Yale Business
by Sylviastel | created - 29 Aug 2014 | updated - 29 Aug 2014 | PublicNotable students, graduates, and faculty associated with Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut with notable achievements in Business.
Herbert M. Allison (BA 1965) former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for financial stability; former chairman, president & CEO of TIAA-CREF; former president & CEO of Merrill Lynch.
Hugh Auchincloss (BA 1879) Standard Oil.
Robert M. Bass (BA 1971) chairman of Aerion; member & former chair of the Stanford University Board of Trustees.
Tim Collins MBA 1982; founder & CEO of Ripplewood Holdings LLC.
Granger Kent Costikyan (BA 1929) banker, partner of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
John J. Donovan (MS 1964, M.Ph. 1965, M.Eng 1965, Ph.D. 1967). IT entrepreneur, founder of Cambridge Technology Partners.
Donna Dubinsky (BA 1977) former CEO of PDA company Palm Inc., co-founder of PDA company, Handspring.
Charles B. Finch (BA 1941, LLB 1944), CEO & chairman of the board, Allegheny Power Systems, & political activist.
Rob Glaser (BA, MA) founder & CEO of RealNetworks.
Robert Greenhill (BA 1958) founder of M&A department & former president of Morgan Stanley.
Briton Hadden (BA 1920) co-founder of Time magazine.
Henry Holt (BA 1862( founder of publishing firm, Henry Holt & Company and later as Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
Robert Ingersoll (BA 1937) former CEO & Chairman of BorgWarner.
Brewster Jennings (BA 1920) founder & president of the Socony Mobil Oil Company (Standard Oil of New York now ExxonMobil) President of Memorial Center for Cancer & Allied Diseases & Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research.
Charles B. Johnson (BA 1954) chairman of the Franklin Templeton Investments.
Ellis Jones (MBA) CEO, Wasserstein Perella & Company.
Henry Bourne Joy, president of Packard.
Peter S. Kaufman (BA 1975) investment banker, president of the Gordian Group LLC.
Charles King (BA 1862, Sheffield). first head of the US geological survey.
Herbert Kohler (BS 1965) chairman & president of Kohler Company.
Edward Lampert (BA 1984) founder & chairman of ESL Investments (hedge fund), Chairman of the Sears Holding Company.
William K. Lanman (BS 1928 Sheffield) aviation, benefactor.
John Franklyn Mars (BS 1957) CEO, Mars Incorporated.
Robert L. McNeil Jr. (BS 1936) developer of Tylenol; chairman of McNeil laboratories.
W. James McNerney (BA 1971) CEO of Boeing Company.
John Pepper (BA 1960) former chairman & CEO of Procter & Gamble.
Henry M. Perks M.Sc.Eng. 1952) Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Convention Center; Streets Commissioner of Philadelphia; President, Day & Zimmermann, Deputy Superintendent of Schools of Philadelphia.
Eric Ries (BS 2001) pioneer of Lean Startup methodology.
Daniel C. Searle heir, CEO of G.D. Searle & Company, conservative philanthropist.
Forest Shely (BS 1946) physician, bank director in Campbellsville, Kentucky; a 56 year trustee of Campbellsville University.
Ben Silbermann (BA 2003) founder & CEO of Pinterest.
Harold Stanley; founder of Morgan Stanley.
Richard Thalheimer (BA 1970) founder & CEO of the Sharper Image.
John L. Thornton (MPPM Yale School of Management 1980) former president & Co-CEO of Goldman Sachs.
Juan Trippe (BA 1921) founder & CEO of Pan Am Airlines.
Frederick William Vanderbilt (BA 1893 Sheffield) philanthropist, director of the New York Central Railroad.
Friedrich Weyerhauser; co-founded Weyerhauser.
1. Roland Betts
Producer | The Carrier
Roland Betts is known for The Carrier (2010) and 16 Acres (2012).
BA 1968; investor, film producer, owner of Chelsea Piers; lead owner in George W. Bush's Texas Rangers partnership.
2. Jeffrey Bewkes
Self | A Tribute to Sheila Nevins: Newhouse Mirror Awards
Jeffrey Bewkes was born on May 25, 1952 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. He is an executive.
BA 1974; Time Warner President & CEO.
3. James Chanos
Actor | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Jim Chanos is the founder and Managing Partner of Kynikos Associates. As the largest exclusive short selling investment firm, Kynikos provides investment management services for domestic and offshore clients. Throughout his investment career, Mr. Chanos has identified and sold short the shares of ...
BA 1980; billionaire investor.
4. Ted Forstmann
Self | Charlie Rose
BA 1961 TC; co-founder & senior partner of Forstmann Little & Company, member of the Forbes 400 List.
BE 1953; former CEO of Coca Cola (namesake for Emory University's business school in Atlanta, Georgia).
6. Bing Gordon
Bing Gordon is known for Alpha Centauri (1999), Alien Crossfire (1999) and Indianapolis 500: The Simulation (1989).
BA 1972; co-founder, executive vice president & chief creative officer of Electronic Arts.
7. Daniel Hamermesh
Self | Taboo
Ph.d. 1968; professor of economics at University of Texas in Austin, research associate at National Business of Economic Research & research associate & program director at the Institute for the Future of Labor (IZA).
BA 2005; founder of Justin.tv.
9. Mitch Kapor
Self | The Singularity Is Near
BA 1971; founder of Open Source Applications Foundation, investor (Kapor Enterprises). founder & former CEO, Lotus Software.
10. Henry Luce
Self | Issues and Answers
Henry Luce was born on April 3, 1898 in Tangshan, China. He was married to Clare Boothe Luce and Lila Ross Hotz. He died on February 28, 1967 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
BA 1920; co-founder of Time magazine.
11. John C. Malone
Self | Moneyline
Dr. John C. Malone has served as chairman of Liberty Media Corporation since 1990, as chairman of Liberty Expedia Holdings since 2016, as chairman of Liberty Interactive Corporation since 1994, as chairman of Liberty Global, plc since 2005, and as chairman of Liberty Broadband Corp. since 2014.
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BA 1963; CEO of TCI, chairman of Liberty Media, largest individual landowner in the US.
12. Aaron Marcus
Actor | Project Almanac
Aaron Marcus has been a full-time actor for 35 + years. He has been cast in more than 1,275 projects: including the ABC TV Pilot Heart of Life, Steve Carell's/Jon Stewart feature, Irresistible, Gotham, his recurring role on House of Cards, Mr. Robot, Amazon's Thespian, Halt and Catch Fire, Rectify,...
BFA, MFA 1868; founder of Aaron Marcus & Associates Inc. AM+A in 1982.
13. Robert R. McCormick
Producer | Sunday Night at the Pump Room
Robert R. McCormick was born on July 30, 1880 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer, known for Sunday Night at the Pump Room (1948), World Wide '60 (1960) and Night Life in Chicago (1948). He died on April 1, 1955 in Wheaton, Illinois, USA.
BA 1903; owner, president, editor, & publisher of Chicago Tribune; co-founder of Kirkland & Ellis.
14. Robert Moses
Self | Wisdom
Robert Moses was born on December 18, 1888 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died on July 29, 1981 in West Islip, Long Island, New York, USA.
mid century New York City construction czar.
15. Wendi Murdoch
Actress | Ocean's Eight
In 2011 Chinese-born businesswoman, Wendi Murdoch, made her debut as a producer with Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011). Based on the 2005 best-selling novel of the same name, this historical drama was set in nineteenth century China and won the Golden Angel Award at the Chinese American Film ...
BA 1997l director My Space China, former VP, News Corporation, wife of Rupert Murdoch.
16. Indra Nooyi
Actress | Sundays with Seema
Indra Nooyi was born on October 28, 1955 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. She is an actress, known for Sundays with Seema (2021), MAKERS (2012) and The Work-Life Equation Podcast.
MPPM Yale School of Management in 1980; CEO & President of Pepsi.
17. Eric Ober
Actor | Hercules: The Brave and the Bold
Eric Ober is known for Hercules: The Brave and the Bold (2013), Crime Stories (1998) and Greatest Trials of All Time (1998).
BA 1966; President of CBS News, Food Network.
18. Joseph Medill Patterson
Writer | Dope
Joseph Medill Patterson was born on January 6, 1879 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Dope (1914), A Little Brother of the Rich (1915) and The Fourth Estate (1916). He was married to Mary King and Alice Higinbotham. He died on May 26, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA.
BA 1901; American media mogul, manager of the Chicago Tribune, founder & president of the New York Daily News.
president & chairman of the First National City Bank of New York; olympic gold medal for crew, 1924.
20. Wilbur Ross
Self | Opening Bell w/ Maria Bartiromo
In 2000, bought out his equity fund and opened WL Ross & Co. (where he is chairman & CEO) in New York.
BA 1959; investor, steel magnate, member of the Forbes 400.
21. Stephen A. Schwarzman
Self | Wall Street Week
Stephen A. Schwarzman was born on February 14, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an executive.
BA 1969; co-founder & CEO of the Blackstone Group, member of the Forbes 400.
22. Tim Shriver
Producer | The Peanut Butter Falcon
Tim Shriver was born on August 29, 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is a producer, known for The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019), Amistad (1997) and The Ringer (2005). He has been married to Linda Potter since May 31, 1986. They have five children.
BA 1981; chairman & CEO of the Special Olympics & Member of the Kennedy family.
23. Fred Smith
Actor | Cast Away
Frederick W. Smith is chairman, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Corporation. Smith is responsible for providing strategic direction for all of the FedEx Corporation operating companies, including FedEx Express and FedEx Ground. Smith founded Federal Express Corporation (FedEx Express...
BA 1966; founder & CEO of FedEx.
24. John Hay Whitney
Self | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
John Hay "Jock" Whitney, the multi-millionaire sportsman, pioneering color-movie producer, soldier, financier, philanthropist, art-collector, diplomat, and newspaper publisher was born in Elsworth, Maine on August 27, 1904. He was a descendant of John Whitney, a Puritan who settled in Massachusetts...
BA 1926; philanthropist & founder of JH Whitney & Company. first US venture capital firm.
25. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.
Writer | Reno
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. was born on April 30, 1898 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and cinematographer, known for Reno (1930), Crawford Mystery Theatre (1951) and Hitler's Reign of Terror (1934). He was married to Mary Lou Bristol, Ann Bernardette Neeonam, Patricia Murphy Wallace,...
BA 1922; businessman, film producer, writer, & government official, owner of thoroughbred racehorses.
26. Mrs. Payne Whitney
Self | Mutual Weekly, No. 145
Mrs. Payne Whitney was born on March 11, 1875 in New York City, New York, USA. She was married to Payne Whitney. She died on September 24, 1944 in New York City, New York, USA.
husband graduated in 1898 with a BA degree.
27. Anne Wojcicki
Producer | Human Affairs
Anne Wojcicki is known for Human Affairs (2018), Origin (2023) and Ride with Larry (2013). She has been married to Sergey Brin since May 2007. They have two children.
BS 1996; co-founder & CEO of 23andMe.
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