List of University of Michigan business alumni
The parent article is at List of University of Michigan alumni .
This is a list of business alumni from the University of Michigan .
Founders
19th century
20th century
Frank Acosta , co-founder of Manhattan Milk , a grocery delivery service
Ralph Bahna (BA 1964), founder of Club Quarters ; CEO of Cunard Line (1980–1989); chairman of Priceline.com (2004–2013)[ 1]
Steve Blank (MDNG), founder and/or part of eight Silicon Valley startups
Henry W. Bloch (BS 1944), co-founder and former president of H&R Block Inc.[ 2]
David Bohnett (BUS: MBA 1980), founder and CEO of GeoCities
Louis Borders (BA 1969), co-founded Borders with brother Tom (MA 1966); founder of Webvan
Lee Boysel (BSE EE 1962, MSE EE 1963), founder, president, CEO and chairman of Four-Phase Systems
Leo Burnett (BA 1914), founder of Leo Burnett Company in 1935[ 3]
Jason DeYonker , founder and Managing Partner of Forté Capital Advisors , a private equity firm; board member of Academi
Utpal Dholakia (Ph.D. 1998), founder of Empyrean Insights , a marketing insights consultancy
Dean Drako (COE), founder, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks [ 4]
Nneka Egbujiobi , founder of Hello Africa
Robert Beverley Evans , founder of Evans Industries ; chairman of American Motors Corporation [ 5]
Edgar N. Gott , co-founder and first president of The Boeing Company ; executive at Consolidated Aircraft [ 6]
Jacques Habra , founder of WebElite
Gerrard Wendell "(G.W.)" Haworth (COE: MA), founder and chairman of Haworth, Inc.
Andrew Heiberger , founder, owner, and CEO of Buttonwood Development and Town Residential
Bill Joy (COE: BSE CompE 1975, 2004 D.Eng. (Hon.)), co-founder of Sun Microsystems
Elle Kaplan (BA), founder and CEO of LexION Capital Management
Larry Paul Kelley , founder of Shelby Gem Factory
John Koza (MA Mathematics 1966; BA 1964, MS 1966, Ph.D. 1972 Computer Science), venture capitalist ; co-founder of Scientific Games Corporation , where he co-invented the scratch-off instant lottery ticket
Warren Lieberfarb (BUS), founder and chairman of Warren N. Lieberfarb & Associates, LLC. ; serves on the board of directors of Hughes Telematics, Inc. ; board member of Sirius Satellite Radio and thePlatform
Adam Lilling (BUS), founder of Pentagon CDs and Tapes , Launchpad LA , and Plus Capital
Charles Edward Merrill (attended Law School from 1906 to 1907 but did not graduate), co-founder of Merrill Lynch [ 7]
Jay Randolph Monroe III (LL.B. 1906), founder of the Monroe Calculating Machine Company in 1912
Ilhan New , founder of La Choy Food Products, Inc. and Yuhan Co, Ltd. [ 8]
Kevin O'Connor (COE: BSE EE 1983), co-founder and CEO of DoubleClick Inc. [ 9]
Eugene Power (BA 1927, MBA '30, HSCD '71), founder of University Microfilms [ 10]
Steve Richardson (BUS: MBA), founder of Stave Puzzles
Paul Saginaw (’76, HLLD’15), founder of Zingerman's
Tige Savage (BUS: MBA 1998), co-founder and managing partner of Revolution LLC
James R. Scapa (BUS: MBA), founder, CEO and chairman of Altair Engineering [ 11]
Scott Seligman , the founder of the Sterling Bank and Trust , and minority owner of the San Francisco Giants major league baseball team
Robert Shaye , founder of New Line Cinema
Lauren Weiner ('95), founder and former CEO of WWC Global , a federal consulting firm
Ari Weinzweig (’78, HLLD’15), founder of Zingerman's
Ronald Weiser , founder of McKinley Associates Inc. , a real estate company based in Ann Arbor
Jerry White (BUS: MBA 2005), co-founder and executive director of the Landmine Survivors Network (LSN)
Gary Wiren (MSc), founder of Golf Around the World and inventor of the Impact Bag
Billionaire entrepreneurs
J. Robert Beyster (COE: BSE, MS, Ph.D.), founder, chairman, president, and CEO of Science Applications International Corporation [ 12]
Bharat Desai (BUS: MBA 1981), co-founder, president, and CEO of Syntel, Inc.
Stanley Druckenmiller (MDNG: Ph.D., co-founded Duquesne Capital [ 13]
Henry Engelhardt (B.A.), founder and Chief Executive of Admiral Group , a British motor insurance company; billionaire[ 14]
Brad Keywell (BUS: BBA 1991; LAW: JD 1993), co-founder and principal of Groupon [ 15]
Eric Paul Lefkofsky (BA, J.D. 1993), founder of Tempus AI , and the co-founder of Groupon , Echo Global Logistics , InnerWorkings , and Mediaocean [ 16]
Tom S. Monaghan (MDNG), founder and former owner of Domino's Pizza [ 17]
Larry Page (COE: BSE 1995), co-founder of Google [ 18]
Stephen M. Ross (BUS: BBA 1962), the founder and chairman of Related Companies, L.P. , a global real estate development firm.[ 19]
Homer Stryker (MED: M.D. 1925; D. 1980), the founder of Stryker Corporation [ 20]
A. Alfred Taubman (MDNG: HLLD 1948), founder of the Taubman Company ; his cumulative lifetime donations total roughly $141 million, making him the second largest donor in the university's history[ 21]
Preston Robert Tisch (A.B. 1948), co-founder and chairman of the Loews Corporation ; former owner of 50% of the New York Giants [ 22]
Bruce Wasserstein (AB 1967), CEO of Lazard Freres , founder of Wasserstein Perella & Co. [ 23]
Boaz Weinstein (BA 1995), founder of Saba Capital Management [ 24]
Ralph Wilson (LAW), founder and owner of the Buffalo Bills
Sam Wyly (BUS: MBA 1957), founder of University Computing Company , Earth Resources Company , Sterling Software , Maverick Capital , Ranger Capital , and WylyBooks Company
Samuel Zell (LAW: AB 1963, JD 1966), founder of EQ Office ; former chairman of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts [ 25]
Niklas Zennström (MDNG), founder of Skype , an internet telephony company[ 26]
Heirs and heiresses
Kenneth B. Dart (COE: BSE 1976), heir to Dart Container Corporation ; son of the founder William A. Dart; billionaire
Christopher Ilitch (BUS: BBA 1987), heir to Ilitch Holdings, Inc. ; son of the founder Mike Ilitch ; billionaire[ 27]
Denise Ilitch (BA 1977), heiress to Ilitch Family Companies; president of Ilitch Enterprises, LLC; daughter of Mike Ilitch
Josiah K. Lilly Jr. , heir to Eli Lilly and Company ; grandson of the founder Eli Lilly
Doug Meijer (BS), one of the heirs to Meijer ; son of the founder Frederik Meijer ; billionaire[ 28]
Hank Meijer (BA Literature 1973), one of the heirs to Meijer ; oldest son of the founder Frederik Meijer ; billionaire[ 29]
John Gideon Searle , former vice president and general manager of G. D. Searle & Company ; grandson of the founder Gideon Daniel Searle
Amy Rose Silverman (B.S.), member of the Rose family; co-president of Rose Associates [ 30]
Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr. (PHC 1928, HMS 1951, HLHD 1992), heir to Walgreens ; son of the founder Charles Rudolph Walgreen [ 31]
Executives
Billionaire executives
William Davidson (BUS: BBA 1947), president, chairman and CEO of Guardian Industries [ 32]
Bobby Kotick , president and CEO of Activision Blizzard [ 33]
Martin Lau , president of Tencent [ 34]
Charlie Munger (MDNG), Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway ; name partner at Munger Tolles & Olson [ 35]
Ronald L. Olson (JD: Law 1966), name partner at Munger Tolles & Olson ; RAND Corporation Chairman, Board of Trustees (former); member of the board of Munger, Tolles & Olson Chairman; member of the board of Berkshire Hathaway (1997-); Council on Foreign Relations board of directors[ 36]
Jorge M. Perez (M.U.P 1976), chairman and CEO of Related Companies, L.P. [ 37]
Consumer services
Consumer non-durables
Distribution services
Electronic Technology
Finance
Peter Borish (’81, MPP’82), chairman and CEO of Computer Trading Corporation , an investment and advisory firm[ 45]
Edward Conard (BSE 1978), founding partner at Bain Capital [ 46]
William S. Demchak , (BUS: MBA), president and CEO of PNC Financial Services [ 47]
Haluk Dinçer (BUS: MBA), executive board member of Sabanci Holding ; president of the Retail and Insurance Group of Sabancı Holding
John C. Dugan , chairman of Citigroup [ 48]
Euh Yoon-Dae (BUS: Ph.D.), chairman of KB Financial Group and of the Presidential Council on Nation Branding, Korea[ 49]
David S. Evans (BGS), chairman and chief investment officer of Glencoe Capital , a private equity firm[ 50] [ 51]
Mark N. Greene (MA, Ph.D. in economics), CEO and member of the board of FICO (Fair Isaac Corporation) since 2007
David Kellermann , (BUS: BSBA), chief financial officer of Freddie Mac
Timothy J. Sloan , former CEO of Wells Fargo
Thomas J. Wilson (BS 1970), chairman and CEO of Allstate Insurance , Incorporated[ 52]
Government corporations
Not-for-profit
Manufacturing
John V. Faraci (BUS: MBA 1974), former CEO of International Paper
Richard C. Gerstenberg , former chairman and CEO of General Motors [ 53]
Frederick Henderson , former president and CEO of General Motors
James Hackett , former president and CEO of Ford Motor Company [ 54]
C. Robert Kidder (COE: BS IE 1967), former chairman of Chrysler Group LLC ; former CEO of Borden Chemical 1995–2002; Principal, Stonehenge Partners, Inc., since 2004; former lead director of Morgan Stanley ; ran 3Stone Advisors, a Columbus, Ohio, investment firm focusing on clean technology start-ups[ 55]
Timothy M. Manganello (BSME 1972, MSME 1975), former chairman and CEO of BorgWarner ; member of the Board of BorgWarner (2002-, as chairman, 2003-)[ 56]
Steve Mollenkopf (M.Eng.), chairman of The Boeing Company [ 57]
Mervin Pregulman , former president and CEO of Siskin Steel & Supply Co. in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Stephen Sanger (BUS: MBA 1970), former CEO of General Mills ; former chairman of Wells Fargo ; director of Target Corporation , and Pfizer [ 58]
Roger Smith , former chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation from 1981 to 1990
David N. Weidman (BUS: MBA 1980), former CEO of Celanese ; member of the Board of Celanese (2004–, as chairman, 2007–); chairman of Society of Chemical Industry
Irma Wyman , the first female CIO of Honeywell, Inc.
Jerry York , former CFO of IBM and Chrysler ; former chairman, president and CEO of Harwinton Capital ; former CEO of Micro Warehouse
Retail trade
Sports
Technology services
Jason Blessing , CEO of Model N (company) [ 61]
Jim Buckmaster , president and CEO of Craigslist [ 62]
Dick Costolo (BA), former COO and former CEO of Twitter ; founder of Feedburner , the RSS reader bought by Google in 2007[ 63]
Paul Saleh (BS, MS; BUS: MBA 1985), former chief financial officer of Computer Sciences Corporation (which became DXC Technology in 2017); board member of Anterix; former chief financial officer of Gannett ; former chief financial officer and executive vice president of Nextel Communications Inc. ; former chief financial officer of Sprint Nextel Corporation
Richard Snyder (BA 1977, BUS: MBA with distinction 1979, LAW: JD 1982, Certified Public Accountant), CEO of SensCy, a cybersecurity company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Stephen Swad , former president and CEO of Rosetta Stone Inc. ; former executive vice president and chief financial officer of Fannie Mae ; former executive vice president and chief financial officer of AOL
Transportation
Defunct
Donald N. Frey (BS MTL 1947, MSE 1949, PhD 1951, D. Eng. hon. 1967), former chairman and CEO of Bell & Howell [ 68]
Archie McCardell (BUS: MBA), former CEO, president, and chairman of the board at the International Harvester
Herbert "Bart" H. McDade III , president and COO of Lehman Brothers at the time of its bankruptcy
William J. Olcott , president of the Oliver Iron Mining Company 1909–1928; president of the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway 1901-1909
Others
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Students: 52,065 (2023)
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