List of Harvard Business School alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of Harvard Business School, the business school of Harvard University.

MBA

• Bill Ackman, 1992 – hedge fund manager
• Geeta Aiyer, 1985 – Indian founder and president of Boston Common Asset Management
• Paul V. Applegarth, 1974 – first CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation and executive with World Bank, Bank of America, and American Express
• Adam Aron, chairman and CEO of AMC Theatres
• Gerry Ashworth – Olympic gold medalist sprinter
• Joseph L. Badaracco – senior associate dean, chair, and professor of business ethics, HBS MBA program; author
• Rahul Bajaj, 1964 – Indian CEO of Bajaj Auto
• Raymond W. Baker, 1960 – director of Global Financial Integrity
• Jim Balsillie, 1989 – billionaire co-CEO of Research In Motion
• Steve Bannon – former White House advisor and former chairman of Breitbart News Network
• Alex Behring – co-founder and managing partner of 3G Capital
• Tarek Ben Halim – investment banker and founder of Alfanar, a venture philanthropy organization
• Guy Berruyer – French CEO of Sage Group
• Ernesto Bertarelli - Italian-born Swiss billionaire businessman and philanthropist.
• Paul Bilzerian (born 1950), financier convicted of securities fraud
• Len Blavatnik, 1989 – Ukrainian-American businessman
• Michael Bloomberg, 1966 – former mayor of New York City
• Dan Bricklin, 1979 – inventor of the electronic spreadsheet
• Tracy Britt Cool, 2009 – entrepreneur; former director of Berkshire Hathaway and subsidiaries
• Charles Bunch, 1979 – CEO of PPG Industries
• Jean Burelle (born 1938/39) – French billionaire chairman and CEO of Burelle
• Steve Burke – NBCUniversal CEO; Comcast executive vice president
• George W. Bush, 1975 – 43rd President of the United States and former Governor of Texas
• Liam Byrne, 2010 – politician, British Labour Party Member of parliament
• Philip Caldwell, 1942 – chairman and CEO of the Ford Motor Company
• Chase Carey, 1980 – president of News Corporation
• Cynthia Carroll, 1989 – former CEO of Anglo American PLC
• Donald J. Carty, 1971 – chairman and CEO of American Airlines
• Elaine Chao, 1979 – U.S. Secretary of Transportation and former U.S. Secretary of Labor
• P. Chidambaram, 1968 – former Union Minister of Finance in India
• Teresa Clarke – former managing director of Goldman Sachs (2004–2010) and CEO and founder of Africa.com
• Vittorio Colao, 1990 – CEO of Vodafone Group
• Scott Cook, 1976 – Co-founder of Intuit
• Sherry Coutu, 1993 – former CEO and angel investor
• Stephen Covey, 1957 – self-help author
• Zoe Cruz, 1982 – banker; former co-president of Morgan Stanley
• Philip Hart Cullom, 1988 – U.S. Navy Vice Admiral
• John D'Agostino, 2002 – managing director of Alkeon Capital and subject of best-selling book Rigged: The True Story of a Wall Street Novice who Changed the World of Oil Forever
• Daniel A. D'Aniello, 1974 – co-founder of The Carlyle Group
• Ray Dalio, 1973 – founded Bridgewater Associates
• Jeffrey Deitch, 1978 – art dealer and gallerist
• Elisabeth DeMarse, 1980 – CEO of Newser
• Anne Dias-Griffin, 1997 – hedge fund manager for Aragon Global Management
• Betty Jane Diener, 1964 (and DBA, 1974) – Virginia Secretary of Commerce (1982–1986)
• Jamie Dimon, 1982 – CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase
• James Dinan, 1985 – founder of hedge fund York Capital Management
• Tim Draper, 1984 – venture capital investor
• Colin Drummond – CEO of Viridor and joint CEO of Pennon Group
• Donna Dubinsky, 1981 – CEO of Palm, Inc.
• Axel Dumas, 2010 – CEO of Hermès
• Erik Engstrom, 2015 – CEO of Reed Elsevier
• Mary Callahan Erdoes, 1993 – CEO of J.P. Morgan Asset Management
• Mark Ein, 1992 – venture caplaitlist and owner of sports teams
• Sheldon Erikson, 1970 – chairman, president and CEO of Cameron International Corporation
• Diana Farrell 1991 – president and CEO of JPMorgan Chase Institute
• Nicholas Ferguson – chairman of BskyB
• Mark Fields, 1989 – president and CEO of Ford Motor Company
• Randy Fine, 1998 – U.S. Representative and gambling industry executive
• Barbara Hackman Franklin, 1964 – 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce
• Jane Fraser, 1994 – CEO of Citigroup
• Morten Friis, 1979 – Chief Risk Officer of Royal Bank of Canada
• Orit Gadiesh, 1977- Israeli-American chairperson of management consulting firm Bain & Company
• Gregory Gray Garland Jr., 1949 – lawyer and business executive; chairman of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
• William W. George – senior fellow and professor, HBS MBA program; author; former chair and CEO of Medtronic
• Brad Gerstner, 2000 – founder of Altimeter Capital
• Lou Gerstner, 1965 – former CEO of IBM
• Shikhar Ghosh, 1980 – entrepreneur, lecturer at HBS
• Melvin Gordon, 1943 – CEO of Tootsie Roll Industries (1962–2015)
• Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis - business executive and spouse of the Prime Minister of Greece
• Allan Gray, 1965 – founder of Allan Gray Investment Management and philanthropist
• Jonathan Grayer, 1990 – CEO of Kaplan, Inc. and Founder and CEO of Imagine Learning
• John Grayken – billionaire founder of Lone Star Funds
• C. Scott Green, 1989 – president of the University of Idaho
• Ranjay Gulati – professor, HBS MBA program, author
• Rajat Gupta, 1973 – former managing director of McKinsey & Company; convicted of insider trading in the 2011 Galleon Group case
• Walter A. Haas Jr., 1939 – CEO of Levi Strauss & Co.
• Ken Hakuta, 1977 – entrepreneur and inventor
• Dido Harding - British Conservative Party businesswoman serving as chairwoman of NHS Improvement since 2017
• Josh Harris, 1990 – co-founder of Apollo Global Management and owner of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, the NHL's New Jersey Devils, and the NFL's Washington Commanders
• Fred Hassan, 1972 – CEO of Schering-Plough
• Frances Haugen, 2011 – data engineer and Facebook whistleblower
• Rodney A. Hawes Jr., 1969 – CEO of LifeRe and benefactor of the Hawes Hall classroom building
• Randy Haykin, 1988 – founder of The Intersection Event and The Gratitude Network
• Fritz Henderson, 1984 – former president and CEO of General Motors
• John B. Hess, 1977 – CEO of Hess Corporation
• Angie Hicks, 2000 – Co-founder of Angie's List
• Andy Hill, 1990 – politician, Washington State Senator
• Douglas Hodge, 1984 – CEO of PIMCO, pled guilty to fraud for allegedly participating in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal
• Robert Hoffman, co-founder, National Lampoon, art collector
• Chris Hohn, 1993 – British activist investor, billionaire, philanthropist, founder of The Children's Investment Fund Foundation
• Yoshito Hori, 1991 – founder of Globis University Graduate School of Management
• Darren Huston, 1994 – CEO of Priceline
• Jennifer Hyman, 2009 – Co-founder and CEO of Rent the Runway
• Jeff Immelt, 1982 – former chairman and CEO of General Electric
• Andy Jassy, 1997 – CEO, Amazon
• Abigail Johnson, 1988 – chairman of Fidelity Investments
• Ron Johnson, 1984 – former CEO of J. C. Penney
• Henry Juszkiewicz, 1979 – CEO of Gibson Guitars Inc.
• George Kaiser, 1966 – chairman of BOK Financial Corporation
• Steven Kandarian – CEO of Metlife Group
• Judith Kent, business executive and philanthropist
• Salman Khan, 2003 – founder of Khan Academy
• Naina Lal Kidwai, 1982 – Indian Group General Manager and Country Head of HSBC India
• Seth Klarman – billionaire hedge fund manager; Baupost Group founder
• Jim Koch, 1978 – co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company
• Robert Kraft, 1965 – chairman and CEO of The Kraft Group, owner of the New England Patriots and New England Revolution
• Larry S. Kramer, 1974 – founder and CEO of Marketwatch, president and publisher of USA Today
• A.G. Lafley, 1977 – former CEO and chairman of the board of Procter & Gamble
• Jack Langer (born 1948/1949) – basketball player and investment banker
• Stephen D. Lebovitz, 1988 – CEO of CBL & Associates Properties
• Kewsong Lee, 1990 – CEO of The Carlyle Group.
• William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth – UKIP Member of the European Parliament
• Michael Lynton, 1987 – chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment
• William MacDonald, 1940 – Christian preacher and writer in the Plymouth Brethren movement
• Anand Mahindra, 1981 – Indian owner and chairman of Mahindra Group
• Nadiem Makarim, 2011 – co-founder and former CEO of Gojek, Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia
• Stephen Mandel – billionaire hedge fund manager; Lone Pine Capital founder
• Lawrence Marcus, 1940 – Vice-president of Neiman Marcus
• Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein, 1998 – president and CEO of LGT Group
• Tom McGrath – chairman of Broadway Across America, Broadway and film producer
• Depelsha Thomas McGruder, 1998 - COO of the Ford Foundation, founder of Moms of Black Boys (MOBB) United
• Robert McNamara, 1939 – former Secretary of Defense; former president of World Bank
• W. James McNerney Jr., 1975 – CEO of Boeing
• Richard Menschel, 1959 – (retired) senior director of Goldman Sachs; 2015 winner of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy.
• Christopher Michel, 1998 – founder and former CEO of Military.com, and founder and former CEO Affinity Labs
• Hiroshi Mikitani - founder and CEO of Rakuten
• Karen Mills, 1977 – 23rd Administrator of the Small Business Administration
• Ann S. Moore, 1978 – CEO of Time Inc.
• David Nelms, 1987 – CEO of Discover Financial Services
• Grover Norquist, 1981 – president of Americans for Tax Reform
• Mark Okerstrom, 2004 President/CEO of Expedia Group
• Neil Pasricha, 2007 – author and speaker
• Henry Paulson, 1970 – former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, former CEO of Goldman Sachs
• John Paulson – president of hedge fund Paulson & Co.
• Art Peck, 1979 – CEO of GAP, Inc.
• Richard B. Peiser, 1973 – scholar and educator in urban planning and real estate development.
• Joseph R. Perella, 1972 – founder and CEO of Wasserstein Perella & Co. and Perella Weinberg Partners
• Chip Perry, 1980 – former president and CEO of TrueCar; first employee and CEO of AutoTrader.com
• Carl Howard Pforzheimer Jr (1907–1996), 1930 – investment banker
• Mark Pincus – CEO of Zynga
• Michael B. Polk – CEO of Newell Brands
• Matthew Prince — Co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare
• Ramalinga Raju, 1993 - Indian businessman, convicted of fraud
• Bruce Rauner, 1981 – 42nd Governor of Illinois
• Edwin W. Rawlings, 1939 – U.S. Air Force and president and chairman of General Mills
• James Reed, 1990 – British chairman and chief executive of the Reed group of companies
• John Replogle former CEO of Seventh Generation Inc.
• Gary Rodkin, 1979 – CEO and president of ConAgra Foods
• Mitt Romney, 1975 – 70th Governor of Massachusetts, co-founder of Bain Capital and 2012 presidential nominee of the Republican Party
• Wilbur Ross, 1961 – Secretary of Commerce (2017–2021) under the first Trump administration
• Sheryl Sandberg, 1995 – COO of Facebook
• Ann Sarnoff, 1987 – president of BBC America
• Ulf Mark Schneider, 1993 – CEO of Nestlé, and former CEO of Fresenius
• Gerry Schwartz, 1970 - founder, chairman and CEO of Onex Corporation
• Stephen A. Schwarzman, 1972 – founder of Blackstone Group
• Joe Shoen, 1973 – billionaire chairman of AMERCO
• Martin A. Siegel, 1971 — former Kidder, Peabody & Co. investment banker and former Drexel Burnham Lambert managing director; convicted for insider trading in 1987
• Jayant Sinha, 1992 – Union Minister of State for Finance of India
• Chatri Sityodtong, 1999 – chairman and CEO of ONE Championship
• Jeffrey Skilling, 1979 – former CEO of Enron; convicted of securities fraud and insider trading
• Tad Smith – CEO of Sotheby's
• Gunnar Sønsteby, 1947 – Norwegian World War Two resistance fighter, most highly decorated person of Norway
• Guy Spier, 1993 – Swiss-German-Israeli author and investor
• E. Roe Stamps 1974 – founding partner of private equity firm Summit Partners
• Gerald L. Storch – chairman and CEO of Toys "R" Us, Inc.
• Sandra Sucher – businesswoman; professor, HBS MBA program
• Anjali Sud, 2011 – CEO of Vimeo
• Anthony Tan, 2011 – co-founder and CEO of Grab
• Tan Hooi Ling, 2011 – Malaysian co-founder and COO of Grab
• John Thain, 1979 – former CEO of Merrill Lynch
• Pamela Thomas-Graham, 1988 – businesswoman Clorox, Credit Suisse, and Liz Claiborne, author
• Whitney Tilson, 1994 – hedge fund manager, philanthropist, author, and Democratic political activist
• Gerald Tremblay, 1972 – mayor of Montreal and former Quebec Minister of Industry, Commerce, Science and Technology
• Melvin T. Tukman, 1966 – co-founder and president of Tukman Grossman Capital Management
• David Viniar, 1980 – CFO and executive vice president of Goldman Sachs
• Rick Wagoner, 1977 – former CEO of General Motors
• Wendell Weeks, 1987 – chairman, CEO and president of Corning Inc.
• John C. Whitehead, 1947 – former co-chairman of Goldman Sachs
• Meg Whitman, 1979 – president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard
• Glenn Youngkin, 1994 – Governor of Virginia; former co-CEO of The Carlyle Group
• Gideon Yu, 1999 – Former CFO of Facebook and YouTube
• Michelle Zatlyn, 2009 – Canadian co-founder, president, and COO of Cloudflare

DBA

• Jay Lorsch, DBA, 1964 – professor, HBS MBA program; contingency theory contributor; author, DBA (1964)
• George Schussel, DBA, 1966 – founder and former chairman of Digital Consulting Institute and founder of Jellicle Investors, Inc.
• Robert B. Stobaugh, DBA, 1968 – Harvard Business School emeritus professor of Business Administration

Executive Education

Advanced Management Program (AMP)

An Advanced Management Program is a non-degree senior executive education program.

• Timothy I. Ahern, 1967 – U.S. Air Force Major General
• Gabi Ashkenazi, AMP, 2004 – Chief of the General Staff of Israel Defense Forces
• Jaime Zobel de Ayala, 1963 – Filipino businessman and chairman emeritus of Ayala Corporation
• Julie Bishop, AMP, 1996 – Australian deputy Prime Minister
• Rick Burr, 2013 – Chief of the Australian Army
• Alden W. Clausen, 1966 – World Bank former President
• Christine M. Day, 2002 – Canadian business executive and former CEO of Lululemon
• Y. C. Deveshwar – chairman and CEO of ITC Limited
• Muhammad bin Ibrahim, 2010 – 8th Governor of Central Bank of Malaysia
• Antony Leung, 1999 – financial secretary of Hong Kong
• William Lewis, 2009 – Journalist, British Media Executive
• Minoru Makihara, 1977 – Senior Corporate Advisor, Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation
• Christopher McCormick – president and CEO of L.L. Bean
• David V. Miller – U.S. Air Force Major General
• Michael Mullen, 1991 – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, United States armed forces
• A. Sivathanu Pillai, 1991 – honorary distinguished professor of Indian Space Research Organisation
• Matthew Barrett (banker), 1981 – Former Chairman and CEO, Bank of Montreal; chairman and Chief Executive, Barclays Bank
• Ajay Piramal, 1992 – chairman, Piramal Group
• Ratan Tata, 1975 – chairman and CEO Tata Sons
• Lucius Theus, AMP 57 – Major General in the United States Air Force
• Jim Lovell, 1971 – Astronaut, Apollo 13
• Carlos Jaureguizar, CEO of Sanitas and Bupa Europe&LatinAmerica

Other executive education

• Paolo Rocca, 1985 – CEO of Techint
• Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, 2000 – co-founder Access Bank Plc and founder and chairman, Africa Initiative for Governance
• Ciara – singer
• Vicente Fox – 55th President of Mexico
• Kilma S. Lattin – Emmy Award-winning Native American leader, military veteran, and business man
• Daniel Vasella, PMD, 1989 – president of Novartis AG

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