List of University of Missouri Alumni - Business

Business

• Ralph W. Babb (BS BA 1971, ΒΘΠ), Chairman and CEO, Comerica
• Mark E. Burkhart (BS BA 1976, ΣΠ), President and CEO, Colliers Turley Martin Tucker
• Morris Burger (BS 1961, ΑΓΣ), Chairman of Burgers' Smokehouse; Largest country cured ham producer in the world.
• Jack E. Bush (BS BA 1958, ΑΓΡ, ΑΚΨ) former president and director of Michaels; president of Raintree Partners
• Tom Carnahan (JD 1995), founder of Wind Capital Group developer of wind farms
• Harry M. Cornell, Jr. (BS BA 1950, ΒΘΠ), Chairman Emeritus, Leggett & Platt, Inc.
• Harvey P. Eisen (BS BA 1964, ZBT, QEBH, ΟΔΚ), Chairman of Bedford Oak Advisors
• James H. Faulkner, Alabama politician, newspaper publisher, and business leader
• Alan C. Greenberg (BS BA 1949, ZBT), Chairman, Bear Stearns Companies
• David S. Haffner (BS 1974, MBA 1980), President and CEO, Leggett & Platt, Inc
• Theodore W. Hellman (BS 1970, MBA 1971) (ΦΚΘ), former CEO of Procter & Gamble
• James E. Hill Jr. (BS 1999, MBA 2001), Director, Universal Music Group
• Harold S. Hook (BS BA 1953, ΒΘΠ, ΟΔΚ), former President, CEO, and Chairman, American General Insurance
• Edward D. "Ted" Jones (1947), managing partner of Edward Jones Investments
• R. Crosby Kemper (AB 1914, ΒΘΠ), former President and Chairman, United Missouri Bancshares
• R. Crosby Kemper, Jr. (AB 1949, ΒΘΠ), former President and Chairman, United Missouri Bancshares
• Oliver Winfield Killam (Law 1898), South Texas oil industrialist; former Oklahoma state legislator
• Richard Kinder (BA 1966. JD 1968, ΣN), Chairman and CEO, Kinder Morgan, and former President, Enron. With a net worth of $3.5 billion, Kinder is currently tied for #105 on the 2008 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans.
• E. Stanley Kroenke (BS BA 1971, MBA 1973), Chairman, THF Realty, owner, NBA's Denver Nuggets, NHL's Colorado Avalanche; co-owner NFL's St. Louis Rams, majority shareholder Arsenal FC. With a net worth of $3.5 billion, Kroenke is currently tied for #105 on the 2008 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans.
• David B. Kultgen (BA 1970), General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Saudi Aramco
• Kenneth Lay (BA 1964, MA 1965, ΒΘΠ, ΟΔΚ, ΦΒΚ), former CEO of Enron
• Harry J. Lloyd (BJ 1950, TKE), founder of House of Lloyd and the upscale Loch Lloyd village and country club near Kansas City
• Steve Lumpkin (BS BA 1977, ΦΔΘ), CFO & Treasurer, Applebee's International
• Mike McClaskey (MA 1987), CIO & Senior Vice President, DISH Network
• Bruce B. Melchert (1961, TKE), VP of government affairs, Clarion Health, and International Founder and past Executive Director of Tau Kappa Epsilon
• James C. Morton, Jr. (JD 1972), Senior VP Finance & Administration, Nissan North America
• David C. Novak (BJ 1974, ΔΥ), Chairman, CEO, and President, Yum! Brands, Inc.
• Gary L. Rainwater (BS EE 1969), CEO and President, Ameren
• Edward Rapp (BS BA 1979, ΑΚΨ), Group President and CFO, Caterpillar, Inc.
• Rodger O. Riney (BS CiE 1968, MBA 1969, XE), founder of Scottrade, deep-discount brokerage firm
• Matthew K. Rose (BS BA 1981, ΛΧΑ), Chairman, CEO, and President, Burlington Northern Santa Fe
• Roger Straus, (1917–2004), co-founder, chairman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York book publishing company.
• Brian C. Taylor (BS BA 1997), Founding member of The Circumference Group, former vice president of Alltel Wireless, Launched U Prepaid Wireless
• William S. Thompson, Jr. (BS CiE 1968, ΑΤΩ, ΟΔΚ, Mystical Seven), CEO and Managing Director of Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO)
• Roger M. Vasey (BS BA 1958, ΦΚΨ), former Executive Vice President of Merrill Lynch & Co.
• Samuel M. Walton (BA 1940, ΒΘΠ, QEBH), founder of Wal-Mart
• Phillip J. Yeckel (1933, ΒΘΠ), founder of Hidden Valley Ranch