List of University of Chicago Alumni - Business

Business

See also: List of University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni
  • Robert V. Adams (M.B.A. 1961) - Former Executive Vice President of Xerox Corporation.
  • Andrew M. Alper (A.B. 1980, M.B.A., 1981) - President of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, youngest Goldman Sachs partner in company history, University trustee.
  • Basil Lawson Anderson (M.B.A. 1971) - Vice Chairman of Staples.
  • Steve Barnhart (A.B. 1984, M.B.A. 1988) - CEO and President, Orbitz Worldwide.
  • David G. Booth (M.B.A. 1971) Philanthropist, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors
  • Chey Tae-won (S.M.), Chairman and CEO of SK Group
  • Norton Clapp (Ph.B. 1928, J.D. 1929) - An original owner of Space Needle; University trustee.
  • L. Gordon Crovitz (A.B. 1980) - Publisher of the Wall Street Journal.
  • Casey Cowell (A.B. 1975) - Co-founder of U.S. Robotics; Chairman and President of Durandal Inc.; University trustee.
  • Daniel Doctoroff (J.D. 1984) - President of Bloomberg L.P.; former Deputy Mayor of New York City under Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
  • Brady Dougan (A.B. 1981, M.B.A., 1982) - CEO of Credit Suisse First Boston; CEO-elect of Credit Suisse Group in Zurich (beginning May 2007); youngest CEO on Wall Street (2004).
  • David W. Fox (M.B.A., 1958) - Former Chairman of the Chicago Stock Exchange; former Chairman and CEO of Northern Trust Corporation.
  • Gerald Gidwitz (Ph.B. 1927) - Cofounder of Helene Curtis Industries, Inc..
  • Scott Griffith (M.B.A. 1990) - CEO of Zipcar (2003–present).
  • Daniel S. Hamermesh (B.A. 1969) - Professor in the Foundations of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin, Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and Research Associate and Program Director at the Institute for the Future of Labor (IZA).
  • Timothy E. Hoeksema (M.B.A. 1977) - founder of Midwest Airlines.
  • Mark Hoplamazian (M.B.A. 1989) - CEO, Global Hyatt Corporation (2006–present).
  • Porter Jarvis (M.B.A. 1932) - President, then Chairman of Swift & Co., 1955-1967.
  • John H. Johnson (X. 1942) - Founder of Johnson Publishing Company, publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines.
  • Karen Katen (A.B. 1970, M.B.A. 1974) - President of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group; University trustee.
  • Dennis Keller (M.B.A. 1968) - Chairman and CEO of DeVry, Inc.; University trustee.
  • James M. Kilts (M.B.A. 1974) - Chairman, President, and CEO of Gillette Company.
  • Michael Klingensmith (A.B. 1975, M.B.A. 1976) - Executive Vice President of Time, Inc.; University trustee.
  • Sherry Lansing (Lab 1962) - Chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures.
  • Michael Larson (businessman) (M.B.A. 1981) - Chief Investment officer of Cascade Investment, the investment vehicle for Bill Gates and his foundation.
  • Joe Mansueto (A.B. 1978, M.B.A. 1980) - Chairman and CEO of Morningstar, Inc..
  • John Meriwether (M.B.A. 1973) - CEO and Principal of JWM Partners; former CEO of Long Term Capital Management.
  • Joseph Neubauer (M.B.A. 1965) - Chairman and CEO of Aramark.
  • John Opel (M.B.A. 1949) - President of IBM (1974–1983); CEO of IBM (1981–1985); Chairman of IBM (1983–1986).
  • Philip J. Purcell (M.B.A. 1967) - Former chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.
  • Thomas S. Ricketts (A.B. 1988, M.B.A. 1993) - CEO of Incapital LLC; Director of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation; Chairman of the Chicago Cubs
  • David Rockefeller (Ph.D. 1940) - Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank (1969–81); former trustee of the University of Chicago.
  • John W. Rogers, Jr. (Lab 1976) - Chairman and CEO of Ariel Capital Management; University trustee.
  • David Rubenstein (J.D. 1973) - Co-founder of The Carlyle Group
  • Nassef Sawiris (A.B. 1982) - CEO of Orascom Construction Industries (OCI).
  • Patrick Spain (A.B. 1974) - Founder of Hoover's and HighBeam Research
  • Robert Steel (M.B.A. 1984) - CEO of Wachovia Bank (2008–present); former Vice-Chairman of Goldman Sachs; former Under Secretary for Domestic Finance within the United States Department of the Treasury.
  • Frederick D. "Sandy" Sulcer, (M.B.A. 1963) -- advertising, wrote Put a Tiger In Your Tank for ExxonMobil
  • Marion A. Trozzolo (PhB 1947, M.B.A. 1950) - First United States manufacturer to apply teflon to cookware.
  • Dean Valentine (A.B. 1976) - Former President of Walt Disney Television and UPN.
  • John S. Watson (M.B.A. 1980) - Chairman and CEO of Chevron Corporation
  • B. Kenneth West (M.B.A. 1960) - Former Chairman and CEO of Harris Bank; Senior Consultant for TIAA-CREF.
  • Clifford R. Wharton, Jr. (Ph.D. 1958) - Chairman and CEO of TIAA CREF (1987–1993); President of Michigan State University (1970–1978); Chancellor of the State University of New York System (1978–1987); Deputy Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton (1993).

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