Business and Economics
- John M. Harbert (1946); Billionaire businessman and founder of Harbert Corporation, philanthropist
- John W. Brown (1957); Billionaire businessman; Chairman and former CEO of Stryker Corporation
- Millard Fuller (1957); founder of Habitat for Humanity
- Samuel Ginn (1959); wireless communications pioneer and former chairman, Vodafone.
- Don Logan (1966); Former CEO of Time, Inc, and former Chairman of Time Warner Cable.
- Edwin "Mac" Crawford; former Chief Executive Officer of MedPartners and Caremark.
- Joe Forehand (1971); Chairman, Accenture
- Timothy D. Cook (1982); CEO, Apple Inc.
- Donald J. Boudreaux (1986); economist
- Jimmy Wales (1989); co-founder of Wikipedia
- Mark Thornton (1989 Ph.D.); economist
- Mark Spencer (1999); President and CEO, Digium. Creator of Asterisk PBX.
- Arthur L. Williams, Jr. (M.S.); Insurance executive former owner of Tampa Bay lightning
- Roger Gurnani (B.A. and M.S.); Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Verizon
- Charles D. McCrary (B.A. Mechanical Engineering); President and Chief Executive Officer of Alabama Power Company.
- Rob Maruster, COO, JetBlue
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