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
- John Wesley Emerson, founder and principal investor of the Emerson Electric Company
- George Getty (JD 1882), founder of the George F. Getty, Inc.; incorporated the predecessor of Getty Oil in 1905 with his son J. Paul Getty
- J.J. Hagerman (1857, industrialist who owned mines, railroads and corporate farms in the American West in the late 19th century and early 20th century; one of the most influential men in territorial New Mexico
- Edward Mead Johnson, founder of Mead Johnson; co-founder of Johnson & Johnson
- William James Mayo (MD 1883), one of the founders of the Mayo Clinic along with his brother Charles Horace Mayo
- John Stoughton Newberry (1848), co-founder of the Detroit Car Wheel Company; one of the organizers of the Michigan Car Company, alongside James McMillan
- Benjamin D. Pritchard (LAW: JD), organizer and first president (1870âÂÂ1905) of the First National Bank of Allegan; founded the First State Bank, which was the first bank in the county to be designated as a state depository, the first savings bank, and the first bank to install safety deposit boxes
- Frederic L. Smith (1890), co-founder of the Olds Motor Works in 1899
- William E. Upjohn (MD 1875), founder and president of The Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company
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 (1980âÂÂ1989); chairman of Priceline.com (2004âÂÂ2013)
- 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.
- 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
- William A. Dart, founder of Dart Container Corporation
- Jason DeYonker, founder and managing partner of Forté Capital Advisors, a private equity firm; board member of Academi
- Dean Drako (COE), founder, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks
- Nneka Egbujiobi, founder of Hello Africa
- Robert Beverley Evans, founder of Evans Industries; chairman of American Motors Corporation
- Edgar N. Gott, co-founder and first president of The Boeing Company; executive at Consolidated Aircraft
- Jacques Habra, founder of WebElite
- Gerrard Wendell "(G.W.)" Haworth (COE: MA), founder and chairman of Haworth, Inc.
- 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
- Randall Kaplan, co-founder of Akamai Technologies
- 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 1906âÂÂ1907 but did not graduate), co-founder of Merrill Lynch
- 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.
- Kevin O'Connor (COE: BSE EE 1983), co-founder and CEO of DoubleClick Inc.
- Eugene Power (BA 1927, MBA '30, HSCD '71), founder of University Microfilms
- Steve Richardson (BUS: MBA), founder of Stave Puzzles
- 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
- Scott Seligman, 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
- David R. Walt (BS 1974), co-founder of Illumina, Inc.
- Ari Weinzweig (âÂÂ78, HLLD'15), founder of Zingerman's
- Ronald Weiser, founder of McKinley Associates Inc., a real estate company based in Ann Arbor
- Gary Wiren (MSc), founder of Golf Around the World and inventor of the Impact Bag
21st century
Billionaire entrepreneurs
- J. Robert Beyster (COE: BSE, MS, Ph.D.), founder, chairman, president, and CEO of Science Applications International Corporation, the predecessor of Leidos Holdings, Inc.
- Bharat Desai (BUS: MBA 1981), co-founder, president, and CEO of Syntel, Inc.
- Stanley Druckenmiller (MDNG: Ph.D., co-founded Duquesne Capital
- Henry Engelhardt (B.A.), founder and chief executive of Admiral Group, a British motor insurance company; billionaire
- Brad Keywell (BUS: BBA 1991; LAW: JD 1993), co-founder and principal of Groupon
- Eric Paul Lefkofsky (BA, J.D. 1993), founder of Tempus AI, and the co-founder of Groupon, Echo Global Logistics, InnerWorkings, and Mediaocean
- Tom S. Monaghan (MDNG), founder and former owner of Domino's Pizza
- Larry Page (COE: BSE 1995), co-founder of Google
- Stephen M. Ross (BUS: BBA 1962), founder and chairman of Related Companies, L.P., a global real estate development firm
- Homer Stryker (MED: M.D. 1925; D. 1980), the founder of Stryker Corporation
- 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
- Preston Robert Tisch (A.B. 1948), co-founder and chairman of the Loews Corporation; former owner of 50% of the New York Giants
- Bruce Wasserstein (AB 1967), CEO of Lazard Freres, founder of Wasserstein Perella & Co.
- Boaz Weinstein (BA 1995), founder of Saba Capital Management
- 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
- Niklas Zennström (MDNG), founder of Skype, an internet telephony company
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
- 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
- Hank Meijer (BA Literature 1973), one of the heirs to Meijer; oldest son of the founder Frederik Meijer; billionaire
- 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
- Robert J. Vlasic, heir to Vlasic Pickles
- Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr. (PHC 1928, HMS 1951, HLHD 1992), heir to Walgreens; son of the founder Charles Rudolph Walgreen
Executives
Billionaire executives
Consumer services
Consumer non-durables
Distribution services
Electronic technology
Finance
- Peter Borish (âÂÂ81, MPPâÂÂ82), chairman and CEO of Computer Trading Corporation, an investment and advisory firm
- Edward Conard (BSE 1978), founding partner at Bain Capital
- William S. Demchak, (BUS: MBA), president and CEO of PNC Financial Services
- Haluk Dinçer (BUS: MBA), executive board member of Sabanci Holding; president of the Retail and Insurance Group of Sabancñ Holding
- John C. Dugan, chairman of Citigroup
- Euh Yoon-Dae (BUS: Ph.D.), chairman of KB Financial Group and of the Presidential Council on Nation Branding, Korea
- David S. Evans (BGS), chairman and chief investment officer of Glencoe Capital, a private equity firm
- 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
Government corporations
Not-for-profit
Manufacturing
- John V. Faraci (BUS: MBA 1974), former CEO of International Paper
- Frederick Henderson, former president and CEO of General Motors
- James Hackett, former president and CEO of Ford Motor Company
- C. Robert Kidder (COE: BS IE 1967), former chairman of Chrysler Group LLC; former CEO of Borden Chemical 1995âÂÂ2002; 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
- Timothy M. Manganello (BSME 1972, MSME 1975), former chairman and CEO of BorgWarner; member of the Board of BorgWarner (2002-, as chairman, 2003-)
- 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
- Roger Smith, former chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation 1981âÂÂ1990
- David N. Weidman (BUS: MBA 1980), former CEO of Celanese; member of the board of Celanese (2004âÂÂ, as chairman, 2007âÂÂ); chairman of Society of Chemical Industry
- Irma Wyman, 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
- Jim Buckmaster, president and CEO of Craigslist
- Dick Costolo (BA), former COO and former CEO of Twitter; founder of Feedburner, the RSS reader bought by Google in 2007
- 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
- Dave Barger, president and chief operating officer of JetBlue; CEO as of 2007
- Dmitri Dolgov (Ph.D.), co-chief executive officer of Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company
- Robert Isom, CEO of American Airlines
- Subodh Karnik, president and CEO of CommutAir 2015âÂÂ2019; former president and CEO of the now-defunct ExpressJet; president and CEO of Global Aero Logistics, the parent company of World Airways, North American Airlines and ATA Airlines, between 2005 and 2009
- Temel Kotil (COE: MA 1986, MA 1987, Ph.D. 1991), CEO of Turkish Airlines
Defunct
- Donald N. Frey (BS MTL 1947, MSE 1949, PhD 1951, D. Eng. hon. 1967), former chairman and CEO of Bell & Howell
- 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 1909âÂÂ1928; president of the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway 1901âÂÂ1909
Others
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