Harvard Business School Notable Alumni
Discover the notable alumni of Harvard Business School. The list includes people like Ratan Tata, Bill Ackman, Michael Collins, Sunil Bharti Mittal & Jim Lovell. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as leaders, miscellaneous, business people, lawyers & judges and intellectuals & academics etc.
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Birthdate: December 28, 1937
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Surat
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
2
Michael Collins(NASA Astronaut, Command Module Pilot for Apollo 11 (the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon))
Birthdate: October 31, 1930
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died: April 28, 2021
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
3
Sal Khan(The Founder and CEO of 'Khan Academy')
Birthdate: October 11, 1976
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Metairie, Louisiana, United States
4
L.A. Reid
(Record executive)
Birthdate: June 7, 1956
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
5
Peter Palandjian
(American CEO of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation and Tennis Player)
Birthdate: February 12, 1964
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Birthdate: November 28, 1937
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Weehawken, New Jersey, United States
7
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
(American Professional Tennis Player)
Birthdate: March 23, 1985
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
8
Julie Bishop
(Jurist, Politician, Diplomat, Lawyer)
Birthdate: July 17, 1956
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lobethal
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
9
Robert Louis-Dreyfus
(French Businessman)
Birthdate: June 14, 1946
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris
Died: July 4, 2009
10
Vicente Fox
(62nd President of Mexico (2000 - 2006))
Birthdate: July 2, 1942
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: León, Guanajuato, Mexico
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
11
Dido Harding
(Businesswoman)
Birthdate: November 9, 1967
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dorset, England
12
John S. Middleton
(American Businessperson)
Birthplace: United States
Birthdate: May 11, 1966
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York City, New York
14
Michael Mullen
(Naval Officer)
Birthdate: October 4, 1946
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Los Angeles County, California, United States
15
Nuri Şahin
(German Football Manager and Former Football Midfielder)
Birthdate: September 5, 1988
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lüdenscheid, Germany
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Birthdate: September 30, 1941
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Birthdate: December 19, 1961
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
18
Timothy C. Draper
(Businessperson)
Birthdate: June 11, 1958
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, U.S.
19
Charo Santos-Concio
(Actor)
Birthdate: October 27, 1955
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Calapan
20
Ajay Piramal
(Businessman)
Birthdate: August 3, 1955
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bagar, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, India
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
21
David Pocock
(Australian Politician and Former Professional Rugby Union Player)
Birthdate: April 23, 1988
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Transvaal, South Africa
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
22
Tagg Romney(Management Consultant, Businessman and Political Advisor.)
Birthdate: March 21, 1970
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Provo, Utah Provo, Utah, U.S.
23
Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoleon
(Prince Napoléon)
Birthdate: July 11, 1986
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Saint-Raphaël, Var, France
24
Steve Burke
(Businessperson)
Birthdate: August 14, 1958
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: America
25
Jeremy Heywood
(Former Civil Servant)
Birthdate: December 31, 1961
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Glossop, Derbyshire, England
Died: November 4, 2018
Birthdate: April 8, 1973
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Taipei, Taiwan
27
Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein
(Chief Executive Officer of the LGT Group)
Birthdate: May 16, 1969
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: St. Gallen, Switzerland
28
Glen Taylor
(Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: April 20, 1941
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Comfrey, Minnesota, United States
29
Jim Balsillie
(Businessperson)
Birthdate: February 3, 1961
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Seaforth, Ontario
30
Ruzwana Bashir
(Businessperson)
Birthdate: July 28, 1983
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Skipton, United Kingdom
31
Grover Norquist
(Advocate)
Birthdate: October 19, 1956
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Sharon, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthdate: November 10, 1977
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Arlington County, Virginia, United States
33
Chatri Sityodtong
(Chairman of the ONE Championship)
Birthdate: April 18, 1971
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Thailand
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: January 9, 1977
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mumbai, India
35
Stuart Roosa
(NASA Astronaut Who Piloted the Apollo 14 Mission)
Birthdate: August 16, 1933
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Durango, Colorado, United States
Died: December 12, 1994
36
Ernest Shonekan
(Nigerian Statesman and Lawyer Who Served as Interim Head of State of Nigeria)
Birthdate: May 9, 1936
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lagos, Nigeria
Died: January 11, 2022
37
Kumar Mahadeva
(Founder and Original Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cognizant Technology Solutions)
Birthplace: Colombo, Sri Lanka
38
George Yeo
(Former Singaporean Minister for Foreign Affairs (2004 - 2011))
Birthdate: September 13, 1954
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Singapore
39
Len Blavatnik
(Founder of Access Industries)
Birthdate: June 14, 1957
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Odesa, Ukraine
40
Bruce Wasserstein
(Banker, Financier, Investment banker)
Birthdate: December 25, 1947
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Brooklyn
Died: October 14, 2009
41
Michael Lynton
(Chief executive officer, Entrepreneur, Businessperson, Investment banker)
Birthdate: January 1, 1960
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London
42
Daniel Vasella
(Swiss medical doctor)
Birthdate: August 15, 1953
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Fribourg, Switzerland
Birthdate: August 13, 1983
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
44
James Wolfensohn
(9th President of the World Bank Group (1999 - 2005))
Birthdate: December 1, 1933
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Died: November 25, 2020
45
Frank Lorenzo
(Known for His Management of 'Continental Airlines' and 'Texas International Airlines', Between 1972 and 1990)
Birthdate: May 19, 1940
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: United States
46
Peter Lougheed
(Politician, Lawyer)
Birthdate: July 26, 1928
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Calgary
Died: September 13, 2012
47
Jennifer Hyman
(CEO of Rent the Runway)
Birthdate: August 24, 1980
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: United States
48
Louis V. Gerstner Jr.
(Businessman)
Birthdate: March 1, 1942
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mineola, New York, United States
49
Jason Kilar
(Businessperson)
Birthdate: April 26, 1971
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
50
Demet Mutlu
(Business women)
Birthdate: August 22, 1981
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York, United States
A degree in management from a good university really helps quite a bit in shaping one’s career. Thus, many aspiring entrepreneurs consider the prestigious Harvard Business School to pursue their studies. Situated in Boston, Massachusetts, this business school is considered one of the top institutions in the whole world. According to a 2016 list published by American media giant ‘U.S News & World Report’, the ‘Harvard Business School’ is the best institution in the whole of United States to pursue a degree in management and was also ranked 1. Apart from its state of the art infrastructure and impressive faculty, the ‘Harvard Business School’ is also famous for its notable alumni. Former American President George W Bush, Renowned Academician and economist Michael Porter, noted television personality Tyra Banks, filmmaker and U.S President Donald Trump’s chief advisor Stephen K Bannon are a few former students. Bush’s time at Harvard probably played a vital role in enhancing his personality and introducing some remarkable economic reforms for the betterment of the United States during his tenure as the president. Tyra Banks has been in the news for her glamor quotient and bringing about a revolution of sorts in the world fashion scene. Harvard alumnus Stephen K Bannon has become one of the most influential men in the United States today and is a person thousands of people from around the globe look up to. Here’s a list of noteworthy celebrities who once studied at the Harvard Business School and are now making waves for their outstanding accomplishments.