Rosato, MBA 2000, journalist, reporter for ''

Money Magazine ''Money'' is an American brand and a personal finance website owned by Money Group. From its 1972 founding until 2018, it was a monthly magazine published by Time Inc. and subsequently by Meredith Corporation from 2018 to 2019. Its articles co ...

'' * Donald S. Siegel, PhD 1988, professor at

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public university, public research university in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is o ...

* , MBA 1968, billionaire chairman of

Far Eastern Group Far Eastern Group is one of the biggest conglomerates in the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan). It was founded in 1937 by Yu-Ziang Hsu during the mainland Republican period. The group spans over 10 major industries and includes 9 publicly lis ...

* Édouard Carmignac, MBA 1972, French investment banker and fund manager * Eduardo Verano De la Rosa, MBA 1978,

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

n Governor of Atlántico * Emilio Lozoya, MBA 1972, Secretary of Energy of Mexico; father of

Pemex Pemex (a portmanteau of Petróleos Mexicanos, which translates to ''Mexican Petroleum'' in English; ) is the Mexico, Mexican State ownership, state-owned Petroleum industry, petroleum corporation managed and operated by the government of Mexico, ...

CEO Emilio Lozoya Austin *

Eric Fromm Eric Fromm (born June 27, 1958) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Tennis career Fromm's best result at a Grand Slam was reaching the fourth round of the 1983 French Open – Men's singles, French Open in 1983 in s ...

(born 1958), tennis player * Ernest Higa, MBA 1976, Japanese-American entrepreneur * Erskine Bowles, MBA 1969, former

White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest (Washington, D.C.), NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president ...

Chief of Staff; President of the

University of North Carolina The University of North Carolina is the Public university, public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referre ...

system * Ethan Brown, MBA 2008, founder of

Beyond Meat Beyond Meat, Inc. is a producer of plant-based meat substitutes founded in 2009 by Ethan Brown. The company's initial products were launched in the United States in 2012. The company went public in 2019, becoming the first plant-based meat ana ...

Eudora Welty Eudora Alice Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was an American short-story writer, novelist and photographer who wrote about the American South. Her novel '' The Optimist's Daughter'' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty received numerou ...

, MBA 1932, author, winner of 1973

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prizes () are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fo ...

; recipient of the

Presidential Medal of Freedom The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States, alongside the Congressional Gold Medal. It is an award bestowed by decision of the president of the United States to "any person recommended to the President ...

* Eugene Lang, MS 1940, chairman of the Eugene M. Lang Foundation *

Federico Marchetti Federico Marchetti (; born 7 February 1983) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Maltese Premier League club Marsaxlokk. Marchetti began his professional club career with Torino in 2002, and was subsequently loane ...

, MBA 1999, Italian founder of online retailer YOOX Group *

Frank Lautenberg Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was ori ...

, BS 1949, U.S. Senator from

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

* Fred Hochberg, MBA 1975, chairman and President of the

Export–Import Bank of the United States The Export–Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is the official export credit agency (ECA) of the United States federal government. Operating as a wholly owned federal government corporation, the bank "assists in financing and facilitating ...

Fritz Klein Fritz Klein (24 November 1888 – 13 December 1945) was a Romanian-German Nazi doctor and war criminal, hanged for his role in atrocities at Auschwitz concentration camp and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the Holocaust. Early life, ...

, MBA 1955, Austrian-born American psychiatrist and sex researcher * Gabriele Galateri di Genola, MBA 1972, chairman of

Assicurazioni Generali Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. ( , ; meaning 'general insurances') or commonly known as Generali Group is an Italian insurance company based in Trieste. As of 2022, it is the largest insurance company in Italy and ranks among the world's largest i ...

, former chairman of

Telecom Italia TIM S.p.A. (formerly Telecom Italia S.p.A.) is an Italian telecommunications company with headquarters in Rome, Milan, and Naples (with the Telecom Italia Tower), which provides fixed, public and mobile telephony, and DSL data services. It is ...

and CEO of

Fiat Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., commonly known as simply Fiat ( , ; ), is an Italian automobile manufacturer. It became a part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in 2014 and, in 2021, became a subsidiary of Stellantis through its Italian division, Stellant ...

* Gail J. McGovern, EMBA 1987, CEO of the

American Red Cross The American National Red Cross is a Nonprofit organization, nonprofit Humanitarianism, humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States. Clara Barton founded ...

Gen Fukunaga is a Japanese-born American engineer and entrepreneur. He established Funimation (now Crunchyroll, LLC), a company that distributes anime in Canada and the United States. He was its president and chairman until he stepped down in 2019. As of Oc ...

, MBA 1989, Japanese-born American founder and CEO of

Funimation Entertainment Crunchyroll, LLC is an American entertainment company based in Coppell, Texas. It currently operates the anime-focused eponymous over-the-top subscription video on-demand streaming service. The company was founded as Funimation in May 1 ...

Gerri Willis Gerri Willis is an American television news journalist and former host of ''The Willis Report'', a daytime program on Fox Business, focusing on consumer and personal finance issues. Early life and education Gerri Willis was born on August 14, 1 ...

, MBA, journalist for

Fox Business Network Fox Business (officially known as Fox Business Network, or FBN) is an American conservative business news channel and website publication owned by the Fox News Media division of Fox Corporation. The channel broadcasts primarily from studios ...

* Gregory Blotnick, MBA 2014,

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 and author * Hanzade Doğan Boyner, MBA 1999, Turkish vice-chairwoman of

Doğan Holding Doğan Şirketler Grubu Holding A.Ş. is amongst the biggest conglomerates in Turkey operating in the energy, media, industry, trade, insurance and tourism industries. Founded by Aydın Doğan who still is a major shareholder, the company is led ...

and daughter of billionaire

Aydın Doğan Aydın Doğan (born 15 April 1936) is a Turkish business magnate and investor. He is the founder of Doğan Holding, one of Turkey's largest conglomerates. Biography Born in 1936 as a member of a well-known family in Kelkit, Doğan went to el ...

Harvey Schwartz Harvey M. Schwartz (born 1964) is an American businessman. He is currently CEO of The Carlyle Group, the world's sixth-largest private equity firm. He previously worked at Goldman Sachs from 1997 to 2018, rising through the position of chief fina ...

, MBA 1996, CEO of

The Carlyle Group The Carlyle Group Inc. is an American multinational company with operations in private equity, alternative asset management and financial services. As of 2023, the company had $426 billion of assets under management. Carlyle specializes in ...

, former president and COO of

Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered in Lower Manhattan in New York City, with regional headquarters in many internationa ...

Henry Kravis Henry Roberts Kravis (born January 6, 1944) is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist.Kohlberg Kravis Roberts KKR & Co. Inc., also known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., is an American global private-equity and investment company. , the firm had completed private-equity investments in portfolio companies with approximately $710 billion of total ...

& Co. *

Henry Swieca Henry Alexander Swieca (born 1957) is the co-founder and former Chief Investment Officer of Highbridge Capital Management and the founder of Talpion Fund Management. Early life Swieca grew up in a Jewish family in Washington Heights, Manhattan ...

, MBA 1982, co-founder of

Highbridge Capital Management Highbridge Capital Management, LLC is a multi-strategy alternative investment management firm founded by Glenn Dubin and Henry Swieca in 1992. In 2004, it was purchased by JPMorgan Chase; as of 2019, it had about $3.9 billion in assets under m ...

, founder of Talpion * Howard L. Clark Jr., MBA 1968, chairman and CEO of

Shearson Lehman Brothers Shearson was the name of a series of investment banking and retail brokerage firms from 1902 until 1994, named for Edward ShearsonIan Plenderleith, MBA 1971, former Deputy Governor,

South African Reserve Bank The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is the central bank of South Africa. It was established in 1921 after Parliament passed an act, the "Currency and Bank Act of 10 August 1920", as a direct result of the abnormal monetary and financial condi ...

* Ira Trivedi, MBA 2008, Indian novelist, yoga teacher, and entrepreneur * Irvine Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw, MBA 1965, Scottish businessman and member of the

House of Lords The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. One of the oldest ext ...

Irving Kahn Irving Kahn (December 19, 1905 – February 24, 2015) was an American investor and philanthropist. He was the oldest living active investor.''Financial Times'':On Wall Street: Age Old Wisdom He was an early disciple of Benjamin Graham, who popu ...

, MBA, formerly oldest living active investment professional * J.T. Battenberg, CEO of

Delphi Automotive Systems Aptiv PLC is an Irish- American automotive technology supplier with headquarters in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Aptiv grew out of the now-defunct American company, Delphi Automotive Systems, which itself was formerly a component of General Moto ...

* Jay W. Jordan II, MBA, founder of the

Jordan Company TJC L.P. (formerly known as The Jordan Company) is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and management buyout investments in smaller middle-market companies across a range of industries. The firm, a limited partnership based in New ...

* James P. Gorman, MBA 1987, Australian-American chairman and CEO of

Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in 42 countries and more than 80,000 employees, the firm's clients in ...

James W. Keyes James W. Keyes (born March 17, 1955) is an American businessman who is the chairman of Wild Oats Marketing LLC. Previously, Keyes served as chief executive officer (CEO) of 7-Eleven and was the chairman and CEO of Blockbuster (retailer), Blockb ...

, MBA 1980, CEO of

Fresh & Easy Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market Inc. was a chain of grocery stores in the Western United States, headquartered in El Segundo, California. It was a subsidiary of Tesco, the world's third largest retailer, based in the United Kingdom, until Nove ...

and former chairman and CEO of

Blockbuster Inc. Blockbuster or Blockbuster Video is an American multimedia brand which was founded by David Cook in 1985 as a single home video rental shop, but later became a public store chain featuring video game rentals, DVD-by-mail, streaming, video on ...

7-Eleven 7-Eleven, Inc. is an American convenience store chain, headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Seven-Eleven Japan, which in turn is owned by the retail holdings company Seven & I Holdings. The chain was founde ...

* James Satloff, MBA 1986, former CEO of C.E. Unterberg, Towbin, founder of Liberty Skis * Jamie Kern, MBA 2004, co-founder and CEO of It Cosmetics * Jean-Marc Perraud, MBA 1972, French former CFO of

Schlumberger Schlumberger (), doing business as SLB, is a global multinational oilfield services company. Founded in France in 1926, the company is now incorporated as Schlumberger NV in Willemstad, Curaçao, with principal executive offices in Houston ...

* Jean-Paul Elkann, BS 1943, French Director of

Dior Christian Dior SE (), commonly known as Dior, is a French Multinational corporation, multinational luxury goods company that is controlled and chaired by French businessman Bernard Arnault, who also heads LVMH. , Dior controlled around 42% of ...

, son-in-law of

Chairman

Gianni Agnelli Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli (; 12 March 192124 January 2003), nicknamed ("The Lawyer"), was an Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat S.p.A., Fiat. As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's GDP, 3.1% of its industrial ...

* Jeff Campbell, MBA 1967, former chairman and CEO of

Burger King Burger King Corporation (BK, stylized in all caps) is an American multinational chain store, chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida, the company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacks ...

Jeffrey Loria Jeffrey Harold Loria (born November 20, 1940) is an American entrepreneur, author, and the former owner of the Montreal Expos (now the Washington Nationals) and Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball. Early life Loria was born and raised in a Je ...

, MBA 1968, owner of the

Florida Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. The team plays its home games at LoanDepot Park. The ...

* Jerome Chazen, MBA 1950, co-founder of

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 ...

* Jerome J. Workman Jr., CSEP 2004, CIED 2004, CIBE 2006, author, inventor, and editor of scientific reference works on spectroscopy *

Jerry Speyer Jerry I. Speyer (born June 23, 1940) is an American real estate developer. He is one of two founding partners of the New York real estate company Tishman Speyer, which controls Rockefeller Center. Speyer was featured in the Forbes 400 list in 2021 ...

, MBA 1964, CEO of

Tishman Speyer Properties Tishman Speyer is an American multinational corporation based at 45 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan. The conglomerate invests in high-profile real estate properties, has developed multiple buildings around the world, and has owned famou ...

* Jill Furman, MBA 1997, co-producer of musical ''

Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: * Alexander Hamilton (1755/1757–1804), first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States * ''Hamilton'' (musical), a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda ** ''Hamilton'' (al ...

'' * Joan Hornig, MBA 1983, jewelry designer * Joern Meissner, PhD 2005, German professor at

Kühne Logistics University Kuehne Logistics University (KLU) is a private business school based in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded by the Kuehne Foundation of German billionaire Klaus-Michael Kühne, based in Schindellegi, Switzerland. KLU offers bachelor's degrees and fou ...

* John T. Dillon, MBA 1971, chairman and CEO of

International Paper The International Paper Company is an American pulp and paper company, the largest such company in the world. It has approximately 39,000 employees, and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. History The company was incorporated January 31 ...

* John H. Shen-Sampas, MBA 2013, literary executor for the estate of

Jack Kerouac Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Of French-Canadian ...

* Jon Stein, MBA 2009, founder and CEO of

Betterment In real estate, betterment is the increased value of real property from causes other than investment made by the property owner. It is, therefore, usually referred to as unearned increment or windfall gain. When, for instance, a property is rezo ...

Jon Steinberg Jon Steinberg is an American businessman, who serves as a chief executive officer of international multimedia company Future plc. In early 2016, he founded Cheddar Inc., a new media company covering tech news and culture, and served as its CEO.Busi ...

, MBA 2003, President of

BuzzFeed BuzzFeed, Inc. is an American Internet mass media, media, news and entertainment company with a focus on digital media. Based in New York City, BuzzFeed was founded in 2006 by Jonah Peretti and John Seward Johnson III, John S. Johnson III to ...

* Jordan Roth, MBA 2010, president and majority owner of

Jujamcyn Theaters Jujamcyn Theaters LLC , formerly the Jujamcyn Amusement Corporation, is a theatrical producing and theatre-ownership company in New York City. For many years Jujamcyn was owned by James H. Binger, former chairman of Honeywell, and his wife, Virg ...

* Joseph M. Tucci, MBA 1984, President and CEO of

EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (stylized as EMC²) was an American multinational corporation headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, which sold data storage device, data storage, information security, virtualization, analytics, cloud computing and other pro ...

* Joseph Vittoria, MBA 1959, former chairman and CEO of Avis * Joshua Mitts, PhD 2018,

Columbia Law School Columbia Law School (CLS) is the Law school in the United States, law school of Columbia University, a Private university, private Ivy League university in New York City. The school was founded in 1858 as the Columbia College Law School. The un ...

professor known for research into activist short-selling * Joyce M. Roche, MBA 1972, former CEO of Girls, Inc. and director of

AT&T AT&T Inc., an abbreviation for its predecessor's former name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the w ...

* Julian Geiger, MBA, former chairman and CEO of

Aeropostal Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela C.A. is a state-owned airline of Venezuela based in Torre Polar Oeste in Caracas, Venezuela. It operates domestic services and international services in the Caribbean. Its main base is Simón Bolívar Internation ...

* Kate Wang, MBA 2013, Chinese billionaire businesswoman * Keiko Sofia Fujimori, MBA 2008, Peruvian politician * Keith Sherin, EMBA 1991, chairman and CEO of

GE Capital GE Capital was the financial services division of General Electric. Its various units were sold between 2013 and 2021, including the notable spin-off of the North American consumer finance division as Synchrony Financial. Ultimately, only one div ...

Kenneth Ouriel Kenneth Ouriel (born October 21, 1956) is a vascular surgeon and medical researcher. In 2007, Ouriel was appointed the chief executive officer of Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi. In 2009, he was senior vice president and chief of intern ...

, MBA 2009, former CEO of Shaikh Khalifa Medical City in

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most popu ...

;

vascular surgeon Vascular surgery is a surgical subspecialty in which vascular diseases involving the arteries, veins, or lymphatic vessels, are managed by medical therapy, minimally-invasive catheter procedures and surgical reconstruction. The specialty evolve ...

* Kevin Burke, MBA, chairman and CEO of

Consolidated Edison Consolidated Edison, Inc., commonly known as Con Edison (stylized as conEdison) or ConEd, is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States, with approximately $12 billion in annual revenues as of 2017, and over $62 ...

* Klaus Enrique, MBA, sculptor *

Koos Bekker Jacobus Petrus "Koos" Bekker (born 14 December 1952) is a South African billionaire businessman, and the chairman of media group Naspers. The company operates in 130 countries and is listed on the London Stock Exchange and Johannesburg Stock Ex ...

, MBA 1984, chairman of

Naspers Naspers Limited (until 1998 Die Nasionale Pers) is a South African multinational internet, technology and multimedia holding company headquartered in Cape Town. The company has interests in online retail, publishing, real estate, and ventu ...

Leon G. Cooperman Leon G. Cooperman (born April 25, 1943) is an American billionaire investor and hedge fund manager. He is the chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors, a New York-based investment advisory firm managing over $3.3 billion in assets under management, t ...

, MBA 1967, founder, chairman, and CEO of Omega Advisors *

Leonard Lauder Leonard Alan Lauder (March 19, 1933 – June 14, 2025) was an American billionaire, philanthropist, and art collector. Together, he and his brother, Ronald Lauder, were the sole heirs to The Estée Lauder Companies cosmetics fortune, founded by ...

, MBA 1955, chairman emeritus of the Estée Lauder Companies; son of Estée Lauder * Lewis A. Sanders, MBA 1995, former chairman and CEO of

AllianceBernstein AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (AB) is a global asset management firm providing investment management and research services worldwide to institutional, high-net-worth and Investor, retail investors. AllianceBernstein's headquarters are located ...

* Lewis Frankfort, MBA 1969, chairman and CEO of

Coach Coach may refer to: Guidance/instruction * Coach (sport), a director of Athletes' training and activities * Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process ** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers Transportation * Coac ...

Li Lu Li Lu (Chinese: 李录; born April 6, 1966) is a Chinese-born American value investor, businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of Himalaya Capital. Prior to immigrating to America, he was one of the student leaders of ...

, MBA 1996, Chinese-American investment banker, fund manager, and investor; one of the student leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests *

Lionel Pincus Lionel I. Pincus (March 2, 1931 — October 10, 2009) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder of the private equity firm Warburg Pincus, running it from 1966 to 2002, and later became the chairman emeritus of the compa ...

, MBA 1956, founder and chairman of

Warburg Pincus Warburg Pincus LLC is a global private equity firm, headquartered in New York City, with offices in the United States, Europe, Brazil, China, Southeast Asia and India. Warburg has been a private equity investor since 1966. As of April 2024 the f ...

Lorne Abony Lorne Abony (born August 26, 1969) is a Canadian businessman, currently the managing partner of Texas Venture Partners, a venture capital company located in Austin, Texas. Early life The grandson of Holocaust survivors, Abony was born and raised ...

, MBA 2003, Canadian owner of the Austin Aces; former CEO of

Mood Media Mood Media Corporation is an international in-store provider of music, digital signage, hold music, on-hold messaging, scent, integrated audio/video, and interactive mobile marketing products. It was founded in 2004, and is based in Austin, Te ...

* Louis Bacon, MBA 1981, chairman of

Moore Capital Management Moore Capital Management, LP (MCM) is a global investment management firm headquartered in New York, New York.

* Louis Rossetto, MBA 1973, founder and editor-in-chief of ''

Wired Magazine ''Wired'' is a bi-monthly American magazine that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. It is published in both print and Online magazine, online editions by Condé Nast. The magazine has been in public ...

'' * Lynn Yamada Davis, MBA, American

celebrity chef A celebrity chef is a kitchen chef who has become a celebrity. Today, chefs often become celebrities by presenting cookery advice and demonstrations, usually through the media of television and radio, or in Books, printed publications. While telev ...

and

TikToker TikTok, known in mainland China and Hong Kong as Douyin (), is a social media and Short-form content, short-form online video platform owned by Chinese Internet company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which may range in duration f ...

Lynn Tilton Lynn G. Tilton (born April 22, 1959) is an American businesswoman and collateralized loan obligation (CLO) creator, owner and manager. She is the chief executive officer and sole principal of Patriarch Partners, LLC and its affiliated entities, ...

, MBA 1987, businesswoman;

collateralized loan obligation Collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) are a form of securitization where payments from multiple middle sized and large business loans are pooled together and passed on to different classes of owners in various tranches. A CLO is a type of colla ...

creator * Mark T. Cox IV, MBA 1971, former US alternate executive director to the

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and Grant (money), grants to the governments of Least developed countries, low- and Developing country, middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development ...

Mario Gabelli Mario Joseph Gabelli (born June 19, 1942) is an American stock investor, investment advisor, and financial analyst. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Gabelli Asset Management Company Investors (Gamco Investors), an investment firm head ...

, MBA 1967, chairman and CEO of

GAMCO Investors GAMCO Investors, Inc., formerly known as Gabelli Asset Management Company, is an American provider of investment advice and brokerage services to mutual funds, institutional and select investors based in Rye, New York. It was founded by and is m ...

* Mark Gallogly, MBA 1986, founder of

Centerbridge Partners Centerbridge Partners, L.P. is a multi-strategy private investment firm focused on leveraged buyouts and distressed securities. The firm manages over $56 billion of assets

Mark Mays Mark Pitman Mays is an American businessman. He is the former president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Clear Channel Communications Inc. (parent entity of iHeartMedia), which was co-founded by his father, Lowry Mays in 1972. After serving ...

, MBA 1989, President and CEO of

Clear Channel Communications iHeartMedia, Inc., or CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc., formerly Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a company founded by ...

Mark Reckless Mark John Reckless (born 6 December 1970) is a British lawyer and former politician who served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for South Wales East from 2016 until 2021, having previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester and ...

, MBA 1999,

UK Independence Party 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 members of parliament (both through defect ...

politician; member of parliament for

Rochester and Strood Rochester and Strood is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Lauren Edwards from the Labour Party. It was previously represented from 2015 by Kelly Tolhurst, a Conservative, who served ...

* Martin Kihn, MBA 2001, writer and digital marketer * Martín Varsavsky, MBA 1985, Argentine/Spanish serial entrepreneur, founder of

Jazztel Jazztel is a Spanish telecommunications company which offers triple play services (telephone, Internet and television). In 2018, Jazztel was made to pay fines for their telemarketing tactics. History Founded in 1998 by Martin Varsavsky, Jazztel i ...

and Fon * Matt Pincus, MBA 2002, founder and CEO of

Songs Music Publishing Songs Music Publishing, also known as SONGS, is a music publishing company founded by Matt Pincus and joined by partners Ron Perry in 2004 and Carianne Marshall in 2006. The company has offices in New York City, Los Angeles and London. SONGS rep ...

, son of

Mauricio García Araujo Mauricio García Araujo (7 July 1930 – 19 December 2012) was a Venezuelan economist who worked in both the private and public sectors. He was the president of the Central Bank of Venezuela between 1987 and 1989 during the presidency of Ja ...

, MBA, president of the

Central Bank of Venezuela The Central Bank of Venezuela (, BCV) is the central bank of Venezuela. It is responsible for issuing and maintaining the value of the Venezuelan bolívar and is the governing agent of the Venezuelan Clearing House System (including an automate ...

* Max C. Chapman, MBA, former president and CEO of Kidder, Peabody & Co. * Mehmet Omer Koç, MBA 1989, Turkish chairman of

Koç Holding Koç Holding A.Ş. () is a Turkish multinational industrial conglomerate headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. It operates as the country's largest company, and the only to be listed on the Fortune Global 500 as of 2024. Koç Holding's contributio ...

Meir Amit Meir Amit (; 17 March 1921 – 17 July 2009) was an Israeli politician and cabinet minister. He served as the Chief Director and the head of global operations for Mossad from 1963 to 1968, before entering into politics and holding two ministerial ...

, MBA, Israeli Chief Director and the head of global operations for

Mossad The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (), popularly known as Mossad ( , ), is the national intelligence agency of the Israel, State of Israel. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with M ...

Mel Immergut Mel M. Immergut is an American lawyer who has been a partner with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy since 1980. From 1995 to 2013, he was the firm's chairman. In 2013, soon after he retired as its chairman, he received Milbank's John J. McCloy Me ...

, MBA, former chairman of international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy * Meyer Feldberg, MBA 1965, president of the

Illinois Institute of Technology The Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Illinois Tech and IIT, is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Tracing its history to 1890, the present name was adopted upon the m ...

and dean of Columbia Business School * Michael A. Peel, MBA 1983, former VP of Human Resources at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

* Michael Bellavia, MBA 1999, CEO of Animax Entertainment *

Michael Goodkin Michael Goodkin (August 12, 1942 - June 6, 2022) was a quantitative finance entrepreneur and author. Biography Goodkin was born in Chicago. He holds a BA from the University of Illinois, a JD from Northwestern University and an MBA from Columbia ...

, MBA 1968, Quantitative finance entrepreneur, founder of

Numerix Numerix is an American capital markets front-to-risk technology provider. It is headquartered in New York City with nineteen offices worldwide. The company develops analytics and software for Financial risk management, risk management, trading, Va ...

* Michael Gould, MBA 1968, chairman and CEO of

Bloomingdale's Bloomingdale's Inc. is an American luxury department store chain founded in 1861 by Joseph Bloomingdale and Lyman Bloomingdale. It was acquired by Federated Department Stores in 1930, which purchased the Macy's department store chain in 1994, ...

* Michael E. Hansen, MBA 1989, CEO of

Cengage Cengage Group is an American educational content, technology, and services company for higher education, K–12, professional, and library markets. It operates in more than 20 countries around the world.(June 27, 2014Global Publishing Leaders 2 ...

* Mike Fries, MBA, CEO, vice-chairman of

Liberty Global Liberty Global Ltd. is a British-Dutch-American multinational telecommunications company domiciled in Bermuda, with headquarters in London, Amsterdam and Denver. Its respective legal names are Liberty Global Holdings Limited (UK), Liberty Glo ...

* Mike Jeffries, MBA 1968, CEO of

Abercrombie and Fitch Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F) is an American lifestyle retailer, founded in 1892 which focuses on contemporary clothing targeting customers in their early 20's to mid 40's. Headquartered in New Albany, Ohio, the company operates four offshoot ...

Mitch Albom Mitchell David Albom (born May 23, 1958) is an American author, journalist, and musician. As of 2021, he has sold 40 million books worldwide. Having achieved national recognition for sports writing in his early career, he turned to writing inspi ...

, MBA 1983, author, journalist, screenwriter, '' Tuesdays with Morrie'', ''

The Five People You Meet in Heaven ''The Five People You Meet In Heaven'' is a 2003 novel by Mitch Albom. It follows the life and death of a ride mechanic named Eddie (inspired by Albom's uncle), who is killed in an amusement park accident and sent to heaven, where he encounters ...

'' * N. Robert Hammer, MBA, chairman and CEO of CommVault Systems * Nancy McKinstry, MB 1984, CEO and chairman of the executive board of

Wolters Kluwer Wolters Kluwer N.V. is a Dutch information services company. The company serves legal, business, tax, accounting, finance, audit, risk, compliance, and healthcare markets. Wolters Kluwer in its current form was founded in 1987 with a merger bet ...

Noor Pahlavi Reza Pahlavi (; born 31 October 1960) is the eldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran of the roughly 53-year old Pahlavi dynasty, and his third wife Farah Diba. He was officially named Pahlavi dynasty, Crown Prince of Pahla ...

, MBA 2020, model, socialite and princess to the former throne of Iran * Patrick Stokes, MBA 1966, former chairman and CEO of

Anheuser-Busch Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC ( ) is an American brewing company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Since 2008, it has been wholly owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (AB InBev), now the world's largest brewing company, which owns multiple ...

* Paul B. Kazarian, MBA 1981, founder, chairman, and CEO of Japonica Partners * Paul Calello, MBA 1987, chairman and CEO of

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 ...

's investment banking division * Paul Montrone, PhD 1996, chairman and CEO of

Fisher Scientific Fisher Scientific International, Inc. (NYSE: FSH) was a laboratory supply and biotechnology company that provided products and services to the global scientific research and clinical laboratory markets until its merger with Thermo Electron in 20 ...

Penny Chenery Helen Bates "Penny" Chenery (January 27, 1922 – September 16, 2017) (married names: Penny Tweedy until 1974 and later Penny Ringquist until 1980) was an American sportswoman who bred and owned Secretariat (horse), Secretariat, the 1973 winner o ...

, MBA, sportswoman who bred and raced

Secretariat Secretariat may refer to: * Secretariat (administrative office) * Secretariat (horse) Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989), also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse who was the ninth winn ...

, 1973 winner of the Triple Crown * Percy Uris, BS 1920, real estate developer and namesake of Uris Hall, the business school building of Columbia * Peter A. Cohen, MBA 1969, chairman and CEO of Shearson Lehman Brothers * Peter Woo, MBA 1972, chairman of

Wheelock & Co Wheelock and Company Limited is a Hong Kong–based financial real estate company. It was listed as No. 1249 on the Forbes 2000 list. The group's principal activities are property investment, property development, property management and age ...

and The Wharf Holdings Limited * Philip Geier, MBA 1958, former chairman and CEO of

Interpublic Group of Companies The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (IPG) is an American publicly traded advertising company. The company consists of five major networks: FCB, IPG Mediabrands, McCann Worldgroup, MullenLowe Group and Marketing Specialists, as well as seve ...

* Philip J. K. James, MBA 2005, founding CEO of Lot18 and Snooth * Philippe Jabre, MBA 1982, CEO of Jabre Capital Partners *

Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este Amedeo of Austria-Este (Habsburg-Lorraine) (Amedeo Marie Joseph Carl Pierre Philippe Paola Marcus d'Aviano; born 21 February 1986), Prince of Belgium, is a grandson of King Albert II of Belgium, and thus a member of the Belgian royal family. H ...

, MBA 2014, member of the

Belgian royal family The monarchy of Belgium is the constitutional and hereditary institution of the monarchical head of state of the Kingdom of Belgium. As a popular monarchy, the Belgian monarch uses the title king/queen of the Belgians and serves as the ...

* Rachel Jacobs, MBA 2002, CEO of ApprenNet killed in the

2015 Philadelphia train derailment On May 12, 2015, an Amtrak ''Northeast Regional'' train from Washington, D.C. bound for New York City derailed and wrecked on the Northeast Corridor near the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Of the 238 passengers and 5 crew ...

* Robert Agostinelli, MBA 1981, Italian-American founder of

Rhône Group Rhône Group is a global private equity firm with approximately $11 billion of assets under management, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and partnerships with particular focus on European and trans- ...

* Robert Amen, MBA 1973, chairman and CEO of International Flavors and Fragrances * Robert Bakish, MBA 1989, President and CEO of

Viacom Viacom, an abbreviation of Video and Audio Communications, may refer to: * Viacom (1952–2005), a former American media conglomerate * Viacom (2005–2019), a former company spun off from the original Viacom * Viacom18, a joint venture between Pa ...

Robert Daniel Robert Williams Daniel, Jr. (March 17, 1936 – February 4, 2012) was an American farmer, businessman, teacher, and politician from Virginia who served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican Party (United States), Re ...

, MBA, U.S. Congressman from

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

* Robert F. Smith, MBA 1994, founder of

Vista Equity Partners Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC is an American private equity firm that invests in software, data, and technology-enabled businesses. It is one of the largest private equity firms in the world, managing over $100 billion in assets. Vista Eq ...

, wealthiest African-American * Robert J. Stevens, MBA 1987, chairman and CEO of

Lockheed Martin The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American Arms industry, defense and aerospace manufacturer with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta on March 15, 1995. It is headquartered in North ...

* Robert K. Watson, MBA 2006, founder of

LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a Green building certification systems, green building certification program used worldwide. Developed by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), it includes a set of rating ...

* Robert R. Bennett, MBA 1982, CEO of Liberty Media Corporation * Robert Reffkin, MBA 2003, founder and CEO of Compass, Inc. * Rocco B. Commisso, MBA 1975, chairman and CEO of Mediacom * Rochelle Lazarus, MBA 1970, chairman and CEO of Ogilvy & Mather * Rohit Aggarwala, MBA 2000, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection * Ronald Grant (businessman), Ronald Grant, MBA 1993, former president and COO of AOL LLC * Roy Den Hollander, MBA 1997, lawyer and murder suspect * Russell Carson, MBA 1967, founder of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe * Sallie Krawcheck, MBA 1992, CEO and co-founder, Ellevest, former chairman and CEO Sanford Bernstein and CEO Citigroup Global Wealth Management * Sanford Greenberg, MBA 1966, chairman of Johns Hopkins University's Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Wilmer Eye Institute * Seungpil Yu, MBA 1971, PhD 1979, chairman and CEO of Yuyu Pharma (South Korea) * Shin Dong-bin (Akio Shigemitsu), MBA 1980, Korean-Japanese billionaire chairman of Lotte Group * Shirley Wang, MBA 1993, CEO of Plastpro, Inc., daughter-in-law of Wang Yung-ching * Sidney Taurel, MBA 1971, chairman and CEO of Eli Lilly and Company * Soren Thompson, MBA 2016, world champion and Olympic épée fencer"Class Notes,"
''Columbia College Today'', p. 74, Winter 2017-18. * Stephanie Korey, MBA, founder and CEO of Away (luggage) * Stephen Lash, MBA, chairman of Christie's North America * Thomas Sandell, MBA 1989, Swedish billionaire hedge fund manager * Timothy Kopra, MBA 2013, NASA astronaut * Todd Combs, MBA 2002,

manager, potential successor of Warren Buffett as CIO of Berkshire Hathaway * Tos Chirathivat, MBA 1988, CEO of Central Group * Tracey Chang, MBA 2011, China Central Television anchor; Miss New York USA in 2009 * Tshilidzi Marwala, AMP 2017, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg * Umayya Toukan, PhD 1987, Governor of the Central Bank of Jordan * Valerie Mars, MBA, billionaire heiress, daughter of Forrest Mars Jr. * Vikram Pandit, MBA 1980, PhD 1986, Indian-American CEO of Citigroup * Vincent Sardi Jr., BS 1937, owner of Sardi's Restaurant * Walter E. Hussman Jr., MBA 1970, CEO of WEHCO Media and publisher of the ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette'' * Warren Buffett, MS 1951, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway * Washington SyCip, MBA 1943, founder of the Asian Institute of Management and Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co. * Wolfgang Bernhard, MBA 1988, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG * Xavier Rolet, Xavier R. Rolet, MBA 1984, French former CEO of the London Stock Exchange * Yuzaburo Mogi, MBA 1961, Japanese chairman and CEO of Kikkoman

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