List of Kellogg School of Management alumni

Last updated August 18, 2025

This is a list of Kellogg School of Management alumni.

Academia

Sally Blount (PhD in Organizational Behavior 1992), Dean and Michael L. Nemmers Professor of Management and Organizations at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
Eric Ghysels (PhD in Managerial Economics and Decision Science 1985), Edward M. Bernstein Distinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Finance at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Venkatesh Shankar (PhD in Marketing 1995), Professor of Marketing and Coleman Chair in Marketing, Director of Research at the Center for Retailing Studies at Mays Business School at Texas A&M University
George Stigler (MBA 1932), Professor of Economics, University of Chicago, 1982 Nobel Prize
Maxim Sytch (PhD, 2011), Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Glen L. Urban (PhD Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, 1966), Dean Emeritus of MIT Sloan School of Management.

Professional services

James L. Allen, Founder of Booz Allen Hamilton consultancy, and namesake of the Kellogg School's executive education center^[1]
Arthur E. Andersen, Founder of Arthur Andersen ^[2]
Edwin G. Booz, Founder of Booz Allen Hamilton consultancy^[3]
Will Johnson (executive), co-CEO of The Harris Poll ^[4]

Financial services

Joseph E. Hasten - President & CEO, ShoreBank; former Vice Chairman, U.S. Bancorp ^[5]
Scott J. Freidheim, president and CEO of CDI Corporation
Suzanne Iroche, CEO of FinBank ^[6]
David Kabiller, billionaire co-founder of AQR Capital
Gary Parr, Deputy Chairman of Lazard
William A. Osborn, Chairman and former CEO of Northern Trust Corporation
Patrick Ryan, Founder and Executive Chairman of Aon Corporation
Jaime Ruiz Sacristán, Chairman of the Mexican Stock Exchange (2015–2020)^[7]^[8]
Thomas J. Wilson, President and CEO of Allstate Insurance Company
Jeffrey W. Ubben, Co-founder, CEO and CIO of ValueAct Capital
Dean Chamberlain, CEO of Mischler Financial Group; former Joint Head of Fixed Income for Americas at Nomura Holdings
Peter G. Peterson, Former United States Secretary of Commerce and co-founder of Blackstone ^[9]
Brian J. O'Keane, Executive Vice President and CFO of the Farm Credit Bank of Texas
Axel Wieandt, former CEO of Hypo Real Estate and Valovis Bank, and former divisional board member / managing director at Deutsche Bank
Daniel Gamba, President of Northern Trust Asset Management, and former Board Chair of CFA Institute

Consumer goods

Douglas R. Conant, President and CEO of Campbell Soup Company
Robert A. Eckert, partner at Friedman Fleischer & Lowe
Betsy Holden, former CEO of Kraft Foods
S. Curtis Johnson, Former chairman of Diversey, Inc.
Roshni Nadar, executive director and CEO of HCL Enterprise
Tony Vernon, former CEO of Kraft Foods Group
Bob Gamgort, CEO of Keurig Dr Pepper, former CEO of Pinnacle Foods ^[10]
Peter Thum, founder, Ethos Water and entrepreneur

Retail

Brad Blum, CEO Emeritus of Burger King
Steve Odland, Chairman and CEO of Office Depot
Gregg Steinhafel, President, CEO, Chairman of the Board, Target Corporation
Larry Levy, founder of Levy Restaurants
Joey Wat, CEO of Yum China Holdings

Media, sports, and entertainment

Ted Phillips, president and CEO, Chicago Bears
Jeff Luhnow, former president and general manager, Houston Astros
Mallika Chopra, author, President of Intent
Eddie George, professional football player, Heisman Trophy winner
Rick Hahn, general manager of the Chicago White Sox
Ben Thompson, writer of Stratechery
Kei Ogura, singer, songwriter and composer
Meredith Marks, reality TV personality, the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
John Thorrington, co-president and general manager, Los Angeles FC
Chris Jurasek, CEO, Chelsea F.C.

Industry

Kushagra Bajaj, Vice Chairman, Bajaj Hindusthan
E.Scott Conti, CEO of Illinois Tool Works
Barry Cottle, CEO of Scientific Games Corporation
Andrew Fastow, former CFO, Enron
Scott J. Freidheim, President and CEO of CDI Corporation
Ravin Gandhi, Founder of GMM Nonstick Coatings
Vinita D. Gupta, CEO of Lupin Limited ^[11]
Christopher G. Kennedy, Chairman, Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises
David Kohler, President and CEO, Kohler Company
Chris Kubasik, Chair and CEO, L3Harris Technologies ^[12]
Ellen J. Kullman, Chair and CEO, DuPont
Ivan Menezes, CEO of Diageo
Alex Molinaroli, CEO of Johnson Controls
Roshni Nadar, Executive Director and CEO, HCL Corporation
Steve Odland, president and CEO of the Committee for Economic Development
Darren Woods, Chairman and CEO, ExxonMobil

Government

Ali Babacan, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, 2009–2015.^[13]
Charlie Baker, Governor of Massachusetts, 2015–present
Esteban Bullrich, Argentine National Deputy for Frente PRO, 2005-2009. 2010 to present, Minister of Education, City of Buenos Aires
John Cebrowski, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives ^[14]
Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium
Robert Dold, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois, 2011-2013; 2015-2017
Jonathan Greenblatt, Special Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation in the Domestic Policy Council for the Obama Administration, 2011 to present.
John Hoeven, Governor of North Dakota, 2000-2010; Senator, 2011 to present, United States
Randy Hopper Wisconsin State Senator, 2009-2011
Somkid Jatusripitak (PhD Marketing, 1984), Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, 2015 to present; former Minister of Finance and Minister of Commerce of Thailand, 2001-2006
Suvit Maesincee, Vice Minister for the Prime Minister and Adviser to the Minister of Finance of Thailand, 2015 to present
Ada Osakwe, former Adviser to Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Susan Pamerleau, retired United States Air Force major general and the Republican sheriff of Bexar County, Texas, first woman elected to that office, 2012^[15]
Cesar Purisima, Secretary of Trade & Industry, Republic of the Philippines, 2004-2005; Secretary of Finance, Republic of the Philippines, 2010-2016 ^[16]
Uttama Savanayana, Minister of Information and Communication Technology of Thailand, 2015 to present
Brad Schneider, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois, 2013-2015; 2018–present
Pramila Jayapal, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington, 2016–present
Cindy Axne, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa, 2019–present
Robert Hanssen, Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States from 1979 to 2001.^[17]

Technology

Christopher Galvin, Former Chairman and CEO of Motorola
Ginni Rometty, Former CEO of IBM (2012-2020)
Bill McDermott, CEO of ServiceNow, Former CEO of SAP (2010-2019)
Michael Hayford, CEO of NCR Corporation
Wen Yunsong, CEO of Unihub Global Networks
Jalak Jobanputra, Founder of FuturePerfect Ventures
Roshni Nadar, Chairperson of HCL Technologies
Charles Meyers, President and CEO of Equinix ^[18]

Non-profit

Roslyn M. Brock (MBA 1999), Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Roshni Nadar (MBA 2008), Founder and CEO of the Shiv Nadar Foundation
John Wood (MBA 1989), Founder and CEO of Room to Read

References

↑ "Meet Jim". Booz Allen Hamilton. Booz Allen Hamilton. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
↑ Moore, Mary Virginia; Crampton, John. "Arthur Andersen" (PDF). American National Business Hall of Fame. Journal of Business Leadership. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
↑ Who's Who in America: Vol. 23 1944-45. 1944. p. 201
↑ "The surprising compatibility of co-CEOs from different generations | The Optimist Daily". The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News |. March 11, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
↑ "Setting the Gold Standard". Archived from the original on January 21, 2008. Retrieved May 18, 2008.
↑ New CEOs resume immediately, who they are?, Babajide Komolafe, 14 August 2009, VanguardNGR, Retrieved 23 February 2016
↑ Bosch Par, José-Oriol (April 12, 2020). "In Memoriam: Jaime Ruiz Sacristán, Chairman, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores". Mexican Stock Exchange . Archived from the original on May 3, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
↑ Squires, Scott (April 12, 2020). "Mexico Stock Exchange Chairman Dies After Virus Hospitalization". Bloomberg News . Archived from the original on April 24, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
↑ "Peterson Chair in Corporate Ethics established | Kellogg School of Management".
↑ Keurig Dr Pepper
↑ Stocks. "Stocks". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
↑ "Leadership | L3Harris™ Fast. Forward". www.l3harris.com. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
↑ "From Rep. of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
↑ O'Connor, Ryan (August 30, 2012). "Candidate Profile: John Cebrowski - Government". Bedford, NH Patch. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
↑ "A Lifetime of Dedicated Service: Sheriff Susan Lewellyn Pamerleau, Major General (Ret.)". University of Wyoming. September 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
↑ "Secretary's Page | Department of Finance". www.dof.gov.ph. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
↑ https://dailynorthwestern.com/2001/02/20/archive-manual/accused-spy-an-nu-graduate/
↑ "Equinix Names Charles Meyers President And Chief Executive Officer |" . Retrieved December 19, 2023.

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[Allen-1] "Meet Jim". Booz Allen Hamilton. Booz Allen Hamilton. Retrieved May 14, 2018.

[Andersen-2] Moore, Mary Virginia; Crampton, John. "Arthur Andersen" (PDF). American National Business Hall of Fame. Journal of Business Leadership. Retrieved May 14, 2018.

[WsW_1944-3] Who's Who in America: Vol. 23 1944-45. 1944. p. 201

[4] "The surprising compatibility of co-CEOs from different generations | The Optimist Daily". The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News |. March 11, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.

[Setting_the_Gold_Standard-5] "Setting the Gold Standard". Archived from the original on January 21, 2008. Retrieved May 18, 2008.

[new-6] New CEOs resume immediately, who they are?, Babajide Komolafe, 14 August 2009, VanguardNGR, Retrieved 23 February 2016

[bmv-7] Bosch Par, José-Oriol (April 12, 2020). "In Memoriam: Jaime Ruiz Sacristán, Chairman, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores". Mexican Stock Exchange . Archived from the original on May 3, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.

[bloomberg-8] Squires, Scott (April 12, 2020). "Mexico Stock Exchange Chairman Dies After Virus Hospitalization". Bloomberg News . Archived from the original on April 24, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.

[9] "Peterson Chair in Corporate Ethics established | Kellogg School of Management".

[10] Keurig Dr Pepper

[11] Stocks. "Stocks". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 26, 2017.

[12] "Leadership | L3Harris™ Fast. Forward". www.l3harris.com. Retrieved December 20, 2022.

[13] "From Rep. of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

[14] O'Connor, Ryan (August 30, 2012). "Candidate Profile: John Cebrowski - Government". Bedford, NH Patch. Retrieved December 5, 2013.

[15] "A Lifetime of Dedicated Service: Sheriff Susan Lewellyn Pamerleau, Major General (Ret.)". University of Wyoming. September 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2015.

[16] "Secretary's Page | Department of Finance". www.dof.gov.ph. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

[17] ttps://dailynorthwestern.com/2001/02/20/archive-manual/accused-spy-an-nu-graduate/

[18] "Equinix Names Charles Meyers President And Chief Executive Officer |" . Retrieved December 19, 2023.

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