page_title: List of Cornell University alumni
section_title: Chairpersons, CEOs, and executives
hierarchical_section_title: List of Cornell University alumni / Business / Chairpersons, CEOs, and executives
caption_attribution_description: English: In the photo is Ratan Tata, who has been a leader in growing and expanding U.S.-India economic cooperation through his many business interests as CEO of the Tata Group, and as the co-chair of the U.S.-India CEO Forum.
context_page_description: This list of Cornell University alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Cornell University, an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York. Cornell counted 245,027 living alumni as of August 2008. Its alumni constitute 25 recipients of National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation combined, 36 MacArthur Fellows, 34 Marshall Scholars and 31 Rhodes Scholars, 237 elected members of the National Academy of Sciences, 178 elected members of the National Academy of Engineering, 190 plus heads of higher learning institutions in the United States and around the world, and Cornell is the only university with three female winners of unshared Nobel Prizes among its graduates. Many alumni maintain university ties through Homecoming's reunion weekend, through Cornell Magazine, and through the Cornell Club of New York. In 2005, Cornell ranked No. 3 nationwide for gifts and bequests from alumni. Alumni are known as Cornellians. Cornellians are noted for their accomplishments in public, professional, and corporate life.
  Fictional alumni have been portrayed in several films, television shows, and books.
context_section_description: Keith Barr (B.S. 1992 hotel administration) – CEO of InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) (2017–)
  Carl Bass (B.A. 1983 mathematics) – former CEO and president of Autodesk (2006–2017)
  Al Bernardin (1952) – creator of the McDonald's Quarter Pounder; former vice president of Product Development for McDonald's
  Mark Bertolini (MBA 1984) – CEO and president of Aetna
  Jeffrey Bleustein (B.S. 1960, B.M.E 1961) – chairman and former CEO of Harley Davidson
  Joseph H. Boardman (B.S. agriculture economics) – president and CEO of Amtrak (2008–2016), 11th Federal Railroad Administrator (2005–2008), New York State Commissioner of Transportation (1997–2005)
  Val A. Browning (B.S. 1917) – president of Browning Arms Company, American soldier in WWI
  Howard J. Bruschi (B.S. and M.S. electrical engineering) – retired senior vice president and chief technology officer at Westinghouse Electric Company; member of the National Academy of Engineering (2008)
  Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. (undergrad 1906–09, dropped out) – president (1940–48) and chairman (1948–62) of DuPont
  Abby Joseph Cohen (B.A. 1973 economics and computer science, trustee) – partner and Senior Investment Strategist of Goldman Sachs; president of Global Markets Institute (GMI), Goldman Sachs
  Jennie Chua (B.S. 1971, hotel administration) – CEO of Capitaland Residential, former CEO of Raffles Holdings
  Heather Cho (B.S. 1999, hotel) – former VP of Korean Air, fired after Nut Rage incident
  Adolph Coors II (B.A. 1907) – second president of Coors Brewing Company
  Pete Coors (B.S. 1969 industrial engineering) – executive of Coors Brewing Company; Senatorial candidate, 2004
  Luciano Coutinho (PhD economics) – president of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
  Michael J. Dandorph (Master of Health Administration 1995) – president of the Rush system and of Rush University Medical Center (2016–)
  Eric Daniels (B.A. 1973) – former CEO of Lloyds Banking Group
  Alonzo G. Decker, Jr. (B.S. 1929 electrical engineering) – former president, CEO and chairman of the board of Black & Decker; known for developing power tools for use in home, including the first cordless electric drill
  Kenneth T. Derr (B.S. 1959 mechanical engineering, M.B.A. 1960, trustee) – chairman and CEO of Chevron, 1989–99
  Dave Dombrowski (undergrad 1974–75, transferred) – president, CEO, and general manager of the Detroit Tigers
  E. Linn Draper Jr. (PhD 1970) – former chairman, president, and chief executive officer of American Electric Power Company; member of the National Academy of Engineering (1992)
  Jennifer Dulski (B.A., MBA) – president and chief operating officer of Change.org
  Henry D. Edelman (J.D. 1973) – president and CEO of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) (1989–2008)
  Reggie Fils-Aimé (B.S. 1983 applied economics) – president and COO of Nintendo of America (2006–2019)
  Stephen Friedman (B.A. 1959; trustee, 1993–) – chairman of The Goldman Sachs Group, 1990–94; chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (2005–09); former Assistant for Economic Policy to President George W. Bush (2002–04); director of the United States National Economic Council, 2003–04
  Kenneth G. Fuller (B.S. 1999 hotel administration) – CFO and executive vice president of LaSalle Hotel Properties
  J. Patrick Gallagher Jr (B.A. government) – president, CEO and chairman of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
  Robert F. Gilkeson (B.S. 1939 electrical engineering) – president (1965–1970), president and CEO (1970–1971), CEO and chairman (1971–1982) of PECO Energy Company; member of the National Academy of Engineering (1978)
  Pawan Kumar Goenka – managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, an Indian multinational automobile manufacturing corporation headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; chairman of SsangYong Motor Company in Korea
  Martin Goland (B.S. 1940 mechanical engineering) – president of Southwest Research Institute (1959–1997); member of the National Academy of Engineering (1967)
  Harvey Golub (attended 1956–1958) – president (1991–1993), chairman and CEO (1993–2001) of American Express; chairman of the board at the Campbell 
caption: Ratan Tata
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