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Stanford MBA Program

Prominent Alumni

When it comes to alumni achievements, we expect the unexpected. Time and again we've seen graduates use their Stanford MBA education as a springboard to goals that they may never have imagined prior to arriving here.

 


Herbert M. Allison
MBA Class of 1971
Chairman, President, & CEO

TIAA-CREF


Katherine August-deWilde
MBA Class of 1975
President & COO

First Republic Bank


Steve Ballmer
MBA Class of 1981
CEO

Microsoft


Robert M. Bass
MBA Class of 1974
President

Keystone Group, LP


Riley P. Bechtel
JD/MBA Class of 1977
Chairman & CEO

Bechtel Group, Inc.


Jeffrey L. Bewkes
MBA Class of 1977
President & CEO

Time Warner, Inc.


Carlos Brito
MBA Class of 1989
CEO

InBev


Louise H. Bryson
MBA Class of 1979
President, Distribution & Affiliate Business Development

Lifetime Entertainment Networks


Brook H. Byers
MBA Class of 1970
General Partner

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers


Johnson M. Cha
MBA Class of 1976
Managing Director

The Mingly Corp


Deborah A. Coleman
MBA Class of 1978
Managing Partner

SmartForest Ventures LLC


Chip Conley
MBA Class of 1984
Founder & CEO

Joie de Vivre


James G. Coulter
MBA Class of 1986
Founding Partner

TPG, Inc.


Albert J. DiUlio

MBA Class of 1983
President

Los Angeles Archdiocese Catholic Schools


John J. Donahoe
MBA Class of 1986
CEO

eBay


Steve Ellis
MBA Class of 1990
Worldwide Managing Director

Bain & Company


Richard D. Fairbank
MBA Class of 1981
Chairman & CEO

Capital One Financial Corporation


Robert J. Fisher
MBA Class of 1980
Chairman

Gap, Inc.


Sakie T. Fukushima
MBA Class of 1987
Managing Director

Korn/Ferry International


Jean-Pierre Garnier
MBA Class of 1974
CEO

GlaxoSmithKline


Ronald E. Goldsberry
MBA Class of 1973
former Chairman

OnStation Corporation


Sandra J. Horbach
MBA Class of 1987
Managing Director, Global Partner and Head of Consumer/ Retail

The Carlyle Group


Jae H. Hyun
MBA Class of 1981
Chairman

Tong Yang Group


Philip H. Knight
MBA Class of 1962
Chairman

NIKE, Inc.


Omid R. Kordestani
MBA Class of 1991
Senior VP, Global Sales & Business Development

Google, Inc.

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Alex Kummant
MBA Class of 1990
President & CEO

Amtrak


Howard Leach
MBA Class of 1954
Former U.S. Ambassador to France

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David S. Levin
MBA Class of 1987
Group Chief Executive

United Business Media PLC

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Richard L. Leza, Sr.

MBA Class of 1978
Chairman & CEO

AI Research Corp


Ann M. Livermore
MBA Class of 1982
Executive VP

Hewlett-Packard


Robert L. Lumpkins
MBA Class of 1968
former Vice Chairman

Cargill, Inc.


Henry A. McKinnell
MBA Class of 1967
Chairman & CEO (retired)

Pfizer, Inc.


Scott G. McNealy
MBA Class of 1980
Chairman

Sun Microsystems


Candace Sheffield Matthews
MBA Class of 1985
President

Softsheen-Carson Division of L'Oréal


John P. Morgridge
MBA Class of 1957
Chairman Emeritus

Cisco Systems


Catherine S. Muther
MBA Class of 1978
Founder & President

Three Guineas Fund


Cherrie Nanninga
MBA Class of 1976
COO

CB Richard Ellis, Inc.


Jacqueline Novogratz
MBA Class of 1991
Founder & CEO

Acumen Fund


Mads Øvlisen
MBA Class of 1972
Chairman

LEGO


Tom J. Peters
MBA Class of 1972
Founder & Principal

The Tom Peters Group

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Kendall J. Powell
MBA Class of 1979
CEO

General Mills


Penny Pritzker
JD/MBA Class of 1984
CEO
Pritzker Realty Group

Founder & Chairman, Classic Residence by Hyatt


Richard E. Rainwater
MBA Class of 1968
President

Rainwater, Inc.


Nancy R. Sasser
MBA Class of 1976
Former President

National Arts Stabilization


Charles R. Schwab
MBA Class of 1961
Founder, Chairman & CEO

Charles Schwab


Jyotiraditya Scindia
MBA Class of 2001
Elected Representative

Indian Parliament


Robert G. Scott
MBA Class of 1970
Advisory Director,
former President & COO

Morgan Stanley


Pratap B. Shirke
MBA Class of 1973
Chairman

Pan Gulf Group Ltd.


Jeffrey S. Skoll
MBA Class of 1995
Founding President
eBay

Founder & Chairman
Participant Productions


Kim Smith
MBA Class of 1998
Co-Founder & Senior Advisor

New Schools Venture Fund

Liz Smith
Liz Smith
MBA Class of 1990
President

Avon Products


Steven L. Smith
MBA Class of 1987
Astronaut Mission Specialist

NASA


Carl W. Stern
MBA Class of 1974
Chairman

The Boston Consulting Group


Elon Ting
MBA Class of 1964
Chairman & CEO

Trust International Paper Corporation


Martin Urrutia
MBA Class of 1986
President & Vice Chairman

Santiago Textil S.A. de C.V.


Miles White
MBA Class of 1980
Chairman & CEO

Abbott Laboratories


Lorenzo H. Zambrano
MBA Class of 1968
Chairman & CEO

Cemex S.A. de C.V.