The parent article is at List of University of Michigan alumni .
This is a list of business alumni from the University of Michigan .
Frank Acosta , co-founder of Manhattan Milk , a grocery delivery service
Ralph Bahna (BA 1964), founder of Club Quarters ; CEO of Cunard Line (1980–1989); chairman of Priceline.com (2004–2013)[ 1]
Steve Blank (MDNG), founder and/or part of eight Silicon Valley startups
Henry W. Bloch (BS 1944), co-founder and former president of H&R Block Inc.[ 2]
David Bohnett (BUS: MBA 1980), founder and CEO of GeoCities
Louis Borders (BA 1969), co-founded Borders with brother Tom (MA 1966); founder of Webvan
Lee Boysel (BSE EE 1962, MSE EE 1963), founder, president, CEO and chairman of Four-Phase Systems
Leo Burnett (BA 1914), founder of Leo Burnett Company in 1935[ 3]
Jason DeYonker , founder and Managing Partner of Forté Capital Advisors , a private equity firm; board member of Academi
Utpal Dholakia (Ph.D. 1998), founder of Empyrean Insights , a marketing insights consultancy
Dean Drako (COE), founder, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks [ 4]
Nneka Egbujiobi , founder of Hello Africa
Robert Beverley Evans , founder of Evans Industries ; chairman of American Motors Corporation [ 5]
Edgar N. Gott , co-founder and first president of The Boeing Company ; executive at Consolidated Aircraft [ 6]
Jacques Habra , founder of WebElite
Gerrard Wendell "(G.W.)" Haworth (COE: MA), founder and chairman of Haworth, Inc.
Andrew Heiberger , founder, owner, and CEO of Buttonwood Development and Town Residential
Bill Joy (COE: BSE CompE 1975, 2004 D.Eng. (Hon.)), co-founder of Sun Microsystems
Elle Kaplan (BA), founder and CEO of LexION Capital Management
Larry Paul Kelley , founder of Shelby Gem Factory
John Koza (MA Mathematics 1966; BA 1964, MS 1966, Ph.D. 1972 Computer Science), venture capitalist ; co-founder of Scientific Games Corporation , where he co-invented the scratch-off instant lottery ticket
Warren Lieberfarb (BUS), founder and chairman of Warren N. Lieberfarb & Associates, LLC. ; serves on the board of directors of Hughes Telematics, Inc. ; board member of Sirius Satellite Radio and thePlatform
Adam Lilling (BUS), founder of Pentagon CDs and Tapes , Launchpad LA , and Plus Capital
Charles Edward Merrill (attended Law School from 1906 to 1907 but did not graduate), co-founder of Merrill Lynch [ 7]
Jay Randolph Monroe III (LL.B. 1906), founder of the Monroe Calculating Machine Company in 1912
Ilhan New , founder of La Choy Food Products, Inc. and Yuhan Co, Ltd. [ 8]
Kevin O'Connor (COE: BSE EE 1983), co-founder and CEO of DoubleClick Inc. [ 9]
Eugene Power (BA 1927, MBA '30, HSCD '71), founder of University Microfilms [ 10]
Steve Richardson (BUS: MBA), founder of Stave Puzzles
Paul Saginaw (’76, HLLD’15), founder of Zingerman's
Tige Savage (BUS: MBA 1998), co-founder and managing partner of Revolution LLC
James R. Scapa (BUS: MBA), founder, CEO and chairman of Altair Engineering [ 11]
Scott Seligman , the founder of the Sterling Bank and Trust , and minority owner of the San Francisco Giants major league baseball team
Robert Shaye , founder of New Line Cinema
Lauren Weiner ('95), founder and former CEO of WWC Global , a federal consulting firm
Ari Weinzweig (’78, HLLD’15), founder of Zingerman's
Ronald Weiser , founder of McKinley Associates Inc. , a real estate company based in Ann Arbor
Jerry White (BUS: MBA 2005), co-founder and executive director of the Landmine Survivors Network (LSN)
Gary Wiren (MSc), founder of Golf Around the World and inventor of the Impact Bag
Billionaire entrepreneurs [ edit ]
J. Robert Beyster (COE: BSE, MS, Ph.D.), founder, chairman, president, and CEO of Science Applications International Corporation [ 12]
Bharat Desai (BUS: MBA 1981), co-founder, president, and CEO of Syntel, Inc.
Stanley Druckenmiller (MDNG: Ph.D., co-founded Duquesne Capital [ 13]
Henry Engelhardt (B.A.), founder and Chief Executive of Admiral Group , a British motor insurance company; billionaire[ 14]
Brad Keywell (BUS: BBA 1991; LAW: JD 1993), co-founder and principal of Groupon [ 15]
Eric Paul Lefkofsky (BA, J.D. 1993), founder of Tempus AI , and the co-founder of Groupon , Echo Global Logistics , InnerWorkings , and Mediaocean [ 16]
Tom S. Monaghan (MDNG), founder and former owner of Domino's Pizza [ 17]
Larry Page (COE: BSE 1995), co-founder of Google [ 18]
Stephen M. Ross (BUS: BBA 1962), the founder and chairman of Related Companies, L.P. , a global real estate development firm.[ 19]
Homer Stryker (MED: M.D. 1925; D. 1980), the founder of Stryker Corporation [ 20]
A. Alfred Taubman (MDNG: HLLD 1948), founder of the Taubman Company ; his cumulative lifetime donations total roughly $141 million, making him the second largest donor in the university's history[ 21]
Preston Robert Tisch (A.B. 1948), co-founder and chairman of the Loews Corporation ; former owner of 50% of the New York Giants [ 22]
Bruce Wasserstein (AB 1967), CEO of Lazard Freres , founder of Wasserstein Perella & Co. [ 23]
Boaz Weinstein (BA 1995), founder of Saba Capital Management [ 24]
Ralph Wilson (LAW), founder and owner of the Buffalo Bills
Sam Wyly (BUS: MBA 1957), founder of University Computing Company , Earth Resources Company , Sterling Software , Maverick Capital , Ranger Capital , and WylyBooks Company
Samuel Zell (LAW: AB 1963, JD 1966), founder of EQ Office ; former chairman of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts [ 25]
Niklas Zennström (MDNG), founder of Skype , an internet telephony company[ 26]
Heirs and heiresses [ edit ]
Kenneth B. Dart (COE: BSE 1976), heir to Dart Container Corporation ; son of the founder William A. Dart; billionaire
Christopher Ilitch (BUS: BBA 1987), heir to Ilitch Holdings, Inc. ; son of the founder Mike Ilitch ; billionaire[ 27]
Denise Ilitch (BA 1977), heiress to Ilitch Family Companies; president of Ilitch Enterprises, LLC; daughter of Mike Ilitch
Josiah K. Lilly Jr. , heir to Eli Lilly and Company ; grandson of the founder Eli Lilly
Doug Meijer (BS), one of the heirs to Meijer ; son of the founder Frederik Meijer ; billionaire[ 28]
Hank Meijer (BA Literature 1973), one of the heirs to Meijer ; oldest son of the founder Frederik Meijer ; billionaire[ 29]
John Gideon Searle , former vice president and general manager of G. D. Searle & Company ; grandson of the founder Gideon Daniel Searle
Amy Rose Silverman (B.S.), member of the Rose family; co-president of Rose Associates [ 30]
Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr. (PHC 1928, HMS 1951, HLHD 1992), heir to Walgreens ; son of the founder Charles Rudolph Walgreen [ 31]
Billionaire executives [ edit ]
William Davidson (BUS: BBA 1947), president, chairman and CEO of Guardian Industries [ 32]
Bobby Kotick , president and CEO of Activision Blizzard [ 33]
Martin Lau , president of Tencent [ 34]
Charlie Munger (MDNG), Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway ; name partner at Munger Tolles & Olson [ 35]
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[ 36]
Jorge M. Perez (M.U.P 1976), chairman and CEO of Related Companies, L.P. [ 37]
Consumer non-durables [ edit ]
Distribution services [ edit ]
Electronic Technology [ edit ]
Peter Borish (’81, MPP’82), chairman and CEO of Computer Trading Corporation , an investment and advisory firm[ 45]
Edward Conard (BSE 1978), founding partner at Bain Capital [ 46]
William S. Demchak , (BUS: MBA), president and CEO of PNC Financial Services [ 47]
Haluk Dinçer (BUS: MBA), executive board member of Sabanci Holding ; president of the Retail and Insurance Group of Sabancı Holding
John C. Dugan , chairman of Citigroup [ 48]
Euh Yoon-Dae (BUS: Ph.D.), chairman of KB Financial Group and of the Presidential Council on Nation Branding, Korea[ 49]
David S. Evans (BGS), chairman and chief investment officer of Glencoe Capital , a private equity firm[ 50] [ 51]
Mark N. Greene (MA, Ph.D. in economics), CEO and member of the board of FICO (Fair Isaac Corporation) since 2007
David Kellermann , (BUS: BSBA), chief financial officer of Freddie Mac
Timothy J. Sloan , former CEO of Wells Fargo
Thomas J. Wilson (BS 1970), chairman and CEO of Allstate Insurance , Incorporated[ 52]
Government corporations [ edit ]
John V. Faraci (BUS: MBA 1974), former CEO of International Paper
Richard C. Gerstenberg , former chairman and CEO of General Motors [ 53]
Frederick Henderson , former president and CEO of General Motors
James Hackett , former president and CEO of Ford Motor Company [ 54]
C. Robert Kidder (COE: BS IE 1967), former chairman of Chrysler Group LLC ; former CEO of Borden Chemical 1995–2002; Principal, Stonehenge Partners, Inc., since 2004; former lead director of Morgan Stanley ; ran 3Stone Advisors, a Columbus, Ohio, investment firm focusing on clean technology start-ups[ 55]
Timothy M. Manganello (BSME 1972, MSME 1975), former chairman and CEO of BorgWarner ; member of the Board of BorgWarner (2002-, as chairman, 2003-)[ 56]
Steve Mollenkopf (M.Eng.), chairman of The Boeing Company [ 57]
Mervin Pregulman , former president and CEO of Siskin Steel & Supply Co. in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Stephen Sanger (BUS: MBA 1970), former CEO of General Mills ; former chairman of Wells Fargo ; director of Target Corporation , and Pfizer [ 58]
Roger Smith , former chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation from 1981 to 1990
David N. Weidman (BUS: MBA 1980), former CEO of Celanese ; member of the Board of Celanese (2004–, as chairman, 2007–); chairman of Society of Chemical Industry
Irma Wyman , the first female CIO of Honeywell, Inc.
Jerry York , former CFO of IBM and Chrysler ; former chairman, president and CEO of Harwinton Capital ; former CEO of Micro Warehouse
Technology services [ edit ]
Jason Blessing , CEO of Model N (company) [ 61]
Jim Buckmaster , president and CEO of Craigslist [ 62]
Dick Costolo (BA), former COO and former CEO of Twitter ; founder of Feedburner , the RSS reader bought by Google in 2007[ 63]
Paul Saleh (BS, MS; BUS: MBA 1985), former chief financial officer of Computer Sciences Corporation (which became DXC Technology in 2017); board member of Anterix; former chief financial officer of Gannett ; former chief financial officer and executive vice president of Nextel Communications Inc. ; former chief financial officer of Sprint Nextel Corporation
Richard Snyder (BA 1977, BUS: MBA with distinction 1979, LAW: JD 1982, Certified Public Accountant), CEO of SensCy, a cybersecurity company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Stephen Swad , former president and CEO of Rosetta Stone Inc. ; former executive vice president and chief financial officer of Fannie Mae ; former executive vice president and chief financial officer of AOL
Donald N. Frey (BS MTL 1947, MSE 1949, PhD 1951, D. Eng. hon. 1967), former chairman and CEO of Bell & Howell [ 68]
Archie McCardell (BUS: MBA), former CEO, president, and chairman of the board at the International Harvester
Herbert "Bart" H. McDade III , president and COO of Lehman Brothers at the time of its bankruptcy
William J. Olcott , president of the Oliver Iron Mining Company 1909–1928; president of the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway 1901-1909
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