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. Founded in 1924, the school is ranked among the best business schools in the world by ''

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''. The Ross School of Business offers

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degrees, as well as an

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program. Its

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(BBA),

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(MBA), and

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programs have been ranked among the top in the U.S. and the world. Ross also offers dual degrees with other University of Michigan colleges and schools. The Distinguished Leader Certificate is offered by the Executive Education program.

History

Early history (1900–1923)

The first business courses were offered at the

in 1900. Economics Department Chairman

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oversaw the expanding practical courses to prepare students for business careers. The idea for the school came from the economics department. In 1918, the university's

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began issuing a Certificate of Business Administration. In 1923, University President

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hired

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to serve as the founding dean of a new business school.

Founding (1924–1925)

The University of Michigan School of Business Administration was founded in 1924; it offered a two-year

after three years of general studies. There were 14 faculty members, including one of the first women to be part of a business school. In 1925, the Bureau of Business Research was founded to facilitate and coordinate faculty research, and publish research monographs and case studies.

Clare Griffin era (1926–1943)

In 1926 after serving three years, Day was replaced as dean by

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, who initially came to the university to teach marketing. The same year, faculty member

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founded ''

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''. In 1935, the school began offering a PhD in Business Administration. In 1938, the first evening

(MBA) classes were offered. In 1940, school enrollment reached 200 students. Between 1942 and 1943, a

(BBA) degree was introduced.

Russell Stevenson era (1943–1959)

In 1943, Russell Stevenson became the school's third dean. In 1947, enrollment exceeded 1,000 students, reaching 800 BBA students and 400 MBA students by 1949. In 1948, the school opened a new building that cost $2.5 million and had a nine-story tower. The same year, Paul McCracken joined the faculty. From 1950 to 1959, the school introduced the Public Utility Executive Program, its first stand-alone, non-degree program for continuing education of business executives.

Floyd Bond era (1960–1978)

In 1960, Floyd Bond became the school's fourth dean. The same year, the school launched its first international joint venture in Taiwan and Bond appointed a committee to better integrate global business into the school's curriculum. In 1966, Bond established the Ad Hoc Committee on Educational Programs in Business Administration for Negroes, which tried to attract more African-American students but the initiative and a number of student strikes and other protests in the following years demanded more minority enrollment. In 1971, the school began a $1.5 million expansion of the physical facilities and assembly hall. By 1971, total enrollment exceeded 1,300, more than three-quarters of whom were graduate students with 370 in the Evening MBA Program. In 1972, the school's first two alumni clubs in

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and

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, held their first meetings. In 1974, Alfred Edwards joined the faculty as a professor of business administration and director of the research division, later becoming known as the school's ambassador for diversity.

Gilbert Whitaker era (1979–1990)

In 1979, Gilbert Whitaker became the school's fifth dean and established an enlarged Office of Development & Alumni Relations. In 1980, total degree-program enrollment reached 2,000, including about 600 BBA students, while the number of faculty members exceeded 100. From 1980 to 1989, Whitaker stablished 17 joint-degree programs with other U-M units. In 1982, he announced a $15 million fundraising campaign for three new buildings, including a library. The campaign raised $17 million, and the buildings opened by 1984. In 1983, the school joined the

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and began offering a

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degree. In 1990, the school received a federal grant to establish a Center for International Business Education.

B. Joseph White era (1990–2001)

In 1990,

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became the school's sixth dean. In 1991, White and Associate Dean Paul Danos introduced a major MBA curriculum overhaul by initiating the Multidisciplinary Action Project (MAP), a full-time, seven-week project that allowed teams of students to work on real-world business challenges for sponsor companies. After a pilot run, it became part of the MBA core curriculum in 1993. In 1995, an international MAP option was created as a separate program. In 2015, MAP became an option in the undergraduate curriculum. In 1992, the

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was founded. In 1995, the Tauber Institute was founded as a joint project with the

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. In 1996, the Global MBA Program is introduced, allowing students to study abroad in one-month terms. The same year, the Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Environmental Management Institute was established. In 1999, the Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies was founded. In 2000, Sam Wyly Hall opened to house Executive Education and other programs. The same year, the number of faculty members approached 200. In 2001, the school introduced an Executive MBA Program, which targeted business leaders in supervisory positions. During White's tenure, other initiatives, such as research on how to supplement the

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, helped cement the school's reputation for innovations that produce business leaders.

Robert J. Dolan era (2001–2011)

In 2001, Robert J. Dolan became the school's seventh dean. In 2002, the John R. and Georgene M. Tozzi Electronic Business and Finance Center was established. In 2003, several faculty members published "Positive Organizational Scholarship: Foundations of a New Discipline", a study on how to create positive organizations. The school would later found the Center for Positive Organizations. In 2004, alumnus Stephen M. Ross donated US$100 million to the school, which was renamed the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. This was the largest-ever gift to a U.S. business school and to the University of Michigan. The Ross gift funded a campus overhaul; the school demolished of existing building space and renovated or added . In 2006, the Ross Leadership Initiative, later renamed the Sanger Leadership Center, was established to improve the leadership development of MBA students. In 2009, the school's Master of Supply Chain Management degree program was introduced. The same year, the $145 million Stephen M. Ross building opened. In 2010, a Weekend MBA Program was introduced, allowing students to complete an MBA in two years while working full-time.

Alison Davis-Blake era (2011–2016)

In 2011,

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became the school's eighth and first female dean. In 2012, the Executive MBA Program was expanded to a second campus in

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. In 2013, Stephen M. Ross made a second $100 million gift as a part of a larger fundraising effort; the gift aimed "to help complete the vision of a unified business school complex, including one new building, one fully renovated building, and other improvements". The same year, a Minor in Business is offered for non-business undergraduate students. In late 2013, the school launched a major fundraising campaign. In 2014, a new 10-month Master of Management degree was introduced. The same year, the school began sponsoring the annual Positive Business Conference. During Davis-Blake's tenure, the school broadened its global presence, increasing the number of overseas experiences for students and beginning a partnership with

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. The Desai Accelerator for startup businesses—a joint effort between Ross and the

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—opened in downtown

in 2014. The same year, Davis-Blake oversaw a large, donor-funded construction project that includes the new Jeff T. Blau Hall, as well as renovations to several older buildings on the business campus. In 2015, Davis-Blake announced that she would step down at the end of her five-year term in 2016 to pursue a broader role in higher education. In 2015, Michigan Ross announced the Alumni Advantage program that offers free lifetime open-enrollment executive education tuition for all its degree alumni and half-price tuition for non-Ross UM alumni. In 2016, the Jeff T. Blau Hall and the renovated Kresge Hall opened.

Scott DeRue era (2016–2021)

In 2016, Scott DeRue became the school's ninth dean. He joined the Michigan Ross faculty in 2007 and had been an associate dean. In 2017, enrollment exceeded 3,000 students, including about 1,600 BBA students and 800 full-time MBA students. Nearly 40% of incoming BBA students are women, and about half are from other states.

Francine Lafontaine - Interim (2021)

Francine Lafontaine stepped in as the business school’s interim dean, effective May 24, 2021. Lafontaine began her academic career as an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University. She joined the Michigan Ross faculty as an assistant professor in 1991, and was promoted to associate professor in 1995 and to professor in 2000. She was the Jack D. Sparks – Whirlpool Corporation Research Professor of Business Administration from 2005-07 and has held the William Davidson Professor of Business Administration chair since 2010. From 2016-20, Lafontaine served as the senior associate dean for faculty and research at Michigan Ross. Prior to that, she served as the director at the Bureau of Economics for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission from fall of 2014 to the end of 2015. She also was the chair of the Business Economics and Public Policy group at Ross from 2003-2012. Her research focuses on industrial organization, vertical relationships, contracting and franchising, and entrepreneurship, along with related public policy issues. She has received several research grants, including from the Sloan Foundation and the National Science Foundation.

Facilities and institutes

University of Michigan Central Campus-Ross School of Business

Upon its establishment in 1924, the business school was located in Tappan Hall, the oldest extant classroom building on campus. The original 1894 wing was designed by the Detroit firm

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, and the south wing was designed by Luckenbach / Ziegelman & Partners. The school moved to its current site in 1948. Authorized by the Regents in July 1945, the site was in the northern half of a block surrounded by Monroe Street, Tappan Street, Hill Street, and Haven Street. It was purchased at the time construction was begun. Ten private dwellings were demolished for to make way for the construction, which began in August, 1946. The business school was the first skyscraper on campus and was designed by architects Lee and Kenneth C. Black, of Lansing, Michigan. New York City real estate developer Stephen M. Ross (BBA '62) gave a gift of $100 million to the business school, the second largest donation ever to a U.S. business school and the largest gift to the university in its history. In recognition, the Board of Regents met in special session on September 9, 2004, to rename the school the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. In 2013, Ross announced a second gift to the school of $100 million. The second gift was used for facilities upgrades, including high-tech classrooms, a new career services space, and additional areas for practical research; as well as student scholarships. In September 2017, Ross donated an additional $50 million to the school.

The William Davidson Institute

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made a 20-year financial commitment to establish an institute at the University of Michigan Business School. The institute was named for Guardian Industries' chairman, president and CEO

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. WDI supports international activity at the University of Michigan by funding research, hosting visiting scholars, organizing seminars and speaker series, sponsoring summer internships, and creating dynamic and current teaching materials. Since 2006, more than 1,800 MBA students have participated in more than 450 international projects. WDI's publication initiative houses a collection of international business and social impact teaching materials. A publishing subsidiary named WDI Publishing was founded in 2007.

The Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise

Created in 1996 by a donation from Frederick A. Erb (BBA ’47) and his wife Barbara, the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise is a partnership between the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) to provide education and opportunities for research into business sustainability. The Erb Institute's Dual-Degree MBA/MS Program, in which students earn a Master of Business Administration from the Ross School and a Master of Science from SNRE in 2 1/2 to 3 years, has received many accolades. In 2013, Michigan Ross (Erb Institute) received the top ranking for MBA programs with a Sustainability specialty
Bloomberg Business MBA Rankings

The Joel D. Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Joel D. Tauber donated $5 million in 1995 to establish the Joel D. Tauber Manufacturing Institute, which trains graduate engineering and business students in operations management. The program is run jointly with the University's College of Engineering. In 2007, the institute was renamed the (Joel D.) Tauber Institute for Global Operations to recognize increased interest from service, healthcare, IT, and retail organizations. In 2012 the institute was awarded the first UPS George D. Smith Prize from

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for its effective and innovative preparation of students to be practitioners of operations research, management science or analytics.

The Zell-Lurie Institute

The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies provides the curriculum, program initiatives, community involvement, and alumni outreach activities that provide resources for graduates of the Ross School of Business. In 1999, a $10 million donation from

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and Ann Lurie on behalf of her husband Robert H. Lurie established the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Business School.

The Wolverine Venture Fund

The Wolverine Venture Fund (WVF) is a multimillion-dollar venture capital fund operated by the Ross School of Business. The fund was started in 1997 by Karen Bantel. The fund invests with the active involvement of MBA students, faculty assistance, and an advisory board composed of professional venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. It invests in early-stage, emerging growth companies. The Fund typically provides US$50,000 to $200,000 in seed and first-stage funding rounds with other venture capital funds and

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s. The Wolverine Venture Fund, the oldest such U.S. venture, earned $1 million when Intralase, a U-M spin-off technology company, went public.

The Center For Positive Organizations

Founded in 2002 as the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship, the center’s mission is "to inspire and enable leaders to build high-performing organizations that bring out the best in people". It researches topics such as positive leadership, meaning and purpose, ethics and virtues, and relationships and culture in an organizational setting. Starting in 2014, it sponsors an annual Positive Business Conference.

The Sanger Leadership Center

The Sanger Leadership Center at Michigan Ross was named for a gift by Steve and Karen Sanger in 2015, The center offers leadership development programming for all University of Michigan students. Its signature initiatives open to U-M students include the Leadership Crisis Challenge, Impact Challenge, Story Lab, and Legacy Lab. Sanger uses leadership development theories and tools developed at Michigan Ross, such as the Michigan Model of Leadership.

Student life

Ross School of Business students publish a newspaper called the ''

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'' and houses the ''Michigan Journal of Business'', the first undergraduate-level academic journal in the field of business. A Ross MBA community tradition is the Ross MBA college football tailgate, which takes place before and after every home game at "The Bus", a 1985 Ford school bus that is painted in maize and blue, Michigan's colors, and is decorated with a dance floor, a DJ on the roof, and couches in the interior. On game days, The Bus is parked in a nearby Lumber Yard for an event called the Ross MBA tailgate, which attracts over 500 students, alumni, and friends. As of 2013, this tradition had been intact for the last decade. After the bus "died" in 2013, a group of MBA students started a crowdfunding campaign on

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to purchase a new mobile tailgate bus.

''Michigan Journal of Business''

''Michigan Journal of Business'' is a biannual,

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that is published by undergraduate students at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business (

). It was established in 2007 by

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and publishes theses, empirical research, case studies, and theories relating to accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management, operations management, information systems, business law,

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, and public policy. The editorial staff is composed of students of the University of Michigan. The journal is abstracted and indexed in EBSCO's Business Source Complete database. Archival issues are available at the MJB's website.

Rankings

'' U.S. News & World Report'', in its 2019 ranking of top MBA programs, placed Michigan Ross seventh in its ranking of business schools in the United States; it was tied with the University of California at Berkeley's

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. In the same publication and year's BBA rankings, Michigan Ross was ranked fourth. In the most recent ''U.S. News & World Report'' for 2023, the school ranked 10th. In the most-recent U.S. News & World Report specialty rankings for 2019, Michigan Ross' full-time MBA program was ranked third in the Management and Production/Operations categories, fourth in Marketing and Accounting, fifth in Nonprofit and International, sixth in Supply Chain/Logistics, seventh in Entrepreneurship, and tenth in Finance. In 2021 ''

'' ranked the MBA program 13th overall. In 2015, ''U.S. News & World Report'' rankings of the best U.S. undergraduate business programs ranked Ross first in the management category. Also in 2015, the BBA program ranked second in marketing, third in finance, fourth in international business and productions/operations management, and fifth in accounting. In the 2015

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, Ross School was placed as the eighth-best business school in North America. In 2011, the Masters in Supply Chain program was ranked second in supply chain in the U.S. by

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. In the 2015 ''Bloomberg Businessweek'' rankings of undergraduate business schools, Ross was placed twelfth; in 2016, Ross moved up to eighth place in that list. The Ross School of Business was ranked third worldwide in 2011 for research output, and first in 2013 for sustainability by ''

''.

Notable alumni

Activists

* Shereef Akeel (BUS: BBA), lawyer notable for pursuing human rights and civil liberties cases * Terence A. G. Davis (BUS: MBA 1962), member of the

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for 28 years, now Secretary General of the

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and human rights activist * Rachna Dhingra (BUS: BBA), social activist working in Bhopal with the survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy * Jesse Hill Jr. (BUS: MBA 1949), Chairman, President and CEO (emeritus) of Atlanta Life Insurance Co.; businessman and civil rights leader who was named the recipient of the 2006 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service * Jerry White (BUS: MBA 2005), co-founder and executive director of the Landmine Survivors Network (LSN) * Hao Wu (BUS: MBA 2000), documentary filmmaker and blogger

Advertising/marketing

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, (BUS: MBA 1975), president and CEO of the

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; former chairman, president and CEO of Time Life Inc * Stephen Sanger (BUS: MBA 1970), CEO of

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Arts and entertainment

(BUS: BBA 1947), founder of the

at the Ross School of Business; chairman of

; owner of the

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, and

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sports teams * DJ Graffiti (BUS: BBA), Michigan-based DJ, producer and manager *

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(BBA), Oscar-nominated producer; founder and president of Gilbert Films, a motion picture production and financing company based in Los Angeles, California * Lynn Isenberg, author, producer, and screenwriter; best known for her trilogy of comedy novels: ''The Funeral Planner'', ''The Funeral Planner Goes to Washington'' and ''The Funeral Planner Goes Global'' *

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(BUS: BBA),

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

actor * Steve Richardson (BUS: MBA), puzzle creator and founder of Stave Puzzles *David Shayman, more widely known as

Disco D David Aaron Shayman (September 21, 1980 – January 23, 2007), better known by his stage name Disco D, was an American record producer and composer. He started as a teenage DJ in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he helped DJ Godfather popularize the ...

(BUS: BBA 2002) - producer of

Ghettotech Ghettotech (also known as Detroit club) is a genre of electronic music originating from Detroit. It combines elements of Chicago's ghetto house with electro, Detroit techno, Miami bass. Overview Former Detroit music journalist for the ''Det ...

Vienna Teng Cynthia Yih Shih (born October 3, 1978, Saratoga, California), better known by her stage name Vienna Teng, is an American pianist and singer-songwriter who was based in Detroit, Michigan and now lives in Washington, DC. Teng has released five s ...

Taiwanese-American Taiwanese Americans () are Americans who carry full or partial ancestry from Taiwan. This includes American-born citizens who descend from migrants from Taiwan. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, 49% of Taiwanese Americans lived in the state of Califo ...

pianist and singer-songwriter

Athletics

Red Berenson Gordon Arthur "Red, The Red Baron" Berenson (born December 8, 1939) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre and head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team from 1984 to 2017. Berenson was inducted into Canada's Sports ...

, (BUS: BBA 1962, MBA 1966), former head coach of the

Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey The Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team that represents the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Earning varsity status in 1922, the program has competed in 100 seasons. Between 1959 and 1981, the ...

team *

Jason Botterill Jason Drandon Botterill (born May 19, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger and executive who is currently serving as an assistant general manager of the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). Botterill was th ...

(BUS: MBA 2007), General manager of the

Buffalo Sabres The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. The Sabres compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team was established in 1970, along w ...

; former professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

left winger A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Bill Frieder William Samuel Frieder (born March 3, 1942) is a former basketball coach at Michigan (1981–1989) and Arizona State (1989–1997). Frieder's 1985–86 team was the last Michigan team to win a Big Ten Championship until the 2011–12 team. ...

(BUS: BBA 1964), former Michigan basketball coach *

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. Se ...

, (BUS: BBA 1969), former NFL football player; named by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF), as its chairman in 2006 *

Tom Lewand Thomas J. Lewand is a Detroit-area business leader and a former executive for the Detroit Lions. The son of lawyer and Detroit economic development leader F. Thomas Lewand, Tom Lewand began his career with the Detroit Lions in 1995. By 2008, he was ...

(MBA 1996), named president of the

Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford ...

on December 29, 2008 *

William C. Martin William C. Martin is an American former college athletics administrator. He was athletic director at the University of Michigan from 2000 to 2010. Martin is a first generation American who was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He holds a BA ...

, (BUS: MBA 1965), President (emeritus),

United States Olympic Committee The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States. It was founded in 1895 as the United States Olympic Committee, and is headquartered in Col ...

* Robert Pelinka (BUS: BBA 1993, LAW: JD 1996), lawyer, sports agent and former college basketball player *

Bert Sugar Herbert Randolph Sugar (June 7, 1936 – March 25, 2012) was an American boxing writer and sports historian known for his trademark fedora and unlit cigar. Biography Early life and education Sugar was born in Washington, D.C. on June 7, 1936. ...

, (LAW: JD 1961; BUS: MBA 1961), former publisher-editor of '' The Ring'' and ''Boxing Illustrated'' * Zoltan Mesko (BUS: BBA 2009), punter in the NFL

Banking/financial

* William S. Demchak, (BUS: MBA), President and Chief Executive Officer of PNC Financial Services Group. *

Haluk Dinçer Haluk Dinçer (born 1962) is a Turkish business executive. He has been Executive Board Member of Sabanci Holding Turkey's leading industrial and financial group, since February 2002, and Financial Services Group President since April 2020. Bi ...

(BUS: MBA), President of the Retail and Insurance Group of Sabancı Holding, one of the two largest industrial and financial conglomerates of Turkey *

David Kellermann David B. Kellermann (August 1967 – April 22, 2009) was the acting chief financial officer of Freddie Mac in early 2009. Early life Kellermann graduated from George Washington University with a master's degree in finance after a B.S. in Politica ...

, (BUS: BSBA), Chief Financial Officer of

Freddie Mac The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC), commonly known as Freddie Mac, is a publicly traded, government-sponsored enterprise (GSE), headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia.Shailesh Kumar (BUS: M.B.A.), writer, entrepreneur, private investor, and founder of Value Stock Guide, a financial website providing information about investing * Herbert "Bart" H. McDade III, President and COO of

Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ( ) was an American global financial services firm founded in 1847. Before Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, filing for bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States (behind Gol ...

at the time of its bankruptcy *

Euh Yoon-Dae Euh Yoon-Dae (born 1945) is a South Korean professor, financier, and advisor for the South Korean government. He served as Chairman of KB Financial Group and of the Presidential Council on Nation Branding, Korea. Childhood and Education Euh ...

(BUS: Ph.D.), Chairman of KB Financial Group and of the Presidential Council on Nation Branding, Korea

Consulting/accounting

Gary Hamel Gary P. Hamel (born 1954) is an American management consultant. He is a founder of Strategos, an international management consulting firm based in Chicago. Biography Hamel graduated from Andrews University in 1975, and from Ross School of Bus ...

(BUS: MBA PhD 1990), co-author of ''The Core Competence of the Corporation''; selected "Number One Guru" by

magazine in 2003

Education

Charles E. Bayless Charles E. Bayless (born November 2, 1942) is a former president of West Virginia University Institute of Technology and a regional vice president of West Virginia University. He retired from WVU Tech on June 30, 2008. Early life Charles E. Bayless ...

(BUS: MBA), former President of West Virginia University Institute of Technology * Söhnke M. Bartram (BUS: Ph.D.), professor in the Department of Finance at Warwick Business School * Vivian Carpenter (BUS: MBA), accounting, academic, and business executive * Wynne Chin (BUS: MBA, PhD), information systems, academic, and consultant * James Danko (BUS: MBA), president of

Butler University Butler University is a private university in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university has over 60 major academic fields of study in six colleges: the Lacy School of Business, College of Communic ...

(since 2011) * Joseph William Dellapenna (BUS: BBA), professor of law at

Villanova University School of Law Villanova University's Charles Widger School of Law (known as Villanova University School of Law) is a law school of the Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania. Opened in 1953, the School of Law is approved by the American Bar Associati ...

* Joel Demski (BUS: MBA), accounting researcher and educator * Ole-Kristian Hope (BUS: MBA), Norwegian economist; professor of accounting at the Rotman School of Management, known for his work on accounting standards and disclosure practices *

Carl Lygo Carl Raymond Lygo (born October 1967) is a British barrister and academic who was the founding vice-chancellor of BPP University. Since 2018 he has been the Chairman of University of Europe for Applied Sciences in Germany and since 2019 the Vice ...

(BUS: MBA), British barrister, academic, and Vice-Chancellor of BPP University, a division of the Apollo Group * Douglas A. Shackelford (PhD 1990), dean of the UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School *

(BUS: PhD 1975),16th President of the

University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the University ...

; former dean of the Ross School of Business

Entrepreneurs

Sam Belnavis Sam Belnavis (August 8, 1939 – July 14, 2021) was an American executive in automobile racing. Belnavis, an African-American, was one of comparatively few ethnic minorities to have owned a NASCAR racing team. He was the head of Roush Fenway Raci ...

(BUS: MBA), executive in automobile racing; as an African-American, one of the few minority persons to have owned a NASCAR racing team * Shailesh Kumar, businessperson; founder of Value Stock Guide *

Frank Legacki Frank Legacki (1939 – October 22, 2020) was an American championship swimmer. He won two individual, one relay, and two team NCAA swimming championships between 1959 and 1961 and set American records in the 50-yard freestyle. He was also a two- ...

, former President and CEO of Kaepa, Inc., an athletic footwear company based in San Antonio, Texas. *

Sam Wyly Samuel Evans Wyly (born October 4, 1934) is an American businessman. He first appeared on ''Forbes''s list of richest Americans in 2000 with a net worth of $750 million, and he remained on that list throughout 2010 with a net worth of $1 billio ...

(BUS: MBA 1957), serial entrepreneur; owner of the Bonanza Restaurants chain; founder of computer companies acquired by

Computer Associates CA Technologies, formerly known as CA, Inc. and Computer Associates International, Inc., is an American multinational corporation headquartered in New York City. It is primarily known for its business-to-business (B2B) software with a product po ...

SBC Communications The history of AT&T dates back to the invention of the telephone. The Bell Telephone Company was established in 1877 by Alexander Graham Bell, who obtained the first US patent for the telephone, and his father-in-law, Gardiner Greene Hubbard. Bell ...

, and Datran; chairman of

Sterling Software Sterling Software was an American software company founded in Dallas, Texas in 1981 by Sterling Williams and brothers Sam and Charles Wyly. The company was acquired by Computer Associates International in 2000 in a stock-for-stock transaction ...

Federal Reserve/FDIC/OCC/Treasury

L. William Seidman Lewis William Seidman (April 29, 1921 – May 13, 2009) was an American economist, financial commentator, and former head of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, best known for his role in helping work to correct the Savings and Loan ...

(BUS: MBA 1949), former 14th Chairman of the

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is one of two agencies that supply deposit insurance to depositors in American depository institutions, the other being the National Credit Union Administration, which regulates and insures cred ...

(FDIC); vice chairman and CFO of the

Phelps Dodge Phelps Dodge Corporation was an American mining company founded in 1834 as an import-export firm by Anson Greene Phelps and his two sons-in-law William Earle Dodge, Sr. and Daniel James. The latter two ran Phelps, James & Co., the part of the ...

Corporation (1977–1982); managing partner of Seidman & Seidman (1968–1974); chairman of

CNBC CNBC (formerly Consumer News and Business Channel) is an American basic cable business news channel. It provides business news programming on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk sho ...

Government and judiciary

* Roger W. Baker (BUS: MBA), Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology for the

United States Department of Veterans Affairs The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing life-long healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers a ...

* John E. Braun (BUS: MBA), Republican State Senator, representing the 20th district of Washington * Lawrence E. Butler (BUS: MBA), United States Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia (2002–2005) *

Thomas Cane Thomas Cane is a former Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. A graduate of University of Michigan BBA, Marquette University Law School JD and University of Virginia Law School LLM, Cane served in the United States Air Force Judge Advocat ...

(BUS: BBA), former Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals *

James Paul Churchill James Paul Churchill (April 10, 1924 – June 29, 2020) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Education and career Churchill was born in Imlay City, Michigan. He served in ...

(BUS: BBA),

United States federal judge In the United States, federal judges are judges who serve on courts established under Article Three of the U.S. Constitution. They include the chief justice and the associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, the circuit judges of the U.S. Cou ...

* Peter D. Clark (BUS: MBA), Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton (1991–1997) *

Howard Flight Howard Emerson Flight, Baron Flight (born 16 June 1948) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom and a member of the House of Lords Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

David Hermelin David B. Hermelin (December 27, 1936 – November 22, 2000) was United States ambassador to Norway and a Detroit area philanthropist and entrepreneur and a graduate of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. The David B. Hermelin ...

, (BUS: BBA 1958), entrepreneur, philanthropist, and former

United States Ambassador to Norway The United States Ambassador to Norway (formally the Ambassador of the United States to the Kingdom of Norway) is the official representative of the President and the Government of the United States of America to the King and Government of Norw ...

; Ross School benefactor *

John Carl Hinshaw John Carl Hinshaw (July 28, 1894 – August 5, 1956) was a United States representative from California from 1939 to 1956. Biography He was born in Chicago, Illinois, son of William Wade and Anna Williams Hinshaw. He attended the public school ...

(BUS), former

United States Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

from California *

Pete Hoekstra Cornelis Piet "Pete" Hoekstra (; born October 30, 1953) is a Dutch-American politician who served as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from January 10, 2018, to January 17, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he previously ser ...

, (BUS: MBA 1977), Congressional Representative from Michigan; * H. Russel Holland (BUS: BBA 1958),

United States District Judge The United States district courts are the trial courts of the United States federal judiciary, U.S. federal judiciary. There is one district court for each United States federal judicial district, federal judicial district, which each cover o ...

* Mark Kennedy, (BUS: MBA 1983), former member of the

U.S. Congress The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is Bicameralism, bicameral, composed of a lower body, the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives, and an upper body, ...

from

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

David McKeague David William McKeague (born November 5, 1946) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Education and career McKeague received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michi ...

(BUS: BBA 1968, JD 1971), United States federal judge *

Donald R. McMonagle Donald Ray McMonagle (born May 14, 1952) ( Col, USAF, Ret.) is a former astronaut and a veteran of three shuttle flights. He became the Manager, Launch Integration, at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 15, 1997. In this capacity he was ...

(BUS: MBA) (Retired Colonel, USAF), Manager of Launch Integration, at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida * Glenn Everell Mencer (BUS: BBA 1949), United States federal judge *

Herizo Razafimahaleo Herizo Jossicher Razafimahaleo (February 21, 1955Curriculum Vitae
at Herizo.org . – July 25, 2008

(BUS: MBA), former politician in

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

, three-time presidential candidate, and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (1997–98) *

Ronald Weiser Ronald N. Weiser is an American businessman and Republican Party activist, donor and financier. Weiser founded a real estate company. He held fundraising roles for the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush and John McCain. He was chairman of ...

(BUS: BBA 1966), former Ambassador to

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

Healthcare

* Ragavendra R Baliga (BUS: MBA 2004), Director of Cardiology at

Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...

Hospital East; co-founder of NextServices *

Mahendra Bhandari Mahendra Bhandari (born 24 December 1945) is an Indian surgeon who has made substantial contributions to the specialty of urology, medical training, hospital administration, robotic surgery and medical ethics. For his efforts, he was awarded ...

(BUS: MBA), Indian surgeon * Nancy E. Dunlap (BUS: MBA), physician, researcher, and business administrator; dean of the

University of Virginia School of Medicine The University of Virginia School of Medicine (UVA SoM) is the graduate medical school of the University of Virginia. The school's facilities are on the University of Virginia grounds adjacent to Academical Village in Charlottesville, Virginia. ...

Scott Ransom Scott B. Ransom has worked across the healthcare ecosystem as a physician, researcher, teacher, author, executive, strategy consultant and investor. Biography *Currently serves as an advisor, executive coach, investor, board member and thought-lea ...

(BUS: MBA 1997), physician, researcher, and healthcare management expert; past President of the

University of North Texas Health Science Center The University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC, UNT Health Science Center, or hsc) is a public academic health science center in Fort Worth, Texas. It is part of the University of North Texas System and was founded in 1970 as the T ...

Industrials

* H. David Burton (BUS: MBA), the thirteenth Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1995 to 2012. * Charles "Chuck" Conaway (BUS: MBA), businessman best known for having been the CEO of Kmart; former President and Chief Operating Officer of CVS Corporation *

John DeLorean John Zachary DeLorean (January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, widely known for his work at General Motors and as founder of the DeLorean Motor Company. DeLorean mana ...

(BUS: MBA 1957),

General Motors The General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest automaker in the United States and ...

Group Vice President and Designer of the DeLorean *

Dave Deno Dave Deno (born 1956 or 1957) was named Chief Executive Officer of Bloomin’ Brands and a member of the Board of Directors in March 2019 after serving as the company’s Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. As CEO, he is responsible for de ...

(BUS: MBA), former CEO of Quizno's and former COO of Yum! Brands * John V. Faraci (BUS: MBA 1974), CEO of

International Paper The International Paper Company is an American pulp and paper company, the largest such company in the world. It has approximately 56,000 employees, and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. History The company was incorporated January 31 ...

Frederick Henderson Frederick Arthur "Fritz" Henderson (born November 29, 1958) was President and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors. Prior to his appointment as CEO on March 31, 2009, Henderson was the Vice President of General Motors and had been with the co ...

(BUS: BBA 1980), former Chairman of GM Europe and a GM group vice president; named GM Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer in 2005 *

Archie McCardell Archie R. McCardell (August 29, 1926 – July 10, 2008) was an American business leader. He was best known for his tenure as chief executive officer, president, and chairman of the board at the International Harvester farm and heavy equipmen ...

(BUS: MBA), American business leader; former chief executive officer, president, and chairman of the board at the International Harvester *

Michael Roney Michael James Roney (born July 13, 1954) is an American businessman. He was the chief executive of Bunzl plc, a British multinational distribution and outsourcing company, from 2005 to 2016. He has been the chairman of Next plc and Grafton Grou ...

(BUS: MBA 1981), CEO of

Bunzl Bunzl plc is a British multinational corporation, multinational distribution and outsourcing company headquartered in London, England. The activities of the company have changed a number of times during its existence, frequently incorporating ...

* Roger B. Smith (BUS: 1947, MBA 1953), former Chairman and CEO of

* David N. Weidman (BUS: MBA 1980), CEO of

Celanese Celanese Corporation, formerly known as Hoechst Celanese, is an American technology and specialty materials company headquartered in Irving, Texas. A Fortune 500 corporation, the company is the world’s leading producer of acetic acid, produc ...

; member of the Board of Celanese (2004–, as chairman, 2007–); Society of Chemical Industry Chairman

Information technology

David Bohnett David C. Bohnett (born April 2, 1956) is an American philanthropist and technology entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of the David Bohnett Foundation, a non-profit, grant-making organization devoted to improving society through social ...

(BUS: MBA 1980), founder and CEO of

GeoCities Yahoo! GeoCities was a web hosting service that allowed users to create and publish websites for free and to browse user-created websites by their theme or interest. GeoCities was started in November 1994 by David Bohnett and John Rezner, and w ...

Bharat Desai Bharat Desai (born November 1952) is an American billionaire businessman, and the co-founder and chairman of Syntel. Early life Bharat Desai was born in November 1952, in Kenya. He is of Gujarati people, Gujarati Indian origin. In his childho ...

(BUS: MBA 1981), co-founder, President and CEO, Syntel Inc. *

Warren Lieberfarb Warren N. Lieberfarb (born September 28, 1943) is Chairman of Warren N. Lieberfarb & Associates, LLC (WNLA), a boutique consulting and investment firm based in Los Angeles focused on digital media technology and distribution. Biography Lieberfarb ...

(BUS), 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 *

Paul Saleh Paul N. Saleh (born 1957), is an American business executive who is currently president and chief executive officer for Gainwell Technologies. Mr. Saleh is currently a board member of Anterix. Mr Saleh also served as board member of Citadel Broad ...

(BS, MS; BUS: MBA 1985), CFO,

Nextel Nextel Communications, Inc. was an American wireless service operator that merged with and ceased to exist as a subsidiary of Sprint Corporation, which would later be bought by T-Mobile, T-Mobile US and folded into that company. Nextel in Brazil, ...

Communications Inc. *

James R. Scapa Altair Engineering Inc. is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Troy, Michigan. It provides software and cloud solutions for simulation, IoT, high performance computing (HPC), data analytics, and artificial ...

(BUS: MBA), CEO and Chairman of

Altair Engineering Altair Engineering Inc. is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Troy, Michigan. It provides software and cloud solutions for simulation, IoT, high performance computing (HPC), data analytics, and artificial ...

* Richard Snyder (BA 1977, BUS: MBA with distinction 1979, LAW: JD 1982, Certified Public Accountant), Chairman of the board of Gateway Inc., venture capitalist, and Governor of Michigan (2011–2019)

Journalism

* Mark Bernstein (BUS: MBA), former director of press pool operations during the

Clinton Administration Bill Clinton's tenure as the 42nd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1993, and ended on January 20, 2001. Clinton, a Democrat from Arkansas, took office following a decisive election victory over Re ...

George Blaha George Blaha (born March 26, 1945) is an American broadcaster. He has been the radio and television play-by-play voice of the Detroit Pistons since the 1976–77 NBA season. He currently is the lead play-by-play man on Bally Sports Detroit, bu ...

(BUS: MBA), radio and television play-by-play voice of the Detroit Pistons since the

1976–77 NBA season The 1976–77 NBA season was the 31st season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Portland Trail Blazers winning their first NBA Championship in franchise history, beating the Philadelphia 76ers in six games in the NBA ...

Richard Lui Richard Lui is an American journalist and news anchor for MSNBC and NBC News. Lui is currently a breaking news anchor for NBC and MSNBC, broadcasting from 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. prior to that role he was a co-h ...

(BUS: MBA), news anchor for

MSNBC MSNBC (originally the Microsoft National Broadcasting Company) is an American news-based pay television cable channel. It is owned by NBCUniversala subsidiary of Comcast. Headquartered in New York City, it provides news coverage and political ...

and

CNN CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the M ...

Worldwide *Carol Cain (BUS: MBA 1999),

Emmy The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

Senior producer and host of ''Michigan Matters''

Real estate and infrastructure

* Stephen M. Ross (BUS: BBA 1962), real estate developer

Venture capital

Christopher Ilitch Christopher Paul Ilitch (born June 2, 1965) is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Ilitch Holdings, Inc., a holding company that provides services to businesses that were founded or purchased by Mike and Marian Ilitch. Ilitch compa ...

(BUS: BBA 1987), president and CEO of

Ilitch Holdings, Inc. Ilitch Holdings, Inc. is an American holding company established in 1999 to provide all companies owned by Mike and Marian Ilitch with professional and technical services. Its privately held businesses include Little Caesars Pizza, the National H ...

* William D. Johnson (BUS: MBA), principal of

In-Q-Tel In-Q-Tel (IQT), formerly Peleus and In-Q-It, is an American not-for-profit venture capital firm based in Arlington, Virginia. It invests in high-tech companies to keep the Central Intelligence Agency, and other intelligence agencies, equipped with ...

Brad Keywell Brad Keywell (born October 1969) is an American entrepreneur from Michigan. He is the founder and executive chairman of Uptake Technologies, an industrial AI software provider. He is an early investor of Tempus Labs, co-founder of Groupon, Echo ...

(BUS: BBA 1991; LAW: JD 1993), Managing Partner of Bristol Ventures LLC *

Adam Lilling Adam Lilling (born 1970) is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. The founder of Pentagon CDs and Tapes, an internet music retailer which launched in 1995, Lilling is recognized for his early role in the development of the online music business ...

(BUS), entrepreneur and venture capitalist *

Tige Savage Tige Savage (born September 30, 1968) is an American investor, co-founder of Revolution LLC, a principal investment firm based in Washington, D.C., and a managing partner at Revolution Ventures, which has investments in companies such as Bloomscap ...

(BUS: MBA 1998), co-founder and managing partner of

Revolution LLC Revolution LLC is an American investment firm based in Washington, D.C., founded in 2005 by AOL co-founder Steve Case, after leaving the AOL Time Warner board. The firm seeks to fund entrepreneurs who are transforming legacy industries with innov ...

Professors

Madeleine Albright Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 64th United States secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Democratic ...

, WDI visiting scholar and former

United States Secretary of State The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...

Kim S. Cameron Kim Sterling Cameron (born 1946) is the William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He was formerly the dean of the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western ...

, academic *

, co-author of ''The Core Competence of the Corporation'' *

Andrew Hoffman Andrew J. Hoffman (born 1961) is a scholar of environmental issues and sustainable enterprise. He is the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business anSchool for Environment and Sustaina ...

, business academic * Paul McCracken, advisor to presidents *

Gerald C. Meyers Gerald Carl Meyers (born December 5, 1928), former chairman and CEO of American Motors Corporation (AMC) is an industrialist, author, lecturer, and management consultant. Early life Born December 5, 1928, in Buffalo, New York, Meyers attended p ...

, author and former Chairman and CEO of

American Motors Corporation American Motors Corporation (AMC; commonly referred to as American Motors) was an American automobile manufacturing company formed by the merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company on May 1, 1954. At the time, it was the ...

(1977–1982) *

C.K. Prahalad Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad (8 August 1941 – 16 April 2010) was an Indian-American entrepreneur and author. He was the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy at the University of Michigan Ste ...

, Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy * Noel Tichy, Director of Global Development at GE's Crotonville under

Jack Welch John Francis Welch Jr. (November 19, 1935 – March 1, 2020) was an American business executive, chemical engineer, and writer. He was Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) between 1981 and 2001. When Welch retired from GE, he receive ...

Marina von Neumann Whitman Marina von Neumann Whitman (born March 6, 1935) is an American economist, writer and former automobile executive. She is a professor of business administration and public policy at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business as well as ...

, Nixon's

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(1973–74) *

W. Chan Kim W. Chan Kim (; born 1951) is a South Korean business theorist. He is a Professor of Strategy and Management at INSEAD, and co-director of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute in Fontainebleau, France. He is known as co-author of the 2005 book ...

, co-author of ''Blue Ocean Strategy''

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