Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of

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. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time

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program, management-related doctoral programs, and many executive education programs. It owns

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, which publishes business books, leadership articles, case studies, and the monthly ''

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''. It is also home to the

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History

The school was established in 1908. Initially established by the

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faculty, it received independent status in 1910, and became a separate administrative unit in 1913. The first dean was historian

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(1867–1946). Yogev (2001) explains the original concept: :This school of business and public administration was originally conceived as a school for diplomacy and government service on the model of the French '' Ecole des Sciences Politiques.'' The goal was an institution of higher learning that would offer a Master of Arts degree in the humanities field, with a major in business. In discussions about the curriculum, the suggestion was made to concentrate on specific business topics such as banking, railroads, and so on... Professor Lowell said the school would train qualified public administrators whom the government would have no choice but to employ, thereby building a better public administration... Harvard was blazing a new trail by educating young people for a career in business, just as its medical school trained doctors and its law faculty trained lawyers. The business school pioneered the development of the

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of teaching, drawing inspiration from this approach to legal education at Harvard. Cases are typically descriptions of real events in organizations. Students are positioned as managers and are presented with problems which they need to analyze and provide recommendations on. From the start the school enjoyed a close relationship with the corporate world. Within a few years of its founding many business leaders were its alumni and were hiring other alumni for starting positions in their firms. At its founding, the school accepted only male students. The Training Course in Personnel Administration, founded at Radcliffe College in 1937, was the beginning of business training for women at Harvard. HBS took over administration of that program from Radcliffe in 1954. In 1959, alumnae of the one-year program (by then known as the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration) were permitted to apply to join the HBS MBA program as second-years. In December 1962, the faculty voted to allow women to enter the MBA program directly. The first women to apply directly to the MBA program matriculated in September 1963. In 2012–2013, HBS administration implemented new programs and practices to improve the experience of female students and recruit more female professors.

International research centers

HBS established nine global research centers and four regional offices and functions through offices in Asia Pacific (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore), United States (San Francisco Bay Area, CA), Europe (Paris, opened in 2003), South Asia (India), Middle East and North Africa (Dubai, Istanbul, Tel Aviv), Japan and Latin America (Buenos Aires, Mexico City, São Paulo).

MBA program

Inside a Harvard Business School classroom

Rankings

In 2022, HBS is ranked 5th in the nation by '' U.S. News & World Report,'' 3rd in the world by the ''

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,'' 2nd in the world by QS

Student life

HBS students can join more than 80 different clubs and student organizations on campus. The Student Association (SA) is the main interface between the MBA student body and the faculty/administration. In addition, HBS student body is represented at the university-level by the

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Executive education

In 2015, executive education contributed $168 million to HBS's total revenue of $707 million. This includes: * The Advanced Management Program, a seven-week residential program for senior executives with the stated aim to "Prepare for the Highest Level of Leadership". * The General Management Program, a four-month intensive residential program for senior executives who are general managers or within range of such position in their organizations. * The Owner/President Management Program, three three-week "units" spread over two years that is marketed to "business owners and entrepreneurs". * HBS Online, previously HBX, an online learning initiative announced by the Harvard Business School in March 2014 to host online university-level courses. * The Summer Venture in Management Program, a one-week management training program for rising college seniors designed to increase diversity and opportunity in business education. Participants must be employed in a summer internship and be nominated by and have sponsorship from their organization to attend.

Academic units

The school's faculty are divided into 10 academic units: Accounting and Management; Business, Government and the International Economy; Entrepreneurial Management; Finance; General Management; Marketing; Negotiation, Organizations & Markets; Organizational Behavior; Strategy; and Technology and Operations Management.

Buildings

Older buildings include the 1927-built Morgan Hall, named for J.P. Morgan, and 1940-built Loeb house, named for John L. Loeb Sr. and his son, (both designed by McKim, Mead & White), and the 1971-built Burden Hall with a 900-seat auditorium. In the fall of 2010, Tata related companies and charities donated $50 million for the construction of an executive center. The executive center was named as Tata Hall, after

Ratan Tata Ratan Naval Tata, GBE (born 28 December 1937) is an Indian industrialist and former chairman of Tata Sons. He was also the chairman of the Tata Group from 1990 to 2012, serving also as interim chairman from October 2016 through February 2017 ...

(AMP, 1975), the chairman of

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. The total construction costs have been estimated at $100 million. Tata Hall is located in the northeast corner of the HBS campus. The facility is devoted to the Harvard Business School's Executive Education programs. At seven stories tall with about 150,000 gross square feet, it contains about 180 bedrooms for education students, in addition to academic and multi-purpose spaces. Kresge Way was located by the base of the former Kresge Hall, and is named for Sebastian S. Kresge. In 2014, Kresge Hall was replaced by a new hall that was funded by a US$30 million donation by the family of the late

Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Ruth Mulan Chu Chao (; March 19, 1930 – August 2, 2007) was the matriarch of a Chinese-American philanthropic family. In 2016, Harvard Business School dedicated the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center in her honor, making it the first building at the ...

, whose four daughters all attended Harvard Business School. The Executive Education quad currently includes McArthur, Baker, and Mellon Halls (residences), McCollum and Hawes (classrooms), Chao Center, and Glass (administration).

Notable alumni

MBA

* Paul V. Applegarth, 1974 – first CEO of the

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and executive with

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, and American Express *

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, 1992 – hedge fund manager *

Joseph L. Badaracco Joseph L. Badaracco is an American author, and the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at Harvard Business School. He has taught courses on business ethics, strategy and management in the School's MBA and executive programs. Career Badaracc ...

– senior associate dean, chair, and professor of business ethics, HBS MBA program; author *

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, 1964 – CEO of

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* Raymond W. Baker, 1960 – director of

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Jim Balsillie James Laurence Balsillie (born February 3, 1961) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He is the former Chair and co- CEO of the Canadian technology company Research In Motion (Blackberry), which at its prime made over $20B in sales annu ...

, 1989 – billionaire co-CEO of

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Steve Bannon Stephen Kevin Bannon (born November 27, 1953) is an American media executive, political strategist, and former investment banker. He served as the White House's chief strategist in the administration of U.S. president Donald Trump during t ...

– former White House advisor and former chairman of Breitbart News Network * Alex Behring – co-founder and managing partner of

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* Tarek Ben Halim – investment banker and founder of Alfanar, a

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organization * Guy Berruyer – French CEO of

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The Italian-born Swiss billionaire businessman and philanthropist. *

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, 1989 – Ukrainian-American businessman * Michael Bloomberg, 1966 – former mayor of New York City *

Dan Bricklin Daniel Singer Bricklin (born July 16, 1951) is an American businessman and engineer who is the co-creator, with Bob Frankston, of the VisiCalc spreadsheet program. He also founded Software Garden, Inc., of which he is currently president, and T ...

, 1979 – inventor of the electronic

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* Tracy Britt Cool, 2009 – entrepreneur; former director of

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and subsidiaries * Jane Buchan CEO of Martlet Asset Management * Charles Bunch, 1979 – CEO of PPG Industries * Jean Burelle (born 1938/39) – French billionaire chairman and CEO of Burelle * Steve Burke –

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CEO; Comcast executive vice president *

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, 1975 – 43rd

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and former Governor of Texas *

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, 2010 – politician, British Labour Party

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Philip Caldwell Philip Caldwell (January 27, 1920 – July 10, 2013) was the first person to run the Ford Motor Company (after John S. Gray) who was not a member of the Ford family. He orchestrated one of the most dramatically successful turnarounds in busin ...

, 1942 – chairman and CEO of the

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, 1980 – president of

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* Cynthia Carroll, 1989 – former CEO of

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* Donald J. Carty, 1971 – chairman and CEO of

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, 1979 – U.S. Secretary of Transportation and former U.S. Secretary of Labor *

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, 1968 – former Union Minister of Finance in India *

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– former managing director of Goldman Sachs (2004–2010) and CEO and founder of Africa.com *

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, 1990 – CEO of

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* Sherry Coutu, 1993 – former CEO and angel investor * Stephen Covey, 1957 – self-help author * Zoe Cruz, 1982 – banker; former co-president of

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Philip Hart Cullom Philip Hart Cullom (born July 17, 1957) is a retired vice admiral in the United States Navy. Biography Cullom is a native of Flossmoor, Illinois. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1988. Career Cullom graduated from the United Stat ...

, 1988 –

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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'' *

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, 1974 – co-founder of

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Ray Dalio Raymond Thomas Dalio (born August 8, 1949) is an American billionaire investor and hedge fund manager, who has served as co-chief investment officer of the world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, since 1985. He founded Bridgewater i ...

, 1973 – founded

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, 1978 – art dealer and gallerist *

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, 1980 – CEO of

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* 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

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, 1985 – founder of hedge fund York Capital Management *

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, 1984 – venture capital investor *

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– CEO of

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and joint CEO of

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, 1981 – CEO of

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, 2010 – CEO of

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* Erik Engstrom, 2015 – CEO of

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, 1993 – CEO of J.P. Morgan Asset Management * Sheldon Erikson, 1970 – chairman, president and CEO of

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* Diana Farrell 1991 – president and CEO of JPMorgan Chase Institute *

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– chairman of BskyB * Trevor Fetter, 1986 – Senior Lecturer at HBS; former CEO of

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* Mark Fields, 1989 – president and CEO of Ford Motor Company *

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, 1964 – 29th

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* Jane Fraser 1994 – CEO of Citigroup * Morten Friis 1979 – Chief Risk Officer of Royal Bank of Canada * Gregory Gray Garland Jr., 1949 – lawyer and business executive; chairman of the

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* William W. George – senior fellow and professor, HBS MBA program; author; former chair and CEO of Medtronic * Brad Gerstner, 2000 – Founder of

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* Shikhar Ghosh, 1980 – entrepreneur, lecturer at HBS *

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, 1943 – CEO of

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(1962–2015) * Allan Gray, 1965 – founder of Allan Gray Investment Management and philanthropist *

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– billionaire founder of

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* C. Scott Green, 1989 –

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of the

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* Ranjay Gulati – professor, HBS MBA program, author *

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, 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. *

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, 1977 – entrepreneur and inventor *

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a British Conservative Party businesswoman serving as chairwoman of NHS Improvement since 2017 *

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, 1972 – CEO of

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, 2011 - data engineer and

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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 *

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, 1984 – former president and CEO of General Motors * John B. Hess, 1977 – CEO of

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* Andy Hill, 1990 – politician, Washington State Senator *

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, 1984 – CEO of PIMCO, charged with fraud for allegedly participating in the

2019 college admissions bribery scandal In 2019, a scandal arose over a criminal conspiracy to influence undergraduate admissions decisions at several top American universities. The investigation into the conspiracy was code named Operation Varsity Blues. The investigation and rela ...

Chris Hohn Sir Christopher Anthony Hohn KCMG (born October 1966) is a British billionaire hedge fund manager. In 2003, Hohn established The Children's Investment Fund Management (TCI), a prominent value-based hedge fund. Profits generated by the fund we ...

British activist investor and billionaire * Yoshito Hori, 1991 – founder of Globis University Graduate School of Management *

Darren Huston Darren R. Huston (born 3 January 1966) is a Canadian businessman and the former president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Priceline and Booking.com. Early life Darren R. Huston was born on 3 January 1966 in Hope, British Columbia, Canada. ...

, 1994 – CEO of

Priceline Priceline may refer to: * Priceline.com, a commercial website which helps users obtain discount rates for travel-related items such as airline tickets and hotel stays * The Priceline Group, a provider of online travel & related services, and a pare ...

* Jennifer Hyman, 2009 – Co-founder and CEO of

Rent the Runway Rent the Runway is an e-commerce platform that allows users to rent, subscribe, or buy designer apparel and accessories. It was founded by Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss, who launched the company in November 2009. History In 2007, Hyman ...

Jeff Immelt Jeffrey Robert Immelt (born February 19, 1956) is an American business executive currently working as a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates. He previously served as the CEO of General Electric from 2001 to 2017, and the CEO of GE's Medi ...

, 1982 – former chairman and CEO of

General Electric General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, and incorporated in New York state and headquartered in Boston. The company operated in sectors including healthcare, aviation, power, renewable en ...

Andy Jassy Andrew R. Jassy (born January 13, 1968) is an American business executive who is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Amazon. Before being appointed by Jeff Bezos and the Amazon board during the fourth quarter of 2020, Jassy served ...

, 1997 – CEO,

Amazon Amazon most often refers to: * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon (company), an American multinational technolog ...

* Abigail Johnson, 1988 – chairman of

Fidelity Investments Fidelity Investments, commonly referred to as Fidelity, earlier as Fidelity Management & Research or FMR, is an American multinational financial services corporation based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company was established in 1946 and is o ...

Ron Johnson Ronald Harold Johnson (born April 8, 1955) is an American accountant, businessman, and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Wisconsin, a seat he has held since 2011. A Republican, Johnson was first elected to the U.S. S ...

, 1984 – former CEO of J. C. Penney * Henry Juszkiewicz, 1979 – CEO of Gibson Guitars Inc. *

George Kaiser George Bruce Kaiser (born October 30, 1943) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of BOK Financial Corporation in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As of September 2021, he is the 476th richest person in the world and was, in 2012, one of ...

, 1966 – chairman of BOK Financial Corporation *

Steven Kandarian Steven A. Kandarian was the president, chairman, and chief executive officer of MetLife. He became president and CEO on May 1, 2011, and chairman in January 2012 succeeding Robert Henrikson, who retired from those roles. Kandarian retired from Met ...

– CEO of Metlife Group *

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two Nation ...

, 2003 – founder of

Khan Academy Khan Academy is an American non-profit educational organization created in 2008 by Sal Khan. Its goal is creating a set of online tools that help educate students. The organization produces short lessons in the form of videos. Its website also in ...

Naina Lal Kidwai Naina Lal Kidwai (born 1957) is an Indian banker, chartered accountant and business executive. She was formerly a Group General Manager and the Country Head of HSBC India. She is also a former President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of C ...

, 1982 – Group General Manager and Country Head of HSBC India *

Seth Klarman Seth Andrew Klarman (born May 21, 1957) is an American billionaire investor, hedge fund manager, and author. He is a proponent of value investing. He is the chief executive and portfolio manager of the Baupost Group, a Boston-based private inv ...

– billionaire

hedge fund A hedge fund is a pooled investment fund that trades in relatively liquid assets and is able to make extensive use of more complex trading, portfolio-construction, and risk management techniques in an attempt to improve performance, such as s ...

manager;

Baupost Group The Baupost Group is a hedge fund founded in 1982 by Harvard adjunct professor William Poorvu and partners Howard Stevenson, Jordan Baruch and Isaac Auerbach. Seth Klarman, who was asked by Poorvu to help run the fund, remains at its head tod ...

founder *

Jim Koch Charles James Koch ( '; born May 27, 1949) is an American entrepreneur, billionaire, and the co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company, the producers of Samuel Adams beer. Koch is widely considered to be the founding father of the Ame ...

, 1978 – co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company *

Robert Kraft Robert Kenneth Kraft (born June 5, 1941) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Kraft Group, a diversified holding company with assets in paper and packaging, sports and entertainment ...

, 1965 – chairman and CEO of The Kraft Group, owner of the New England Patriots and

New England Revolution The New England Revolution is an American professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), in the Eastern Conference of the league. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having compe ...

* Larry S. Kramer, 1974 – founder and CEO of Marketwatch, president and publisher of ''

USA Today ''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virgi ...

'' *

A.G. Lafley Alan George "A. G." Lafley (born June 13, 1947) is an American businessman who led consumer goods maker Procter & Gamble (P&G) for two separate stints, from 2000 to 2010 and again from 2013 to 2015, during which he served as chairman, president ...

, 1977 – former CEO and chairman of the board of

Procter & Gamble The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer he ...

* Stephen D. Lebovitz, 1988 – CEO of

CBL & Associates Properties CBL Properties (previously CBL & Associates, Inc., then CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.) is an American real estate investment trust that invests in shopping centers, primarily in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States. The company is ...

* Kewsong Lee, 1990 – CEO of The Carlyle Group. *

William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth (born 23 September 1949), styled Viscount Lewisham from 1962 to 1997, is a British politician and hereditary peer, usually known as William Dartmouth. From 2009 to 2019, Dartmouth sat in the European Parli ...

–

UKIP The UK Independence Party (UKIP; ) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two members of Parliament and was the largest p ...

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 Anand Gopal Mahindra (born 1 May 1955) is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Mahindra Group, a Mumbai-based business conglomerate. The group operates in aerospace, agribusiness, aftermarket, automotive, components, constru ...

, 1981 - owner and chairman of

Mahindra Group Mahindra Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai. The group has operations in over 100 countries, with a presence in aerospace, agribusiness, aftermarket automotive components, construction equipment, defenc ...

Nadiem Makarim Nadiem Anwar Makarim (born 4 July 1984) is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the current minister of education, culture, research, and technology of Indonesia. Prior to entering politics, in 2010, he founded Gojek, Indonesia's f ...

, 2011 – co-founder and former CEO of

Gojek PT Gojek Indonesia (stylized in all lower case and stylized ''j'' as goȷek, formerly styled as GO-JEK) is an Indonesian on-demand multi-service platform and digital payment technology group based in Jakarta. Gojek was first established in Ind ...

, Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia * Stephen Mandel – billionaire

manager;

Lone Pine Capital Lone Pine Capital is an American-based hedge fund and investment advisor headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, established in 1997 by its president and portfolio manager, Stephen Mandel. The firm has offices in London, New York City, and San F ...

founder * Lawrence Marcus, 1940 – Vice-president of

Neiman Marcus Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. is an American integrated luxury retailer headquartered in Dallas, Texas, which owns Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Horchow, and Last Call. Since September 2021, NMG has been owned by a group of investment compani ...

Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein Prince Maximilian Nikolaus Maria of Liechtenstein (born 16 May 1969), known professionally as Max von Liechtenstein, is a member of the Liechtenstein princely family and businessman. He is the second son of Prince Hans-Adam II and Princess Ma ...

, 1998 – president and CEO of

LGT Group LGT Group is the largest family-owned private banking and asset management group in the world. LGT, originally known as The Liechtenstein Global Trust, is owned by the princely House of Liechtenstein through the Prince of Liechtenstein Foundation ...

* Tom McGrath – chairman of

Broadway Across America Broadway Across America (BAA) is a presenter and producer of live theatrical events in the United States and Canada since 1982. It is currently owned by the John Gore Organization (formerly Key Brand Entertainment), which purchased it from Live ...

, Broadway and film producer *

Robert McNamara Robert Strange McNamara (; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He remains the ...

, 1939 – former Secretary of Defense; former president of

* W. James McNerney Jr., 1975 – CEO of

Boeing The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and p ...

* 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 Affinity Labs is a company that builds social networking sites for niche groups such as firefighters, police officers, nurses and the Armed Forces. In January 2008, Affinity Labs was acquired by Monster Worldwide for US$61 million. Affinity Labs ...

Hiroshi Mikitani (born March 11, 1965) is a Japanese billionaire businessman and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Rakuten, Inc. He is also the president of Crimson Group, chairman of the football club Vissel Kobe, chairman of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, ...

Founder and CEO of Rakuten *

Karen Mills Karen Gordon Mills (born September 14, 1953) is an American businessperson and former government official who served as the 23rd Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). She was nominated by President-elect Barack Obama on ...

, 1977 – 23rd Administrator of the

Small Business Administration The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) is an independent agency of the United States government that provides support to entrepreneurs and small businesses. The mission of the Small Business Administration is "to maintain and stre ...

* Ann S. Moore, 1978 – CEO of

Time Inc. Time Inc. was an American worldwide mass media corporation founded on November 28, 1922, by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden and based in New York City. It owned and published over 100 magazine brands, including its namesake ''Time'', ''Sports Illu ...

* David Nelms, 1987 – CEO of

Discover Financial Services Discover Financial Services is an American financial services company that owns and operates Discover Bank, which offers checking and savings accounts, personal loans, home equity loans, student loans and credit cards. It also owns and operate ...

Grover Norquist Grover Glenn Norquist (born October 19, 1956) is an American political activist and tax reduction advocate who is founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, an organization that opposes all tax increases. A Republican, he is the primar ...

, 1981 – president of

Americans for Tax Reform Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) is a politically conservative U.S. advocacy group whose stated goal is "a system in which taxes are simpler, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today." According to ATR, "The government's power to contro ...

* Mark Okerstrom, 2004 President/CEO of

Expedia Group Expedia Group, Inc. is an American online travel shopping company for consumer and small business travel. Its websites, which are primarily travel fare aggregators and travel metasearch engines, include Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Vrbo (previous ...

Neil Pasricha Neil Pasricha (born September 17, 1979) is a Canadian author, entrepreneur, podcaster, and public speaker characterized by his advocacy of positivity and simple pleasures. He is best known for his The Book of Awesome series, and "The Happiness Eq ...

, 2007 – author and speaker * Henry Paulson, 1970 – former

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...

, former CEO of Goldman Sachs *

John Paulson John Alfred Paulson (born December 14, 1955) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager. He leads Paulson & Co., a New York-based investment management firm he founded in 1994. He has been called "one of the most prominent names in high fina ...

– president of Paulson & Co., a New York-based hedge fund *

Art Peck Arthur Peck (born 1955) is an American businessman, and was the CEO of Gap Inc., the American multinational clothing retailer from 2015 to 2019. Early life Peck was born in 1955. He earned a degree from Occidental College in Los Angeles in 19 ...

, 1979 – CEO of GAP, Inc. * Joseph R. Perella, 1972 – founder and CEO of Wasserstein Perella & Co. and

Perella Weinberg Partners Perella Weinberg Partners L.P. is a global financial services firm focused on investment banking advisory services. The firm was founded in 2006 by Joseph R. Perella, Peter Weinberg, Peter A. Weinberg and Terry Meguid, and went public in 2021. I ...

* Chip Perry, 1980 – former president and CEO of

TrueCar TrueCar, Inc. is an automotive pricing and information website for new and used car buyers. The service allows users to see what others paid for any new or used vehicle in their local area and receive upfront prices from a network of over 15,000 ...

; first employee and CEO of AutoTrader.com *

Carl Howard Pforzheimer Jr Carl Howard Pforzheimer Jr (1907-1996) was an American banker based in New York City. He was senior partner in Carl H. Pforzheimer & Company, and a benefactor of medicine, education and the arts. Early life and education Pforzheimer was born and r ...

(1907–1996), 1930 – investment banker *

Mark Pincus Mark Jonathan Pincus (born February 13, 1966) is an American Internet entrepreneur known as the founder of Zynga, a mobile social gaming company. Pincus also founded the startups Freeloader, Inc., Tribe Networks, and Support.com. Pincus served as ...

– CEO of

Zynga Zynga Inc. () is an American developer running social video game services. It was founded in April 2007, with headquarters in San Mateo, California. The company primarily focuses on mobile and social networking platforms. Zynga states its missio ...

* Michael B. Polk – CEO of Newell Brands * Bruce Rauner, 1981 – 42nd

Governor of Illinois The governor of Illinois is the head of government of Illinois, and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution. It is a directly elected position, votes being cast by p ...

* Edwin W. Rawlings, 1939 –

U.S. Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Sign ...

and president and chairman of

General Mills General Mills, Inc., is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded processed consumer foods sold through retail stores. Founded on the banks of the Mississippi River at Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, the company orig ...

John Replogle John Replogle is a Founding Partner of One Better Ventures and the former CEO of Seventh Generation Inc., a U.S.-based, consumer product company. Life and career Replogle earned an A.B. in government from Dartmouth College in 1988. While a s ...

former CEO of Seventh Generation Inc. * Gary Rodkin, 1979 – CEO and president of

ConAgra Foods Conagra Brands, Inc. (formerly ConAgra Foods) is an American consumer packaged goods holding company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Conagra makes and sells products under various brand names that are available in supermarkets, restaurants, ...

Horacio Rodriguez Larreta The name Horacio is found sporadically throughout all Latinamerica. Historical Figures *Horacio Quiroga, an Uruguayan author and writer. *Horacio Carochi, an Italian Jesuit priest and grammarian *Horacio Pagani (auto executive) (born 1955), Argen ...

, 1992 – Mayor of

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

* Mitt Romney, 1975 – 70th

Governor of Massachusetts The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces. Massachuset ...

, co-founder of

Bain Capital Bain Capital is an American private investment firm based in Boston. It specializes in private equity, venture capital, credit, public equity, impact investing, life sciences, and real estate. Bain Capital invests across a range of industry se ...

and 2012 presidential nominee of the Republican Party *

Wilbur Ross Wilbur Louis Ross Jr. (born November 28, 1937) is an American businessman who served as the 39th United States Secretary of Commerce from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Ross was previously chairman and chief executive officer ...

, 1961 – Secretary of Commerce (2017–2021) under the

Trump Administration Donald Trump's tenure as the 45th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 2017, and ended on January 20, 2021. Trump, a Republican from New York City, took office following his Electoral College victory ...

Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl Kara Sandberg (born August 28, 1969) is an American business executive, billionaire, and philanthropist. Sandberg served as chief operating officer (COO) of Meta Platforms, a position from which she stepped down in August 2022. She is al ...

, 1995 – COO of

Ann Sarnoff Ann Marie Sarnoff (née Misiaszek; born c. 1961) is an American television executive. She became the chairwoman and CEO of Warner Bros. in the summer of 2019. Sarnoff was the first woman to hold the position at the company. Early life and educat ...

, 1987 – president of

BBC America BBC America is an American basic cable network that is jointly owned by BBC Studios and AMC Networks. The channel primarily airs sci-fi and action series and films, as well as selected programs from the BBC (such as its nature documentary seri ...

* Ulf Mark Schneider, 1993 – CEO of

Nestlé Nestlé S.A. (; ; ) is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. It is the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since ...

, and former CEO of Fresenius * Stephen A. Schwarzman, 1972 – founder of

Blackstone Group Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. Blackstone's private equity business has been one of the largest investors in leveraged buyouts in the last three decades, while its real estate bu ...

Joe Shoen Edward Joseph Shoen (born March 28, 1949) is an American businessman. He is the president, chairman, and chief executive officer (CEO) of AMERCO, the holding company of U-Haul International. Early life Joe Shoen is the son of the U-Haul founde ...

, 1973 – billionaire chairman of

AMERCO U-Haul is an American moving truck, trailer, and self-storage rental company, based in Phoenix, Arizona, that has been in operation since 1945. The company was founded by Leonard Shoen in Ridgefield, Washington, who began it in the garage owne ...

* Martin A. Siegel, 1971 — former Kidder, Peabody & Co. investment banker and former Drexel Burnham Lambert managing director;

convicted In law, a conviction is the verdict reached by a court of law finding a defendant guilty of a crime. The opposite of a conviction is an acquittal (that is, "not guilty"). In Scotland, there can also be a verdict of " not proven", which is co ...

for insider trading in 1987 *

Jayant Sinha Jayant Sinha (born 21 April 1963) is an Indian politician who is the Member of Indian Parliament and formerly the Minister of State for Finance and the Minister of State for Civil Aviation in the Government of India. Sinha is currently the Ch ...

1992 – Union Minister of State for Finance of India * Chatri Sityodtong, 1999 – chairman and CEO of

ONE Championship ONE Championship (formerly ONE Fighting Championship) is a Singaporean combat sports promotion. Founded on 14 July 2011 by entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui, its events have featured mixed ...

Jeffrey Skilling Jeffrey Keith Skilling (born November 25, 1953) is an American businessman who is best known as the CEO of Enron Corporation during the Enron scandal. In 2006, he was convicted of federal felony charges relating to Enron's collapse and eventual ...

, 1979 – former CEO of

Enron Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. It was founded by Kenneth Lay in 1985 as a merger between Lay's Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth, both relatively small regional compani ...

; convicted of

securities fraud Securities fraud, also known as stock fraud and investment fraud, is a deceptive practice in the stock or commodities markets that induces investors to make purchase or sale decisions on the basis of false information, frequently resulting in lo ...

and insider trading * Tad Smith – CEO of

Sotheby's Sotheby's () is a British-founded American multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City. It is one of the world's largest brokers of fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles. It has 80 locations in 40 countries, an ...

* Gunnar Sønsteby, 1947 – Norwegian World War Two resistance fighter, most highly decorated person of Norway * Guy Spier, 1993 – 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 Toys "R" Us is an American toy, clothing, and baby product retailer owned by Tru Kids (doing business as Tru Kids Brands) and various others. The company was founded in 1957; its first store was built in April 1948, with its headquarters loc ...

, Inc. * Sandra Sucher – businesswoman; professor, HBS MBA program *

Anjali Sud Anjali Sud (born August 13, 1983) is an American businesswoman of Indian descent and the CEO of Vimeo, the online video platform. Sud was appointed to the position in July 2017, after previously serving as General Manager and head of marketing. ...

, 2011 – CEO of

Vimeo Vimeo, Inc. () is an American video hosting, sharing, and services platform provider headquartered in New York City. Vimeo focuses on the delivery of high-definition video across a range of devices. Vimeo's business model is through software a ...

*Anthony Tan, 2011 – co-founder and CEO of Grab *

Tan Hooi Ling Tan Hooi Ling () is a Malaysian internet entrepreneur based in Singapore. She is best known as the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Singaporean ride-hailing company, Grab Holdings Inc. Tan was a business analyst at McKinsey & Com ...

, 2011 – co-founder and CEO of Grab *

John Thain John Alexander Thain (born May 26, 1955) is an American businessman, investment banker, and former chair and CEO of the CIT Group. Thain was the last chairman and chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch before its merger with Bank of America. ...

, 1979 – former CEO of Merrill Lynch * Pamela Thomas-Graham, 1988 – businesswoman

Clorox The Clorox Company (formerly Clorox Chemical Company) is an American global manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products. As of 2020 the Oakland, California based company had approximately 8,800 employees worldwide. Net sales ...

, Credit Suisse, and

Liz Claiborne Anne Elisabeth Jane Claiborne (March 31, 1929 – June 26, 2007) was an American fashion designer and businesswoman. Her success was built upon stylish yet affordable apparel for career women featuring colorfully tailored separates that co ...

, author * Gerald Tremblay, 1972 – mayor of

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

and former Quebec's Minister of Industry, Commerce, Science and Technology * Melvin T. Tukman, 1966 – co-founder and president of Tukman Grossman Capital Management *

David Viniar David Alan Viniar was the CFO and executive vice president at Goldman Sachs from 1999 until January 31, 2013. He is currently on the board of directors of Goldman Sachs. Biography A 1972 alumnus of The Bronx High School of Science, Viniar spent ...

, 1980 – CFO and executive vice president of Goldman Sachs *

Rick Wagoner George Richard "Rick" Wagoner Jr. (born February 9, 1953) is an American businessman and former chair and chief executive officer of General Motors. Wagoner resigned as chairman and CEO at General Motors on March 29, 2009, at the request of the ...

, 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 Margaret Cushing Whitman (born August 4, 1956) is the US ambassador to Kenya, an American business executive and former gubernatorial candidate for California. She is a board member of Procter & Gamble and General Motors. Whitman was previously ...

, 1979 – president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard * Glenn Youngkin, 1994 –

Governor of Virginia The governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia serves as the head of government of Virginia for a four-year term. The incumbent, Glenn Youngkin, was sworn in on January 15, 2022. Oath of office On inauguration day, the Governor-elect takes th ...

; former co-CEO of

Michelle Zatlyn Michelle Zatlyn is co-founder, president, and chief operating officer of the cybersecurity firm Cloudflare. She also serves on the company's board of directors. Early life and education Zatlyn was raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. ...

, 2009 – co-founder, president, and COO of

Cloudflare Cloudflare, Inc. is an American content delivery network and DDoS mitigation company, founded in 2009. It primarily acts as a reverse proxy between a website's visitor and the Cloudflare customer's hosting provider. Its headquarters are in Sa ...

DBA

Jay Lorsch Jay William Lorsch (born 1932) is an American organizational theorist and the Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at the Harvard Business School, known for his contribution of contingency theory to the field of organizational behavior. B ...

, DBA, 1964 – professor, HBS MBA program;

contingency theory A contingency theory is an organizational theory that claims that there is no best way to organize a corporation, to lead a company, or to make decisions. Instead, the optimal course of action is contingent (dependent) upon the internal and ext ...

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)

* Timothy I. Ahern, 1967 –

Major General *

Gabi Ashkenazi Gabriel "Gabi" Ashkenazi (; born 25 February 1954) is an Israeli politician and former military leader. He previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was the Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces from 2007 to 2011. ...

, AMP, 2004 –

Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff. List * Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( United States) * Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia) * Chief of General Staff (Af ...

of Israel Defense Forces * Jaime Zobel de Ayala, 1963 - Filipino businessman and chairman emeritus of Ayala Corporation *

Julie Bishop Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2018 and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2007 to 2018. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Curtin ...

, AMP, 1996 – Australian deputy Prime Minister *

Rick Burr Lieutenant General Richard Maxwell "Rick" Burr, (born 2 June 1964) is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army, who served as Chief of Army from 2 July 2018 to 1 July 2022. He was previously Commander 1st Division from 2011 to 2012, D ...

, 2013 – Chief of the Australian Army * Alden W. Clausen, 1966 -

Former President * Christine M. Day, 2002 – Canadian business executive and former CEO of

Lululemon lululemon athletica inc. (; styled in all lowercase) is a Canadian multinational athletic apparel retailer headquartered in British Columbia and incorporated in Delaware, United States. It was founded in 1998 as a retailer of yoga pants and ot ...

* Y. C. Deveshwar – chairman and CEO of

ITC Limited ITC Limited is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered in Kolkata. ITC has a diversified presence across industries such as FMCG, hotels, software, packaging, paperboards, specialty papers and agribusiness. The company has 13 businesses in ...

* Muhammad bin Ibrahim, 2010 – 8th Governor of

Central Bank of Malaysia The Central Bank of Malaysia (BNM; ms, Bank Negara Malaysia) is the Malaysian central bank. Established on 26 January 1959 as the Central Bank of Malaya (''Bank Negara Tanah Melayu''), its main purpose is to issue currency, act as banker and ad ...

Antony Leung Antony Leung Kam-chung GBS OBE JP (born 29 January 1952 in Hong Kong with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong) is a businessman who served as Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), from 29 May 2001 until ...

, 1999 – financial secretary of Hong Kong * William Lewis, 2009 – Journalist, British Media Executive *

Minoru Makihara Minoru Makihara ( ''Makihara Minoru''; January 12, 1930 – December 13, 2020) was a Japanese business executive who served as the chief executive (1992–1998) and chairman (1998–2004) of Mitsubishi Corporation. He was noted for steering ...

, 1977 - Senior Corporate Advisor, Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer,

Mitsubishi Corporation is Japan's largest trading company (sogo shosha) and a member of the Mitsubishi keiretsu. As of 2022, Mitsubishi Corporation employs over 80,000 people and has ten business segments, including finance, banking, energy, machinery, chemical ...

Christopher McCormick Christopher McCormick (born in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is the former chief executive officer of L.L.Bean, a mail-order, online and retail company based in Freeport, Maine. Early life Chris McCormick graduated from Fairfield University Dolan Sch ...

– president and CEO of

L.L. Bean L.L.Bean is an American privately-held retail company that was founded in 1912 by Leon Leonwood Bean. The company, headquartered in the place in which it was founded, in Freeport, Maine, specializes in clothing and outdoor recreation equipment. ...

* David V. Miller –

Major General *

Michael Mullen Michael Glenn Mullen (born October 4, 1946) is a retired United States Navy admiral, who served as the 17th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2007, to September 30, 2011. Mullen previously served as the Navy's 28th chief of ...

, 1991 – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, United States armed forces * A. Sivathanu Pillai, 1991 – honorary distinguished professor of Indian Space Research Organisation *

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, 1981 - Former Chairman and CEO, Bank of Montreal; chairman and Chief Executive,

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Ajay Piramal Ajay Gopikisan Piramal CBE (born 3 August 1955) is an Indian billionaire industrialist, and the chairman of the Piramal Group, a conglomerate with interests in pharmaceutical, financial services, real estate, healthcare analytics and glass pac ...

, 1992 – chairman,

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* Brian J Porter, President and chief executive officer, Scotiabank *

, 1975 – chairman and CEO

* Lucius Theus, AMP 57 -

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in the

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Jim Lovell James Arthur Lovell Jr. (; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders, one of th ...

, 1971 – Astronaut, Apollo 13

Other executive education

Paolo Rocca Paolo Rocca (born 1952) is an Argentine-Italian businessman, CEO of the Techint Group, which holds Tenaris, Ternium and other companies that operate in the engineering, construction and energy sectors. He is also chairman and CEO of Tenaris, ...

, 1985 – CEO of

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Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede FCIB, CON (born 24 September 1966) is a Nigerian banker, investor and philanthropist. He was the former group managing director (GMD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Access Bank Plc. He is the founder and chairman of C ...

, 2000 – co-founder

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and founder and chairman, Africa Initiative for Governance *

Ciara Ciara Princess Wilson ( ; Harris; born October 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, model and entrepreneur. She released her debut studio album, '' Goodies'' in 2004, which spawned four singles: " Goodies" (featuring Petey Pa ...

– American singer *

Vicente Fox Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006. After campaigning as a right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the ...

– 55th President of

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Kilma S. Lattin Kilma Sibimoat Lattin (October 30, 1978) is a Native Americans in the United States, Native American leader, businessman, and military veteran. He is a member of the Pala Band of Mission Indians in San Diego, California, where he was elected to ...

– Emmy Award-winning Native American leader, military veteran, and business man * Jason Tanamor – Filipino-American author *

Daniel Vasella Daniel Lucius Vasella (born 15 August 1953) is a Swiss medical doctor, author, and executive who served as CEO and chairman of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG, the world's fifth largest drug company. During his tenure Novartis shares f ...

, PMD, 1989 – president of

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Howard Zuker Zack Norman (born ''Howard Jerrold Zuker''; May 27, 1940) is an American actor, director, producer, writer, comedian, musician, film financier, painter, art collector and real estate developer. Born in Boston and raised in nearby Revere, at the ...

also known as

Zack Norman Zack Norman (born ''Howard Jerrold Zuker''; May 27, 1940) is an American actor, director, producer, writer, comedian, musician, film financier, painter, art collector and real estate developer. Born in Boston and raised in nearby Revere, at the ...

, 2005 (OPM 34) – financier, producer and actor

Case studies

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* {{Authority control Harvard Business School 1908 establishments in Massachusetts Business School Robert A. M. Stern buildings Satellite campuses