List of University of Michigan business alumni

This is a list of business alumni from the University of Michigan.

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Academic unit key
SymbolAcademic unit
ARCHTaubman College
BUSRoss School of Business
COECollege of Engineering
DENTSchool of Dentistry
GFSPPGerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
HHRSHorace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies
LAWLaw School
LSACollege of LS&A
MEDMedical School
SMTDSchool of Music, Theatre and Dance
PHARMSchool of Pharmacy
SEDSchool of Education
SNRESchool of Natural Resources
SOADThe Stamps School of Art & Design
SOISchool of Information
SONSchool of Nursing
SOKSchool of Kinesiology
SOSWSchool of Social Work
SPHSchool of Public Health1941
MDNGMatriculated, did not graduate

Advertising and marketing

Billionaires

Entrepreneurs
  • Dave Barger, President and Chief Operating Officer of JetBlue; CEO as of 2007
  • 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.
  • Louis Borders (BA 1969), co-founded Borders with brother Tom (MA 1966)
  • Edward Conard (BSE 1978), founding partner at Bain Capital
  • 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
  • Brad Keywell (BUS: BBA 1991; LAW: JD 1993), serial entrepreneur
  • John Koza (MA Mathematics 1966; BA 1964, MS 1966, Ph. D 1972 Computer Science), venture capitalist; consulting professor in the department of electrical engineering at Stanford University; co-founder of Scientific Games Corporation, where he co-invented the scratch-off instant lottery ticket
  • Mark Pieloch, pet pharmaceuticals
  • Bhargav Sri Prakash (COE: MEng in Automotive Engineering, 2000), serial entrepreneur, hedge fund manager
  • 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
  • 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
  • Gary Wiren (MSc), founder of Golf Around the World and inventor of the Impact Bag

Hospitality and travel industries

Industrials
  • Robert Beverley Evans, automobile industry executive, founder of Evans Industries; chairman of American Motors Corporation
  • Edgar N. Gott, co-founder and first president of The Boeing Company; executive at Consolidated Aircraft
  • Mark N. Greene (MA, Ph.D in economics), CEO and member of the board of FICO (Fair Isaac Corporation) since 2007
  • James P. Hoffa (LAW: LLB 1966), attorney; son of Jimmy Hoffa; president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters since 1999
  • 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
  • Temel Kotil (COE: MA 1986, MA 1987, PH.D. 1991), CEO of Turkish Airlines
  • 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-)
  • 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[2] benefactor and namesake of the L. C. Walker Arena
  • Thomas J. Wilson (BS 1970), Chairman and CEO of Allstate Insurance, Incorporated

Internet, software, and hardware

Mergers, acquisitions, and turn-arounds

Finance
  • 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[3][4]
  • Paul Kangas, figure on Nightly Business Report on PBS (1979–2009; anchor 1990-2009)[5]
  • Charles Edward Merrill (attended Law School from 1906-07 but did not graduate), co-founder of Merrill Lynch
  • 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

Not-for-profit

Real estate

References
  1. Arnold, Laurence (2014-02-28). "Ralph Bahna, Innovator Who Led Cunard, Priceline, Dies at 71". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  2. http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/10/looking_back_death_takes_louis.html
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-12-13. Retrieved 2011-12-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=86801&privcapId=44434384&previousCapId=24468795&previousTitle=Stockwell%20Capital%20LLC
  5. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/business/media/07pbs.html
  6. Rose Associates Executive Team: Amy Rose Silverman retrieved November 20, 2016
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