Alumni
- Stephen P. Bishop (MBA) - Investment Banker, Southwest Securities - IDD Magazine Top 40 under * 40 in investment banking
- Betsy Boze (MBA) - CEO and Dean, Kent State University Stark Campus
- Ellen Castro (BBA ’73, MBA ’75)- author of Spirited Leadership…52 Ways to Build Trust on the Job
- Richard L. Clemmer (MBA)- CEO, Agere Systems
- Chris Cook (BBA ’91)- Sleep Experts
- David Dillon - CEO of Kroger
- Richard C. Green (BBA) - President and CEO, Aquila, Inc.
- Thomas W. Horton, MBA 1985, Chairman of AMR and American Airlines
- Clark Hunt - Chairman of the Board of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs and a founding investor-owner in Major League Soccer.
- Sharat Kaul (MBA) - Founder of Solar-Apps Energy Pvt. Ltd.
- Bill McNutt II - The Collin Street Bakery
- Blake Mycoskie - founder of TOMS Shoes
- Eckhard Pfeiffer (MBA) - former CEO of Compaq
- Edward B. Rust Jr. (MBA) - chairman of the board and chief executive officer of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Phil Wilson (MBA) - former Texas Secretary of State
- Gabriel Barbier-Mueller - Founder and CEO, Harwood International
- * Richard L. Clemmer, CEO, Agere Systems
- Charles Cullum - Co-founder and CEO, Tom Thumb
- Nancy M. Dedman. - Civic and Philanthropic Leader
- Robert H. Dedman, Jr. - President and CEO, ClubCorp Corporation
- Robert H. Dedman, Sr. - Founder and CEO, ClubCorp Corporation
- David B. Dillon - President and Chairman, The Kroger Co.
- Bob Dudley, BP executive in charge of Deepwater Horizon oil spill
- J. Lindsay Embrey - Chairman and CEO, First Continental Enterprises Inc., and Embrey Enterprises Inc.
- Mindy Tucker Fletcher - Senior Vice President of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, and National Press Secretary, George W. Bush Presidential bid
- Gerald J. Ford - Dallas-based billionaire
- Arthur George - Senior Vice President, Texas Instruments
- Aart J. de Geus - Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Synopsys
- Richard C. Green - President and CEO, Aquila, Inc.
- Art Greenhaw - Founder and Producer, Art Greenhaw Records, Grammy Award-Winning record label
- Cynthia H. Grossman - Chairwoman of the board of Grupo Continental
- Alan Haase - President and CEO, AGC Aerospace & Defense, Composites Group
- Frederick B. Hegi, Jr. - Founding Partner, Wingate Partners
- Donald Holmquest - CEO, California RHIO
- Clark Hunt - Chairman of the Board of the Kansas City Chiefs and a founding investor-owner in MLS
- Lamar Hunt - Founder of the American Football League and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs
- Helen LaKelly Hunt - Founder of The Sister Fund
- June Hunt - Founder of the Hope for the Heart Ministry
- Ray Lee Hunt - Chairman and CEO, Hunt Oil Company
- Jim Irsay - Owner of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League
- Jerry Junkins - Chairman and CEO, Texas Instruments
- Jack M. Kinnebrew - Executive Director, Communities Foundation of Texas
- William H. Lively - President and CEO, Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation
- Thomas E. Locke - Lubbock banker; graduatged from SMU's Southwestern Graduate School of Banking
- Thomas S. Lockyer - President and CEO, Environmental One Services, Atlanta, Georgia
- J. K. Loh - President and CEO, Dah An Commercial Bank, and former minister of finance, Republic of China
- Harold MacDowell - CEO, TDIndustries
- Clark J. Matthews - President and CEO, 7-Eleven
- John H. Matthews
- Bill McNutt - Businessman
- Joseph Medlin - DART Entities
- Robert E. Mellor - President and CEO, Building materials Holding corporation
- Branko Marinkovic - Civic Leader
- Robert Mosbacher, Jr. - Houston businessman, President, Mosbacher Energy Company, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
- Erle A. Nye - Chairman and CEO, TXU
- Martin W. "Bud" Pernoll - CEO, Bay Mutual Financial
- Eckhard Pfeiffer(MBA) - Chairman and CEO, Compaq
- Donald Powell - Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Timothy Puckorius - Senior VP of International Sales and Marketing, GeoEye
- George T. Reynolds - Founder and President, Reynolds Outdoor Advertising
- Robert Rowling - U.S. Billionaire #45 on Forbes 400
- Edward B. Rust, Jr.(MBA) - Chairman and CEO, State Farm Insurance
- John T. Sharpe - President and Chairman, Saxon Publishing Company
- Mark Shepherd - Chairman and CEO, Texas Instruments
- Jeffrey Skilling - Chairman and CEO of Enron
- Claire C. Skinner - Chairman and CEO, Coachmen Industries, Inc.
- Helmut Sohmen - M.C.L. '66 of Austria, President and CEO, the Y.K. Pao Group, Hong Kong
- Oliver C. Thomas (1914–2008), a decorated World War II prisoner of war and Lubbock businessman who served as president of the Texas Good Roads/Transportation Association, attended SMU but graduated from Texas Tech University.
- James C. Thompson - Chairman and CEO, Thompson Petroleum Corporation
- John Tyson (businessman) - Chairman, Tyson Foods and grandson of John W. Tyson, Founder of Tyson Foods
- Myra Nicol Williams - President and CEO, Molecular Applications Group
- William J. O'Neil - Founder of the business newspaper Investors Business Daily
- Ahmed Mohamed Zakaria - Founder and CEO of D-SOUQ.com, Ex-Treasurer of the Government of Dubai's Finance Department
- Martin L. Flanagan CFA, CPA President and Chief Executive Officer of Invesco Ltd. (USA)
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