List of Stanford GSB alumni

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This is a list of notable persons who are alumni of Stanford Graduate School of Business in California.^[1]

Alumni[edit]

Business[edit]

• Jon Abbott, President and CEO of WGBH Educational Foundation
• Stephen Adams, businessman and private equity investor
• Andrew Agwunobi, healthcare administrator and interim president of the University of Connecticut
• Javed Ahmed, Pakistani American businessman
• Herbert M. Allison, businessman, former President and CEO of Fannie Mae
• Mukesh Ambani, Billionaire Indian Businessman Chairman of Reliance industries
• Phil Knight, Billionaire Founder and Chairman of Nike
• Steve Ballmer, Billionaire former CEO of Microsoft, owner of Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA)
• Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO of General Motors
• Robert Bass, billionaire businessman
• Sid Bass, investor and billionaire
• Riley P. Bechtel, former Chairman of the Bechtel Corporation
• Stephen Bechtel Jr., billionaire co-owner of the Bechtel Corporation
• David Beisel, venture capitalist
• Jeffrey Bewkes, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner
• Roelof Botha, venture capitalist, Sequoia Capital global head
• Orlando Bravo, billionaire co-founder and managing partner of private equity firm Thoma Bravo
• Carlos Brito, CEO of Anheuser-Busch InBev
• Bill Browder, American-born British financier
• John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley, British businessman
• Brook Byers, senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
• Tim Cadogan, CEO of GoFundMe, co-founder and former CEO of OpenX
• Yvon Chouinard, environmentalist and founder of Patagonia
• Bud Colligan, American entrepreneur
• James C. Collins, American business consultant, author, and lecturer
• Joe Coulombe, American entrepreneur
• James Coulter, billionaire co-founder of private equity firm TPG Capital
• Sir Howard Davies, Chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland and the former Director of the London School of Economics
• John Donahoe, American businessman and CEO of Nike, former president of ServiceNow and former CEO of Bain and Company and eBay
• Andy Dunn, American entrepreneur and CEO of Bonobos Inc.
• Richard Fairbank, American billionaire businessman and founder of Capital One
• Thomas J. Falk, CEO of Kimberly-Clark
• Anna Fang, venture capitalist, CEO of ZhenFund
• José Feliciano, co-founder and managing partner of Clearlake Capital^[2]
• Robert J. Fisher, American businessman
• Pete Flint, British entrepreneur
• Sarah Friar, CEO of Nextdoor and former CFO of Block (formerly Square)
• Marcos Galperin, billionaire Argentine businessman and co-founder of MercadoLibre, Inc.
• Dana Gioia, American poet and writer
• Seth Godin, American author and former dot com business executive
• Robert E. Grady, American venture capitalist and private equity investor
• Wyc Grousbeck, American businessman and owner of the Boston Celtics
• Rene Haas, American tech industry executive, CEO of Arm Ltd.
• Ole Andreas Halvorsen, billionaire Norwegian-born investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist
• Richard B. Handler, American businessman and CEO of Jeffries Group
• Tom Hayhoe, British healthcare figure
• Nathan Hubbard, American businessman and music executive
• Jessica Jackley, American entrepreneur and co-founder of Kiva
• Kenneth M. Jacobs, chairman and chief executive officer of Lazard
• Jeff Jordan, American venture capitalist at Andreessen Horowitz
• Jim Jorgensen, American entrepreneur
• Lynn Jurich, American businessperson and CEO of Sunrun
• Vinod Khosla, billionaire Indian American engineer and businessman
• Darren Kimura, American businessperson and inventor of Micro-Concentrating Solar
• Omid Kordestani, Iranian-born American businessman
• David Korten, American author and political activist
• Richard Kovacevich, American businessperson and former CEO of Wells Fargo & Company
• Gary Kremen, American entrepreneur and inventor of online dating
• Tom Linebarger, CEO of Cummins
• Edmund Wattis Littlefield, American businessman and philanthropist
• Stephen J. Luczo Executive Chairman of Seagate
• Mathew Martoma (born 1974 as Ajai Mathew Mariamdani Thomas), hedge fund portfolio manager, convicted of insider trading
• Sir Deryck Maughan, British businessman and philanthropist
• John B. McCoy, businessman
• Henry A. McKinnell, business executive and former CEO of Pfizer Inc.
• Scott McNealy, businessman and co-founder of Sun Microsystems
• Alex Michel, businessman and first star of The Bachelor
• Steve Miller, American businessman and chairman at AIG
• Hamid Moghadam, American businessman
• John Morgridge, American businessman
• Mariam Naficy, American entrepreneur and founder of Minted
• Jacqueline Novogratz, American entrepreneur and author
• Tom Peters, American writer on business management practices
• Donald Petersen, American businessman at Ford Motor Company
• David Pitt-Watson, Scottish author and businessperson
• Ken Powell, American businessman and CEO of General Mills
• Laurene Powell Jobs, billionaire widow of Apple, Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs
• Frank Quattrone, billionaire investment banker, founder of Qatalyst Partners
• Michele Raffin, American aviculturist
• Richard Rainwater, billionaire American investor and fund manager
• Charles R. Schwab, billionaire American investor and founder of the Charles Schwab Corporation
• Mayo A. Shattuck III, American businessman
• David Siminoff, American investor
• Ellen Siminoff, American investor
• Jeffrey Skoll, billionaire Canadian engineer, internet entrepreneur and film producer
• Steven Smith, American astronaut
• Thomas O. Staggs, former COO of the Walt Disney Company
• Tom Steyer, American billionaire hedge fund manager
• David Sze, entrepreneur, investor, and managing partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners
• Alan Tripp, American entrepreneur
• Kevin Tsujihara, American businessman and former chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Entertainment
• Miles D. White, American entrepreneur
• Sam Yagan, American entrepreneur and co-founder of OkCupid
• Lee Hsien Yang, Singaporean business executive
• Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman
• Tristan Walker, American entrepreneur
• Nisa Leung, Venture Capitalist

Government[edit]

• Anthony Gonzalez, American football wide receiver and member of Congress
• John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States of America
• Jim Kolbe, American politician and member of Congress
• Nara Lokesh, Indian politician
• Woody Myers, Indiana state health commissioner^[3]
• Penny Pritzker, American billionaire businesswoman and United States Secretary of Commerce (2013–2017)
• Lim Swee Say, Singaporean politician
• Jyotiraditya Scindia, Indian politician, titular maharaja of Gwalior State
• Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2022–2024)
• Steve Westly, American venture capitalist and California State Controller (2003–2007)
• Dennis Yao, former member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• Hidehiko Yuzaki, Japanese politician

Military[edit]

• Paul Bucha, American war veteran
• Antonio Buehler, American war veteran and activist for the right to film the police

Science, Technology and Medicine[edit]

• Bruce Y. Lee, physician, public health informatician, medical academic and journalist

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• gsb.stanford.edu/alumni