List of Baruch College alumni

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Following is a list of Baruch College alumni.

Business

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Lara Abrash 1994MBAChairman and CEO of Deloitte & Touche LLP [1]
William F. Aldinger II 1959Chairman and CEO of HSBC North America Holdings [2]
Anthony Chan 1979BBAChief economist with JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. [3]
Akis Cleanthous 1988BBAFormer chairman of the Cyprus Stock Exchange [4]
Monte Conner 1986Senior vice president of Roadrunner Records, A&R department
Sidney Harman 1939BBAFounder and chairman emeritus of Harman International Industries [5]
Jacqueline Hernández 1996MBAFormer chief marketing officer with NBCUniversal Telemundo [6]
Robert Holland 1969MBAFormer president and CEO of Ben & Jerry's [7]
Rim Ji-hoon 2022DBAFormer CEO of Kakao Corporation
Mayuri Kango 2007MBAHead of Industry at Google India and actress [8]
James Lam 1983BBAFormer Chief Risk Officer of GE Capital and author
Ralph Lauren non-degreedFounder and Chairman of Ralph Lauren Corporation [9]
Dennis Levine 1976MBAProminent player in the Wall Street insider trading scandals of the mid-1980s [10]
Adam Neumann 2017BBACo-founder and CEO of WeWork [11]
Oscar N. Onyema 1998MBACEO of the Nigerian Stock Exchange [12]
Martin Shkreli 2004BBAFounder and former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals [13]
Stuart Subotnick 1962BBACEO of Metromedia and one of America's 500 wealthiest people in 2002 [14]
George Weissman 1939BBAFormer chairman and CEO of Philip Morris International [15]
Jacky Wright 1985BBACTO at McKinsey & Company and former Chief Digital Officer at Microsoft [16]
Larry Zicklin 1957BBAFormer chairman of the board of Neuberger Berman [17]

Education

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Tony Allen 1998MPAChair of the US President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and president of Delaware State University [18] [19]
Michael J. Freeman 1970MBAProfessor at Baruch College, Cornell University, and Hofstra University [20]
David Hamilton Golland 2000Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of history at Monmouth University [21]
Alvin Gouldner 1941 BBA Professor of sociology at Washington University in St. Louis, founder of Theory & Society , and former president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems [22]

Entertainment

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Eddie Carmel Entertainer with gigantism and acromegaly, popularly known as "The Jewish Giant" [23]
Buddy Freitag 1953Broadway producer ( Porgy and Bess , Nice Work If You Can Get It ) [24]
Immortal Technique non-degreed Hip hop recording artist
Tsvetta Kaleynska 2015EMPAModel and author
Mayuri Kango 2007MBAActress and head of Industry at Google India [8]
Daniel Lobell Stand-up comedian and podcaster [25]
Jennifer Lopez non-degreedActress, singer, dancer, and producer [26]
Tarkan Singer
Bernie Wes 1939Television screenwriter [27]
Perizaad Zorabian 1966MBAActress [28]

Government and civil service

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Jack Barsky 1984Former KGB spy and author [29]
Fernando Ferrer 2004MPAFormer chairman of MTA (New York) and former Bronx Borough President [30]
Daniel A. Nigro 1971BBAFormer Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department [31]
Albert Seedman 1941BBAChief of detectives, New York City Police Department [32]
Eric Ulrich 2016MPACommissioner of the New York City Department of Buildings [33]

Law

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Carolyn Walker-Diallo 2003MBASupervising judge of the New York City Civil Court [34]
Helen Whitener 1988BBAAssociate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court [35]

Literature and journalism

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Jack Barsky 1984Former KGB spy and author [29]
G. Winston James 2005MBAPoet and activist [36]
Tsvetta Kaleynska 2015EMPAAuthor and model
Carlos D. Ramirez Publisher of El Diario La Prensa [37]
Upton Sinclair Author of The Jungle [38]

Politics

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Egemen Bağış 1996MPAFormer minister for European Union Affairs and Turkish politician [39]
Shirley Elizabeth Barnes 1956BBAFormer United States Ambassador to Madagascar
Abraham Beame 1928BBA Mayor of New York City
Fernando Ferrer 2004MPAFormer chairman of MTA (New York) and former Borough President of The Bronx [30]
Vanessa Gibson 2009MPA Borough President of The Bronx
Michael Grimm 1994BBAFormer member of United States House of Representatives [40]
Carl Heastie 2007MBA Speaker of the New York State Assembly [41]
Verna L. Jones 1987MPAFormer member of the Maryland Senate [42]
Ron Kim 2006MPAMember of the New York State Assembly [43]
Melissa Mark-Viverito 1996MPAFormer speaker of the New York City Council [44]
Yuh-Line Niou 2011MPAMember of the New York State Assembly [45]
Ada L. Smith 1973Former member of the New York State Senate
Michael G. Sotirhos 1950BBAFormer United States Ambassador to Greece [46]
Carl Spielvogel 1975BBAFormer United States Ambassador to Slovakia [47]
Craig A. Stanley 1999MPAMember of New Jersey General Assembly from 1996 to 2008
Leo C. Zeferetti non-degreedFormer member of United States House of Representatives [48]

Sports

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Danny Garcia 1975Baseball player
Levy Rozman 2017Chess International Master
Bruce Sherman 1973MBAChairman and principal owner of the Miami Marlins [49]
Arki Dikania Wisnu 2010Professional basketball player [50]

Other

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Cristina Jiménez Moreta 2011MPAImmigration activist who co-founded United We Dream i 2017 MacArthur Fellow [51]

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