List of Northwestern University Alumni - Business

Business

  • Arthur E. Andersen (B.B.A. 1917), founder of Arthur Andersen LLP
  • James L. Allen (B.S. 1929), founder of Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Edwin G. Booz (B.S. 1914), founder of Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Lisa Caputo (M.S. 1987), Chairman and CEO, Citigroup Women and Company
  • Sue Castorino (B.S. 1975), founder and President of The Speaking Specialists
  • Nicholas Chabraja (B.A. 1964), Chairman and CEO, General Dynamics
  • Douglas Conant (B.A. 1973, MBA 1975), President and CEO, Campbell Soup Company
  • Bill Cook (B.S. 1953), Billionaire founder and owner of the Cook Group
  • D. Cameron Findlay (B.A. 1982), Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Aon Corporation
  • Christopher Galvin (B.A. 1973), former Chairman and CEO of Motorola
  • Elbert Henry Gary (J.D. 1868), co-founder of the United States Steel Corporation
  • Hugh Hefner (attended for semester of graduate sociology courses), founder of Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
  • David Ing (M.B.A. 1982), marketing scientist and senior consultant
  • John H. Johnson (attended, never graduated), founder of the Johnson Publishing Company (Ebony and Jet magazines)
  • Andrew Mason (B.Mus. 2003), Founder and CEO, Groupon
  • Blythe McGarvie, director of Accenture, Viacom, and the Pepsi Bottling Group
  • John Meriwether (B.S. 1969), founder of Long-Term Capital Management
  • Divya Narendra (J.D./M.B.A. 2012), co-founder of ConnectU
  • William A. Osborn (B.A. 1969), Chairman and CEO, Northern Trust Corporation
  • Peter George Peterson (B.S. 1947), former Chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers; co-founder of the Blackstone Group
  • Christine Poon (B.A. 1973), Vice Chairman and Worldwide Chairman of Medicines & Nutritionals, Johnson & Johnson
  • Pat Ryan (B.A. 1959), founder and Executive Chairman of Aon Corporation
  • Paul Sagan (B.S. 1981), President and CEO, Akamai Technologies
  • Faiza Seth (B.A. 2000), CEO of Casa Forma, Ltd.
  • Judith A. Sprieser (B.A. 1974, M.B.A. 1977), former CFO and EVP of Sara Lee, non-exec director of Allstate Corporation, USG Corporation, Intercontinental Exchange, Royal Ahold, Reckit Benckiser, Adecco.
  • Alfred Steele (B.A. 1923), former CEO of Pepsi-Cola
  • Robert Wayman (B.S. 1967), former CFO and EVP, Hewlett-Packard
  • Brian Engel (M.B.A. 1975), former Public Affairs Executive and Marketing Strategist, Continental Resources

For notable M.B.A. alumni, also see the Kellogg School of Management

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