List of United States Military Academy Alumni - Businesspeople

Businesspeople

  • Henry A. du Pont, Class of 1861. President & general manager of Wilmington & Western Railroad (1879–1899).
  • Robert E. Wood, Class of 1900. Chairman and CEO of Sears, Roebuck (1939–1954). Responsible for shifting the company's focus from a mail-order catalog company to a department store retailer. Wood also started AllState Insurance as a subsidiary of Sears. During WWI, BG Wood served as the Quartermaster of the Army and also served as the chief quartermaster during the construction of the Panama Canal.
  • William T. Seawell, Class of 1941. Chairman & CEO Pan Am Airways (1971–1981).
  • Robert F. McDermott, Class of 1943. Former Chairman & CEO of United Services Automobile Association (USAA).
  • Rueben Pomerantz, Class of 1946. President of Holiday Inns of America (1969–1972).
  • John F. Donahue, Class of 1946. Founder and Chairman, Federated Investors ($400 Billion Dollar Asset Management Firm).
  • John G. Hayes, Class of 1949. President of Coca-Cola Bottling Company (1963).
  • Frank Borman, Class of 1950. President Eastern Airlines (1975–1986).
  • Walter F. Ulmer, Class of 1952. President and CEO of Center for Creative Leadership (1985–1994).
  • Randolph V. Araskog, Class of 1953. President, Chairman, CEO of ITT Communications.
  • Dana G. Mead, Class of 1957. Chairman and CEO of Tenneco (1994–1999), Chairman of MIT Corporation (since 2003).
  • Pete Dawkins, Class of 1959. Chairman and CEO of Primerica Financial Services, Vice-Chairman and EVP of Travelers Insurance, Vice Chairman of Bain and Company, Vice-Chairman of Citi Global Wealth Management, and currently Senior Partner at Flintlock Capital.
  • Fred Malek, Class of 1959. Founder and Chairman of Thayer Capital Partners, Chairman of Northwest Airlines.
  • Robert G. Morrison, Class of 1960. President and CEO of Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.
  • Frank J. Caufield, Co-Founder of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
  • Jim Kimsey, Class of 1962. Chairman and co-founder of AOL
  • Marshall Carter, Class of 1962. Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange (since 2005). Former Chairman and CEO of the State Street Bank and Trust Company.
  • Daniel W. Christman, Class of 1965. Superintendent of USMA from 1996 to 2001. Chairman of Ultralife Corporation, SVP of International Affairs for U.S. Chamber of Commerce (since 2003)
  • Ronald Naples, Class of 1967. Chief Accountability Officer for the State of Pennsylvania; Retired Chairman and CEO of Quaker Chemical Corporation.
  • Roland Smith, CEO of Wendy's and Arby's (since 2006)
  • William P. Foley, II, Class of 1967, Former CEO and current Chairman of Fidelity National Information Services
  • James A. Smith, Class of 1967, Former CFO of JLL
  • Marshall Larsen, Class of 1970. Chairman and CEO of Goodrich, Corporation (since 2003)
  • Bob McDonald, Class of 1975. CEO of Procter & Gamble
  • Ken Hicks, Class of 1974. President and CEO of Foot Locker and former President of JCPenney
  • William Albrecht, Class of 1974. President of Occidental Oil and Gas.
  • Vincent Viola, Class of 1977. Former Chairman of NYMEX (2001–2004), CEO of VirtuFinancial and owner and member of Chairman's Council of the New Jersey Nets.
  • Joe DePinto, Class of 1986. CEO of 7-Eleven Corp.
  • Alex Gorsky, Class of 1982. CEO of Johnson & Johnson
  • Anthony J. Guzzi, Class of 1986. President and CEO of EMCOR Group, Inc. The world's largest specialty construction, facilities services, energy infrastructure provider and a Fortune 500 Company.
  • Albert Dunlap, CEO of Scott Paper and Sunbeam.
  • Keith McLoughlin, President and CEO of Electrolux
  • Anthony Noto, Class of 1991. EVP and CFO for National Football League.
  • Brad Hunstable, Class of 2001. Founder and President of Ustream.TV.

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