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| Academic unit key | |
|---|---|
| Symbol | Academic unit |
| ARCH | Taubman College |
| BUS | Ross School of Business |
| COE | College of Engineering |
| DENT | School of Dentistry |
| GFSPP | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy |
| HHRS | Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies |
| LAW | Law School |
| LSA | College of LS&A |
| MED | Medical School |
| SMTD | School of Music, Theatre and Dance |
| PHARM | School of Pharmacy |
| SED | School of Education |
| SNRE | School of Natural Resources |
| SOAD | The Stamps School of Art & Design |
| SOI | School of Information |
| SON | School of Nursing |
| SOK | School of Kinesiology |
| SOSW | School of Social Work |
| SPH | School of Public Health |
| MDNG | Matriculated, did not graduate |
This is a list of business alumni from the University of Michigan.
Advertising and marketing edit
- Leo Burnett (BA 1914), journalism, advertising pioneer; founded the Leo Burnett Company in 1935[1]
- Utpal Dholakia (Ph.D. 1998), researcher and professor
- Howard Handler (LSA: BA 1983; BUS: MBA 1985), pioneering marketing executive at Virgin Mobile USA, MLS & President of 313 Presents
- Patrick LaForge, President and CEO of the Edmonton Oilers
Billionaires edit
- J. Robert Beyster (COE: BSE, MS, Ph.D.), founder, chairman, president, and CEO of Science Applications International Corporation[2]
- Kenneth B. Dart (COE: BSE 1976), businessman and Caymanian billionaire
- William Davidson (BUS: BBA 1947), finance and entertainment; founder of the William Davidson Institute at the Ross School of Business; his son Ethan, a Michigan graduate, inherits control of his foundation
- Bharat Desai (BUS: MBA 1981), co-founder, president, and CEO of Syntel; Indian billionaire
- Stanley Druckenmiller (MDNG: Ph.D., Econometrics), formerly worked with George Soros; co-founded Duquesne Capital[3]
- Henry Engelhardt (B.A.), founder and Chief Executive of Admiral Group, a British motor insurance company; English billionaire[4]
- Brad Keywell (BUS: BBA 1991; LAW: JD 1993), co-founder and principal of Groupon[5]
- Bobby Kotick, businessman; president and CEO of Activision Blizzard[6]
- Eric Paul Lefkofsky (BA, J.D. 1993), serial entrepreneur; angel investor in Groupon; on Forbes' 2011 list of billionaires[7]
- Doug Meijer (BS), net worth of $4.2 billion; son of Frederik G. H. Meijer[8]
- Hank Meijer (BA Literature 1973), net worth of $4.2 billion; oldest son of Frederik G. H. Meijer[9]
- Tom S. Monaghan (MDNG), founder and former owner of Domino's Pizza[10]
- Charlie Munger (MDNG), Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway[11]
- Larry Page (COE: BSE 1995), co-founder of Google[12]
- Jorge M. Perez (M.U.P 1976), real estate developer
- Stephen M. Ross (BUS: BBA 1962), real estate developer[13]
- Homer Stryker (MED: M.D. 1925; D. 1980), founder of medical device company Stryker Corporation[14]
- A. Alfred Taubman (MDNG: HLLD 1948), founder of the Taubman Company; his cumulative lifetime donations total roughly $141 million, making him the second largest donor in Michigan's history[15]
- Preston Robert (Bob) Tisch (A.B. 1948), chairman of the Loews Corporation; United States Postmaster General (1986–88); former owner of 50% of the New York Giants; his wife, Joan Tisch (AB 1948) has replaced him on the Forbes 400 list[16]
- Bruce Wasserstein (AB), mergers and acquisitions specialist[17]
- Ralph Wilson (LAW: ) was as an American businessman and sports executive. He was best known as the founder and owner of the Buffalo Bills, a team in the National Football League (NFL).
- Sam Wyly (BUS: MBA 1957), serial entrepreneur; owner of the Bonanza Restaurants chain
- Samuel Zell (LAW: AB 1963, JD 1966), real estate developer; founder of EQ Office; former chairman of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts[18]
- Niklas Zennström (MDNG), sold his share of internet telephony company Skype to eBay[19]
Entrepreneurs edit
- Dave Barger, President and Chief Operating Officer of JetBlue; CEO as of 2007[20]
- Steve Blank (MDNG), serial entrepreneur, founder and/or part of eight Silicon Valley startups
- Henry W. Bloch (BS 1944), co-founder and former president of H&R Block Inc.[21]
- Louis Borders (BA 1969), co-founded Borders with brother Tom (MA 1966)
- Edward Conard (BSE 1978), founding partner at Bain Capital[22]
- Donald N. Frey (BS MTL 1947, MSE 1949, PhD 1951, D. Eng. hon. 1967), chairman and CEO of Bell & Howell for 17 years; received the National Medal of Technology in 1990
- Jacques Habra
- James John (J.J.) Hagerman (1857, industrialist who owned mines, railroads and corporate farms in the American West in the late 19th century and early 20th century; one of the most influential men in territorial New Mexico
- Gerrard Wendell "(G.W.)" Haworth (COE: MA), founding chairman of Haworth, Inc., a manufacturer of office environments that grew from a garage-shop venture in 1948 to a $1.4 billion global corporation
- Andrew Heiberger, founder, owner, and CEO of Buttonwood Development and Town Residential
- Elle Kaplan (BA), founder and CEO of LexION Capital Management
- Gregg Kaplan (AB), president and chief operating officer of change-sorting company Coinstar, which now owns Redbox[23]
- John Koza (MA Mathematics 1966; BA 1964, MS 1966, Ph.D. 1972 Computer Science), venture capitalist; co-founder of Scientific Games Corporation, where he co-invented the scratch-off instant lottery ticket
- Mark Pieloch, pet pharmaceuticals
- Benjamin D. Pritchard (LAW: JD), American Civil War general who captured Jefferson Davis; State Treasurer of Michigan (1880-1884); organizer and first president (1870–1905) of the First National Bank of Allegan; founded the First State Bank, which was the first bank in the county to be designated as a state depository, the first savings bank, and the first bank to install safety deposit boxes
- Robert J. Vlasic, CEO and popularizer of Vlasic Pickles
- Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr. (PHC 1928, HMS 1951, HLHD 1992), son of the founder of Walgreens drugstores; took over the company presidency in 1939 at age 33; steered the company through World War II and the post-war boom; in 2005, in acknowledgment of his $10 million donation, the university named its new facility the Charles R. Walgreen Jr. Drama Center[24]
- Gary Wiren (MSc), founder of Golf Around the World and inventor of the Impact Bag
- Frank Acosta, co-founder of Manhattan Milk, a grocery delivery service
Hospitality and travel industries edit
- Ralph Bahna (BA 1964), CEO of Cunard Line (1980–1989); Chairman of Priceline.com (2004–2013); founder of Club Quarters[25]
Industrials edit
- Robert Beverley Evans, automobile industry executive, founder of Evans Industries; chairman of American Motors Corporation[26]
- Edgar N. Gott, co-founder and first president of The Boeing Company; executive at Consolidated Aircraft[27]
- Mark N. Greene (MA, Ph.D. in economics), CEO and member of the board of FICO (Fair Isaac Corporation) since 2007
- C. Robert Kidder (COE: BS IE 1967), CEO of Borden Chemical 1995–2002; Principal, Stonehenge Partners, Inc., since 2004; appointed chairman of the restructured Chrysler Group LLC in 2009; former lead director of Morgan Stanley; ran 3Stone Advisors, a Columbus, Ohio, investment firm focusing on clean technology start-ups[28]
- Temel Kotil (COE: MA 1986, MA 1987, Ph.D. 1991), CEO of Turkish Airlines[29]
- Jerry W. Levin (B.S.E), businessman
- Timothy M. Manganello (BSME 1972, MSME 1975), CEO of BorgWarner; member of the Board of BorgWarner (2002-, as chairman, 2003-)[30]
- William J. Olcott, president of the Oliver Iron Mining Company 1909–1928; president of the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway 1901-1909
- Thomas F. Olin (BA Economics 1952), chairman and co-CEO of Archway Cookies; worked in clandestine service for the CIA
- Mervin Pregulman, played for the Wolverines (1941–43) and in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers (1946), Detroit Lions (1947–48), and New York Bulldogs (1949); went on to a successful business career as president and CEO of Siskin Steel & Supply Co. in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Frederic L. Smith (1890); co-founder of the Olds Motor Works in 1899; co-founder of General Motors Corporation in 1908
- Louis Carlyle Walker (BA 1896), industrialist, philanthropist, political figure; co-founded the Shaw-Walker Company in 1899 and became sole owner in 1902; important figure in history of Muskegon, Michigan benefactor and namesake of the L. C. Walker Arena
- Thomas J. Wilson (BS 1970), chairman and CEO of Allstate Insurance, Incorporated[31]
Internet, software, and hardware edit
- Jason Blessing, CEO of Model N (company)[32]
- Jim Buckmaster, CEO of Craigslist[33]
- Dick Costolo (BA), former CEO of Twitter[34]
- Dean Drako (COE), serial entrepreneur; has started more than five companies; founder, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks[35]
- Kevin O'Connor (COE: BSE EE 1983), co-founder and CEO of DoubleClick Inc.[36]
Mergers, acquisitions, and turn-arounds edit
- David A. Brandon (AB 1974), chairman and CEO of Domino's Pizza
- Ronald L. Olson (JD: Law 1966), name partner at Munger Tolles & Olson; RAND Corporation Chairman, Board of Trustees (former); member of the board of Munger, Tolles & Olson Chairman; member of the board of Berkshire Hathaway (1997-); Council on Foreign Relations board of directors[37]
- Bruce Wasserstein (AB 1967), CEO of Lazard Freres, founder of Wasserstein Perella & Co.[38]
Finance edit
- Jason DeYonker, founder and Managing Partner of Forté Capital Advisors, a private equity firm; board member of Academi, formerly known as Blackwater
- David S. Evans (BGS), chairman and Chief Investment Office of Glencoe Capital[39][40]
- Paul Kangas, figure on Nightly Business Report on PBS (1979–2009; anchor 1990–2009)[41]
- Charles Edward Merrill (attended Law School from 1906 to 1907 but did not graduate), co-founder of Merrill Lynch[42]
- Scott Seligman, real estate developer, the founder of the Sterling Bank and Trust, and minority owner of the San Francisco Giants major league baseball team
- Boaz Weinstein (BA 1995), derivatives trader and hedge fund manager; formed Saba Capital Management[43]
Not-for-profit edit
- Dale Carlson (SPH: MA), first chief communications officer for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- Raynard S. Kington (B.S.; SOM: M.D.), President of Grinnell College; former Principal Deputy Director of the National Institutes of Health (2003–10), briefly served as acting director of NIH (2008–09); elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2006
- William Andrew Paton, first editor of The Accounting Review
Real estate edit
- Amy Rose Silverman (B.S.), real estate developer and co-president of Rose Associates[44]
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