List of Columbia Law School Alumni - Business and Philanthropy

Business and Philanthropy

• Dan Abrams (1992), general manager of MSNBC; formerly chief legal correspondent for NBC News and host of The Abrams Report
• William Waldorf Astor (1875), Anglo-American financier, son of John Jacob Astor, US Minister to Italy (1881–1885)
• Mark Attanasio (1982), investment banker and owner of the Milwaukee Brewers (since 2004, incumbent as of 2011)
• Roland W. Betts (1978), investor, film producer, lead owner in George W. Bush's Texas Rangers partnership (1989–1998), and developer and owner of Chelsea Piers (1989–)
• Douglas Black (1918), president of Doubleday (1946–63)
• Frank Blake (1976), CEO of Home Depot (2007–)
• Alan N. Cohen (1954), chairman, CEO, Madison Square Garden Corp. (1974–77); former principal owner, New Jersey Nets, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, New York Rangers
• J. Barkclay Collins II (1969), general counsel for Hess Corporation (1984–present)
• Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, President and CEO of Ferrari
• Philippe Dauman (1978), president and CEO of Viacom, parent company of Paramount Pictures and MTV Networks
• Bruce Davis, CEO, chairman, Digimarc; formerly, head of Imagic and Activision; known for his role in development of video game industry
• Lynn Forester de Rothschild, CEO of E L Rothschild (2002-)
• Henry Clay Folger (1881), president of the Standard Oil Company (1911–1923) and founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library
• Ted Forstmann (1965), co-founder of Forstmann Little & Company, chairman and CEO of Gulfstream Aerospace (1990–1999), and member of Forbes 400 (1998–2003)
• George Griswold Frelinghuysen (1872), president of P. Ballantine & Sons Company
• Stephen Friedman (1962), chairman of Goldman Sachs (1990–1994), director of the National Economic Council (2002–2005)
• Charles Patrick Garcia, president of Sterling Hispanic Markets Capital Group; White House Fellow, Chairman of the Board of Visitors of the United States Air Force Academy
• Daniel Hunt Gilman (1877), attorney and railroad builder
• Jerome L. Greene (1928), real estate investor and namesake of Columbia's main building, Jerome L. Greene Hall
• Edward S. Harkness (1928)³, Standard Oil Company heir, donated funds used to construct Butler Library at Columbia and most of the undergraduate dormitories at Yale and Harvard, as well as to Phillips Exeter Academy
• David W. Heleniak (1974), vice-chairman of Morgan Stanley
• Morton L. Janklow (1953), literary agent to Sidney Sheldon, Pope John Paul II, Danielle Steele, Ronald Reagan, and J.K. Rowling
• Michael Karlan (1992), founder of the nation's largest social and networking group, Professionals in the City
• Jerome Kohlberg, Jr. (1950), co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, member of the Forbes 400.
• Orin Kramer (1970), chair of the New Jersey Pension Fund
• James T. Lee (1899), prolific Manhattan real estate developer/magnate; grandfather of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
• H. F. Lenfest (1958), media proprietor and member of Forbes 400 (from 1999)
• Randy Lerner (1987), Chairman and CEO of MBNA (2002–05); owner, Cleveland Browns (2002-) and Aston Villa Football Club (2006–); member of Forbes 400 (since 2002))
• Russell E. Train (1948), founding trustee, CEO, president, and chairman of the World Wildlife Fund
• Michael Lynne (1964), president (1990–2001), co-CEO and co-chairman (since 2001, incumbent as of 2006) of New Line Cinema
• Douglas H. McCorkindale (1964), CEO (since 2000, incumbent as of 2006) and chairman (since 2001, incumbent as of 2006) of Gannett
• Mark J. Penn, worldwide CEO, public relations firm Burson-Marsteller; president, polling firm Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates
• Freeman Ransom, general manager of Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company and civic leader
• Rip Rapson, president and CEO of The Kresge Foundation
• Bruce Ratner (1970), founder (1985), president, and CEO of Forest City Ratner; principal owner of the New Jersey Nets
• Lawrence R. Riccardi (1965), general counsel of IBM (1995–2002)
• Isaac Rice (1880), founded the Electric Boat Company, renamed itself the General Dynamics Corporation in 1952
• Tom Rogers, president and CEO Tivo; former Chairman and CEO of Primedia Inc.
• Thomas Rothman (1980), co-chair of Fox Filmed Entertainment
• Herb Sandler, founder of Golden West Financial (1963), philanthropist, member of Forbes 400 (from 2003)
• Moose Scheib, founder, CEO, and Chairman of LoanMod.com
• Robert B. Shapiro (1962), CEO of Monsanto Company
• Robert Shaye (1964), founder, chairman/co-chairman and CEO/co-CEO of New Line Cinema (since 1967, incumbent as of 2006)
• Sid Sheinberg, president and COO of MCA
• James Sherwin (B.A. and J.D.), corporate executive and International Master in chess
• Richard D. Simmons, president of the Washington Post Co. (1981–1991)
• David Stern (1966), commissioner of the National Basketball Association (since 1984, incumbent as of 2006)
• Audrey Strauss (1982), chief legal officer Alcoa
• Todd Stitzer (1978), CEO Cadbury plc (incumbent as of 2009)
• Franklin A. Thomas (1963), president of the Ford Foundation (1979–1996)
• Armando J. Tirado (two LL.M.s), Executive Vice-President and General Counsel for O3b Networks, Ltd.
• S. Robson Walton (1969), chairman of Wal-mart (1992, incumbent as of 2006) and member of the Forbes 400 (since 1992)
• Mark Weldon (1997), CEO of New Zealand Stock Exchange (2002–2012)
• H. Donald Wilson, database pioneer and entrepreneur, first president and one of the principal creators of Lexis and Nexis