page_title: List of Washington University alumni
section_title: Business
hierarchical_section_title: List of Washington University alumni / Business
caption_attribution_description: English: Jim McKelvey is an American computer science engineer and businessperson widely known as the co-founder of Square, a mobile payments company.
context_page_description: The following persons are notable alumni, living and deceased, of Washington University in St. Louis.
context_section_description: John H. Biggs (PhD): former CEO of TIAA-CREF
  Michael L. Riordan (AB 1979): founder of Gilead Sciences
  William H. Danforth (AB 1892): founder of Ralston Purina
  Arnold W. Donald (BSME 1977): CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines; former CEO of Merisant
  Steve Fossett (MBA 1968): options trader, balloonist, and adventurer
  Sam Fox (BSBA 1951): founder, chairman, CEO, and owner of Harbour Group Industries
  Jordan French (JD 2010): cofounder and CMO BeeHex
  Avram Glazer (BSBA 1982): president and CEO of the Zapata Corporation and joint chairman of Manchester United
  George Gatch (BA 1986): CEO of JPMorgan Asset Management
  Robert Hernreich (AB 1967): Co-Owner Sacramento Kings
  Douglas Lowenstein (AB 1973): founder and former president of Entertainment Software Association, former president and CEO of Private Equity Council
  Jim McKelvey (AB 1987): co-founder and director of Square, Inc.
  Wade Miquelon (MBA 1989): CFO of Walgreens
  Ernesto Fajardo (MBA): president and CEO of Alpina
  Edward Mueller (MBA):  president and CEO of Qwest Communications
  Charles Nagel (JD 1872): United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor; founder of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  Mike O'Brien (BA 1994): Great Lakes project director of Bluewater Wind
  Dave Peacock (MBA 2000): CEO of Anheuser-Busch
  Andrew Puzder (JD 1978): CEO of CKE Restaurants
  Aaron Selber, Jr.: studied in the School of Retailing; businessman and philanthropist in 
  Shreveport, Louisiana
  William Shaw (MBA 1972): president and COO of Marriott International Inc.
  Karen Sheriff (BA 1979): president and CEO of Q9 Networks Inc.
  George Fox Steedman (1871–1940), inventor and businessman.
  Louis B. Susman (JD 1962): vice chairman of Citigroup Global Markets
  Jack C. Taylor (student through 1944): founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car; no. 14 on Forbes' 400 Richest Americans in 2006
  Jim Weddle (AB 1977, MBA): managing partner at Edward Jones Investments
  John B. Whyte (attended two years in 1950s): developer of Fire Island Pines, New York
  Brian Willison (BFA 1995): Executive Director of Parsons Institute for Information Mapping
  Lewis Wolff (MBA 1961): hotel developer and owner of the Oakland Athletics
  George Zimmer (AB 1970): founder of Men's Wearhouse
caption: Jim McKelvey, co-founder and director of Square, Inc.
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