List of University of Texas at Austin alumni
Business and finance

List of University of Texas at Austin alumni

Section Title: Business and finance
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Name	Class year(s)	Degree(s)	Notability	Reference

Moulay Abdallah ben Ali Alaoui	1989	B.A.	Alaouite prince, advisor of king Mohammed VI and president of energy company Mediholding SA

William Buckley, Sr.	1904 1905	B.Sc. LL.B.	Oil speculator and political activist; father of William F. Buckley, Jr.

Robert H. Dedman, Jr.	1979	B.A.	Chairman of ClubCorp

Michael Dell	(never graduated)	Founder of Dell Computers

David Geffen	(never graduated)	Co-founder of DreamWorks Animation; founder of Asylum Records and Geffen Records

Tom Hicks	1968	BBA (McCombs)	Former owner of the Texas Rangers

Jeffrey Hildebrand	1981 1985	B.Sc. M.Sc.	Chairman and CEO of Hilcorp Energy Company; 56th richest American

William R. Johnson	1974	MBA (McCombs)	CEO of H.J. Heinz Co.

Gary C. Kelly	1974	BBA (McCombs)	CEO of Southwest Airlines

Radcliffe Killam	1932	B.Sc.	Philanthropist and oilman

Austin Ligon	1973 1978	BA (Plan II) M.A. (Economics)	Co-founder and retired CEO, CarMax

Red McCombs	MBA (McCombs) J.D.	Co-founder of Clear Channel Communications; former co-owner of the San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, and Minnesota Vikings

Robert McGehee	1972	J.D.	CEO of Progress Energy

James Mulva	1968 1969	B.Sc. (McCombs) MBA (McCombs)	CEO of ConocoPhillips

George Neel, Jr.	1958	Master of Arts in English studies	Laredo title company businessman, oilman, rancher, short story writer, and community figure

Bill Noël	1935	BBA	Oil industrialist, banker, philanthropist from Odessa

William C. Nowlin	1972 1979	B.Sc. (Cockrell) M.Sc. (Cockrell)	Co-founder of National Instruments

Corbin J. Robertson	1969	CEO of Natural Resource Partners

Thomas L. Ryan	1987	BBA (McCombs)	CEO of Service Corporation International, a Fortune 1,000 company

Tex Schramm	1947	B.A.	Former Dallas Cowboys general manager; Pro Football Hall of Fame member

Stacy H. Schusterman	MBA	Chairman and CEO of Samson Energy; philanthropist

George Seay	1989, 1998	B.A., MBA (McCombs)	Businessman, co-founder and CEO of Annandale Capital, philanthropist and conservative political activist

Roy Spence	1971	B.A.	Co-founder of national advertising agency GSD&M

Rex Tillerson	1975	B.Sc.	Former Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil, and former Secretary of State in the Donald Trump administration

Edward R. Tinsley	B.Sc.	Chairman of K-Bob's Steakhouse, which operates mostly in Texas and New Mexico; political activist

James Truchard	1964 1967 1974	B.Sc. M.A. Ph.D.	Electrical engineer, co-founder, president, and chairman of the board of National Instruments

James Marion West, Jr.	J.D.	Oilman, lumber mill owner, and rancher; considered the archetype of the Texas oilman

Graham Whaling	1976	B.Sc.	Petroleum engineer and managing partner of Parkman Whaling LLC

C. John Wilder	1974	BBA (McCombs)	Former CEO of TXU, a Fortune 1,000 energy holdings company

Angus G. Wynne	1938	B.A.	Founder of Six Flags Over Texas

Bedford Wynne	Co-founder of the Dallas Cowboys

Peter Zandan	1983	Ph.D., MBA (McCombs)	Global Vice Chairman, Hill+Knowlton Strategies; founder of Intelliquest, Zilliant; Austin community figure

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Ligon earned a B.A. (Plan II) in 1973 from the University of Texas at Austin.

final_sentence: Ligon earned a B.A. (Plan II) in 1973 from the University of Texas at Austin.