# List of Stanford GSB alumni

This is a list of notable persons who are alumni of Stanford Graduate School of Business in California.

## Alumni
### Business

* Jon Abbott, President and CEO of WGBH Educational Foundation
* Stephen Adams, businessman and private equity investor
* Andrew Agwunobi, healthcare administrator and interim president of the University of Connecticut
* Javed Ahmed, Pakistani American businessman
* Herbert M. Allison, businessman, former President and CEO of Fannie Mae
* Mukesh Ambani, Billionaire Indian Businessman Chairman of Reliance industries
* Steve Ballmer, Billionaire former CEO of Microsoft, owner of Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA)
* Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO of General Motors
* Robert Bass, billionaire businessman
* Sid Bass, investor and billionaire
* Riley P. Bechtel, former Chairman of the Bechtel Corporation
* Stephen Bechtel Jr., billionaire co-owner of the Bechtel Corporation
* David Beisel, venture capitalist
* Jeffrey Bewkes, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner
* Roelof Botha, venture capitalist, Sequoia Capital global head
* Orlando Bravo, billionaire co-founder and managing partner of private equity firm Thoma Bravo
* Carlos Brito, CEO of Anheuser-Busch InBev
* Bill Browder, American-born British financier
* John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley, British businessman
* Brook Byers, senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
* Tim Cadogan, CEO of GoFundMe, co-founder and former CEO of OpenX
* Yvon Chouinard, environmentalist and founder of Patagonia
* Bud Colligan, American entrepreneur
* James C. Collins, American business consultant, author, and lecturer
* Joe Coulombe, American entrepreneur
* James Coulter, billionaire co-founder of private equity firm TPG Capital
* Sir Howard Davies, Chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland and the former Director of the London School of Economics
* John Donahoe, American businessman and CEO of Nike, former president of ServiceNow and former CEO of Bain and Company and eBay
* Andy Dunn, American entrepreneur and CEO of Bonobos Inc.
* Richard Fairbank, American billionaire businessman and founder of Capital One
* Thomas J. Falk, CEO of Kimberly-Clark
* Anna Fang, venture capitalist, CEO of ZhenFund
* José Feliciano, co-founder and managing partner of Clearlake Capital
* Robert J. Fisher, American businessman
* Pete Flint, British entrepreneur
* Sarah Friar, CEO of Nextdoor and former CFO of Block (formerly Square)
* Marcos Galperin, billionaire Argentine businessman and co-founder of MercadoLibre, Inc.
* Dana Gioia, American poet and writer
* Seth Godin, American author and former dot com business executive
* Robert E. Grady, American venture capitalist and private equity investor
* Wyc Grousbeck, American businessman and owner of the Boston Celtics
* Rene Haas, American tech industry executive, CEO of Arm Ltd.
* Ole Andreas Halvorsen, billionaire Norwegian-born investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist
* Richard B. Handler, American businessman and CEO of Jeffries Group
* Tom Hayhoe, British healthcare figure
* Nathan Hubbard, American businessman and music executive
* Jessica Jackley, American entrepreneur and co-founder of Kiva
* Kenneth M. Jacobs, chairman and chief executive officer of Lazard
* Jeff Jordan, American venture capitalist at Andreessen Horowitz
* Jim Jorgensen, American entrepreneur
* Lynn Jurich, American businessperson and CEO of Sunrun
* Vinod Khosla, billionaire Indian American engineer and businessman
* Darren Kimura, American businessperson and inventor of Micro-Concentrating Solar
* Phil Knight, Billionaire Founder and Chairman of Nike
* Omid Kordestani, Iranian-born American businessman
* David Korten, American author and political activist
* Richard Kovacevich, American businessperson and former CEO of Wells Fargo & Company
* Gary Kremen, American entrepreneur and inventor of online dating
* Tom Linebarger, CEO of Cummins
* Edmund Wattis Littlefield, American businessman and philanthropist
* Stephen J. Luczo Executive Chairman of Seagate
* Mathew Martoma (born 1974 as Ajai Mathew Mariamdani Thomas), hedge fund portfolio manager, convicted of insider trading
* Sir Deryck Maughan, British businessman and philanthropist
* John B. McCoy, businessman
* Henry A. McKinnell, business executive and former CEO of Pfizer Inc.
* Scott McNealy, businessman and co-founder of Sun Microsystems
* Alex Michel, businessman and first star of The Bachelor
* Steve Miller, American businessman and chairman at AIG
* Hamid Moghadam, American businessman
* John Morgridge, American businessman
* Mariam Naficy, American entrepreneur and founder of Minted
* Jacqueline Novogratz, American entrepreneur and author
* Tom Peters, American writer on business management practices
* Donald Petersen, American businessman at Ford Motor Company
* David Pitt-Watson, Scottish author and businessperson
* Ken Powell, American businessman and CEO of General Mills
* Laurene Powell Jobs, billionaire widow of Apple, Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs
* Frank Quattrone, billionaire investment banker, founder of Qatalyst Partners
* Michele Raffin, American aviculturist
* Richard Rainwater, billionaire American investor and fund manager
* Charles R. Schwab, billionaire American investor and founder of the Charles Schwab Corporation
* Mayo A. Shattuck III, American businessman
* David Siminoff, American investor
* Ellen Siminoff, American investor
* Jeffrey Skoll, billionaire Canadian engineer, internet entrepreneur and film producer
* Steven Smith, American astronaut
* Thomas O. Staggs, former COO of the Walt Disney Company
* Tom Steyer, American billionaire hedge fund manager
* David Sze, entrepreneur, investor, and managing partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners
* Alan Tripp, American entrepreneur
* Kevin Tsujihara, American businessman and former chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Entertainment
* Miles D. White, American entrepreneur
* Sam Yagan, American entrepreneur and co-founder of OkCupid
* Yi Shi, entrepreneur and angel investor
* Lee Hsien Yang, Singaporean business executive
* Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman
* Tristan Walker, American entrepreneur
* Nisa Leung, Venture Capitalist
* Maksim Sonin, thought leader in the energy industry

### Government

* Doug Burgum, 55th United States Secretary of the Interior (2025–present)
* Anthony Gonzalez, American football wide receiver and member of Congress
* John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States of America
* Jim Kolbe, American politician and member of Congress
* Nara Lokesh, Indian politician
* Woody Myers, Indiana state health commissioner
* Penny Pritzker, American billionaire businesswoman and United States Secretary of Commerce (2013–2017)
* Lim Swee Say, Singaporean politician
* Jyotiraditya Scindia, Indian politician, titular maharaja of Gwalior State
* Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2022–2024)
* Steve Westly, American venture capitalist and California State Controller (2003–2007)
* Dennis Yao, former member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
* Hidehiko Yuzaki, Japanese politician

### Military

* Paul Bucha, American war veteran
* Antonio Buehler, American war veteran and activist for the right to film the police

### Science, Technology and Medicine

* Bruce Y. Lee, physician, public health informatician, medical academic and journalist