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Thelist of notable Wharton School alumni are graduates of theWharton School of theUniversity of Pennsylvania. Wharton offers four degree programs: undergraduate, anMBA, anEMBA, and a Doctoral degree. As of 2023, there are approximately 105,000 alumni in over 150 countries, including 79,280 inNorth America, 5,660 inAsia, 4,510 inEurope, 1,370 in theCaribbean andLatin America, 930 inAfrica and theMiddle East, and 380 inAustralia andNew Zealand.[1]
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| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baidyanath Misra | 1952 | AM | former vice-chancellor of theOdisha University of Agriculture and Technology; chairman of Odisha State Planning Board; chairman of Odisha's First State Finance Commission | [5] |
| William Frederick Boulding | 1986 | PhD | Dean of theFuqua School of Business atDuke University | [6] |
| Mark Burstein | MBA | Academic administrator atLawrence University | [7] | |
| Patrick Chovanec | Business professor atTsinghua University | [citation needed] | ||
| Amos Eiran | President of theUniversity of Haifa, Israel | [citation needed] | ||
| Patrick T. Harker | President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2015-); former dean of the Wharton School (1999-2007) | [8][9][10] | ||
| Ramchandran Jaikumar | Daewoo Professor of Business Administration at theHarvard Business School | [11] | ||
| Matin Ahmed Khan | Dean and director,Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, 1972–77 | [citation needed] | ||
| Jay Penske | Board of directors of the Entrepreneurial School at the Wharton School | [citation needed] | ||
| Steve Salbu | Dean emeritus of the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006–2014 | [12] | ||
| Louis B. Schwartz | Law professor at theUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School | [citation needed] | ||
| Benn Steil | Economist and writer; senior fellow and director of international economics at theCouncil on Foreign Relations; founder and editor of the journalInternational Finance | [13][14] | ||
| Nassim Nicholas Taleb | 1983 | MBA | Researcher in risk and uncertainty, originator of theBlack Swan theory; author of theIncerto. | [15] |
| George Taylor | Considered the "father of American arbitration," Department of Labor Hall of Honor inductee; namesake of theTaylor Law | [16][17] | ||
| Adlai Wertman | Professor of clinical management and organization,USC Marshall School of Business | [citation needed] | ||
| Mohammad Uzair | Dean and director,Institute of Business Administration, Karachi | [citation needed] | ||
| John Quelch | Dean,London Business School | [citation needed] |
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoodie Allen | 2010 | Aka Steven Markowitz, hip-hop artist and rapper | [93] | |
| James DePreist | 1958 | BA | Director and conductor, Oregon Symphony | [94] |
| Wendy Finerman | 1982 | BASc | Oscar-winning film producer (Forrest Gump, 1994) | [95] |
| Moe Jaffe | 1923 | Songwriter and bandleader | [citation needed] | |
| Aaron Karo | Author; comedian | [citation needed] | ||
| Jay Livingston | Oscar-winning composer (The Paleface, 1948;Captain Carey, 1950; andThe Man Who Knew Too Much, 1956) | [citation needed] | ||
| Mehmet Oz, akaDr. Oz | Physician, writer, and television personality | [citation needed] | ||
| Robert B. Sinclair | Film and theater director | [citation needed] | ||
| Clarissa Sligh | Photographer and book artist | [citation needed] | ||
| Ty Stiklorius | Emmy Award-winning film and television producer, music executive, and philanthropist | [citation needed] | ||
| Kidlat Tahimik | (Eric De Guia), Filipino filmmaker,;National Artist of the Philippines | [citation needed] | ||
| Eric Weinberg | Television screenwriter and producer | [96] | ||
| Ryan Brant | Founder ofTake-Two Interactive, which owns publishing labelsRockstar Games and2K (company). and has a video game portfolio including theGrand Theft Auto (GTA) franchise | [97] | ||
| Rick Yune | Actor; screenwriter; producer; martial artist | [citation needed] | ||
| Noah Schnapp | Actor |
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin Feulner | President of American Heritage Foundation | [citation needed] | ||
| Jonathan Fielding | Former chairman of Truth Campaign, director of Public Health for Los Angeles County, Philanthropist, professor,UCLA School of Public Health | [citation needed] | ||
| Alfred Irving Hallowell | President of the American Anthropological Association | [citation needed] | ||
| Laurene Powell Jobs | Founder and chair ofEmerson Collective | [citation needed] | ||
| Paul Judge | Chairman of the BritishRoyal Society of Arts, founder of theJudge Business School atCambridge University | [citation needed] | ||
| James Martin | Jesuit priest and writer | [citation needed] | ||
| Risa Lavizzo-Mourey | President and CEO ofRobert Wood Johnson Foundation (2003-2017) | [citation needed] | ||
| Lawrence Lessig | Founder and director of Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society | [citation needed] | ||
| Richard Stearns | President ofWorld Vision | [citation needed] | ||
| William J. Trent | Executive director of theUnited Negro College Fund (1944–1964) | [citation needed] | ||
| Charles Wall | Resident superintendent ofGeorge Washington's estate atMount Vernon for 39 years, starting in 1937 | [106] |
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert B. Asher | Politician and businessman. Co-chairman of the board of directors of Asher's Chocolates inPennsylvania and Pennsylvania's committeeman on theRepublican National Committee | [107][108] | ||
| Ernesto Pérez Balladares | President ofPanama (1994-1999) | [citation needed] | ||
| David Campbell Bannerman | ConservativeMember of the European Parliament for theEast of England | [109][110] | ||
| Louis A. Bloom | Pennsylvania State Representative forDelaware County (1947–1952), JudgePennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for Delaware County | [citation needed] | ||
| Boediono | Vice president (2009–2014), Minister for the Economy (2005–2009), Minister of Finance (2001–2005), Governor of Bank Indonesia, the Central Bank ofIndonesia | [citation needed] | ||
| Bob Brooks | Member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives (2018-) | [citation needed] | ||
| Sila María González Calderón | Puerto Rican senator (2005-2013); formerFirst Lady (2001-2005) | [citation needed] | ||
| Andy Carter | BritishConservativeMember of Parliament forWarrington South | [111] | ||
| Bill Cobey | Former U.S. representative fromNorth Carolina's 4th congressional district (1985-1987); director of theJesse Helms Center | [citation needed] | ||
| Zehnder Confair | Pennsylvania State Senator | [citation needed] | ||
| Moonis Elahi | Pakistani businessman and politician | [citation needed] | ||
| Edwin Feulner | MBA | Co-founder and former president ofThe Heritage Foundation | [112] | |
| Kate Gallego | 2012 | MBA | Mayor of Phoenix (2019-) | [113] |
| John J. Hafer | 1954 | BS | FormerMaryland state senator (1991-2007) | [citation needed] |
| Ron Huldai | Mayor of Tel Aviv (1998-) | [114] | ||
| Ahsan Iqbal | 1986 | MBA | Pakistani Minister for Interior (2017-2018) | [citation needed] |
| Waleed Iqbal | Pakistanisenator from Punjab; chairperson of thePakistan Senate Committee for Defense; partner at Lexium Law; law professor | [citation needed] | ||
| Ted Kaufman | U.S. Senator fromDelaware (2009-2010) | [citation needed] | ||
| Peter Lorange | President of IMD (Switzerland) | [citation needed] | ||
| Mauricio Macri | Former mayor of Buenos Aires City andpresident of Argentina | [115] | ||
| Bongbong Marcos | Did not graduate | President of the Philippines | [116] | |
| John W. Murphy | U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1943-1946) | [citation needed] | ||
| Philip D. Murphy | U.S. Ambassador to Germany (2009-2013); current and56th governor of New Jersey (2018–present) | [117] | ||
| Michael Nutter | Mayor ofPhiladelphia (2008–2015) | [citation needed] | ||
| Peter O'Donnell | Texas state Republican chairman (1962-1969);Dallas investor and philanthropist | [118] | ||
| Alassane Dramane Ouattara | President (2010–present),Ivory Coast; governor of theCentral Bank of West African States; Deputy Head of theInternational Monetary Fund | [citation needed] | ||
| Douglas Peters | Canadian economist and politician | [citation needed] | ||
| Sachin Pilot | Indian politician | [citation needed] | ||
| Mar Roxas | Member of the House of Representatives (1993–2000), senator (2004–2010), Secretary of Trade and Industry (2000–2003), Secretary of Transportation and Communications (2011–2012) and Secretary of Interior and Local Government (2012–2015) in the Philippines | [119] | ||
| Francisco Sagasti | President of Peru (2020-2021) | [citation needed] | ||
| David Scott | US Congressman from Georgia | [citation needed] | ||
| Maxwell E. Seidman | Lawyer andDemocratic politician | [citation needed] | ||
| Nao Takasugi | California State Assembly and mayor ofOxnard, California | [citation needed] | ||
| Donald Trump | 1968 | BS | 45th and 47th President of theUnited States (2017-2021, 2025–present) | [120] |
| Rexford Tugwell | Governor of Puerto Rico (1941-1946), | [121] | ||
| Ashwini Vaishnaw | Indian Politician and Current Minister of Railways and Minister of IT and Communications | [122] | ||
| Mark Villar | Senator of the Philippines (2022–present), Secretary ofPublic Works and Highways (2016-2021), member of the House of Representatives from Las Pinas (2010-2016) | [citation needed] | ||
| Cesar Virata | 1953 | MBA | Prime Minister (1981–1986) and Secretary of Finance (1970–1986) of thePhilippines | [citation needed] |
| John H. Ware III | U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania | [citation needed] | ||
| Bob Ziegelbauer | Wisconsin politician | [citation needed] |
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roni Alsheikh | Israeli intelligence officer and head of theIsrael Police | [123][124] | ||
| Armand Arreza | Former administrator and CEO of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority | [citation needed] | ||
| Andrew M. Bradley | Pennsylvania Secretary of Property and Supplies (1957–1960) | [citation needed] | ||
| William J. Brennan Jr. | Associate justice, US Supreme Court (1956-1990) | [citation needed] | ||
| Herbert B. Cohen | Judge | [125][126] | ||
| Ron Dermer | Israeli ambassador to the United States (2013-2021) | [citation needed] | ||
| Pridiyathorn Devakula | Governor of the Central Bank of Thailand | [citation needed] | ||
| Gary Gensler | 1978, 1979 | BS, MBA | Chair ofSecurities and Exchange Commission; former chairman of the USCommodity Futures Trading Commission | [citation needed] |
| Ronald M. Gould | Judge for the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit | [citation needed] | ||
| Isabella Casillas Guzman | Director of theSmall Business Administration | [citation needed] | ||
| Neel Kashkari | 2002 | MBA | President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2016-) | [127] |
| Ann McLaughlin Korologos | Former U.S. Labor Secretary (1987-1989); Former Chair of the Aspen Institute | [128][129] | ||
| Frank Lavin | 1996 | MBA | Former Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; former United States Ambassador to Singapore (2001-2005) | [citation needed] |
| Reggie Love | Former body man for President Barack Obama | [130] | ||
| Cardozo M. Luna | Undersecretary ofDepartment of National Defense (2016-); formerPhilippineAmbassador to theNetherlands(2009-2010); former vice chief of staff and lieutenant general of theArmed Forces of the Philippines | [citation needed] | ||
| Winnie Monsod | Former director-general of National Economic and Development Authority of the Philippines; former member of the UN Committee for Development Planning (UNCDP) from 1987 to 2000; former member of the board of trustees of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) | [citation needed] | ||
| Corrado Passera | 1980 | MBA | Former CEO of Banca Intesa of Italy; Italian Minister of Economic Development, Infrastructure and Transport | [citation needed] |
| Frances Perkins | Former U.S. Secretary of Labor (1933-1945), first female U.S. Presidential Cabinet Member, and architect of Social Security system | [131][132] | ||
| Russell Redenbaugh | Member of theUnited States Civil Rights Commission (1990–2005) | [citation needed] | ||
| Eli Rosenbaum | Director ofOffice of Special Investigations (United States Department of Justice) | [citation needed] | ||
| Andrew Saul | Chairman of theFederal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, vice-chairman of theMetropolitan Transportation Authority; investor; former owner/CEO ofBrooks Brothers | [citation needed] |
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barney Berlinger | Decathlete and winner of theSullivan Award | [citation needed] | ||
| Robert Castellini | 1967 | MBA | Owner of theCincinnati Reds | [citation needed] |
| Frank Chapot | Olympicequestrian | [133] | ||
| Mark DeRosa | Major League Baseball player | [citation needed] | ||
| Mark Ein | 1987 | Economics | Venture capitalist and sports entrepreneur | [79] |
| Paul Friedberg | Olympic fencer | [citation needed] | ||
| Douglas Glanville | Major League Baseball player and analyst | [citation needed] | ||
| Austin Gunsel | Football executive and FBI agent | [134] | ||
| Erik Lorig | NFL football tight end and fullback | [citation needed] | ||
| Bruce Manson | Tennis player | [citation needed] | ||
| Stephanie McCaffrey | Former NWSL and USWNT soccer player | [135] | ||
| Ugonna Onyekwe | Former professionalbasketball player | [136] | ||
| Yoav Saffar | Basketball player | [citation needed] | ||
| Andrew Towne | Member of the team that completed the first human-powered transit of theDrake Passage | [citation needed] | ||
| Justin Tuck | 2018 | MBA | New York Giants defensive end | [citation needed] |
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selorm Adadevoh | Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, a subsidiary ofMTN Group | [citation needed] | ||
| Bill Conner | CEO ofSonicWall | [137] | ||
| Mandy Ginsberg | CEO ofMatch Group | [138] | ||
| Sam Hamadeh | Founder of Vault.com Inc. | [139] | ||
| Steve Ives | Information technology entrepreneur | [citation needed] | ||
| Mark D. Kingdon | CEO ofLinden Lab, parent company ofSecond Life | [citation needed] | ||
| Josh Kopelman | Founder ofHalf.com | [citation needed] | ||
| Curtis Lee | Founder and CEO ofLuxe | [citation needed] | ||
| Marc Lore | Founder and CEO ofJet.com, acquired byWalmart for $3.3 billion in August 2016 | [citation needed] | ||
| Gayle Laakmann McDowell | Founder; coder; speaker; author ofCracking the Coding Interview | [140] | ||
| Elon Musk | 1997 | BS | Co-founder and ex-CEO ofPayPal, founder, CEO and CTO ofSpaceX, co-founder ofOpenAI, chairman ofSolarCity, executive chairman and CTO ofX (formerlyTwitter), founder and CEO ofxAI, CEO and Product Architect ofTesla Motors | [2][4][3] |
| Ben Nelson | CEO ofSnapfish | [citation needed] | ||
| Peter M. Nicholas | Founder, CEO and chairman ofBoston Scientific | [141] | ||
| Sundar Pichai | 2002 | MBA | CEO ofAlphabet andGoogle | [citation needed] |
| Mark Pincus | Founder of Zynga | [142] | ||
| Philip Johnston | 2018 | MBA | CEO and Co-Founder ofStarcloud | [143] |
| Lewis E. Platt | 1966 | MBA | Former chairman and CEO ofHewlett-Packard | [144] |
| Ruth Porat | CFO of Alphabet, parent company ofGoogle; former CFO of Morgan Stanley | [citation needed] | ||
| Frank Quattrone | Founder of the Technology Groups atMorgan Stanley,Deutsche Bank andCredit Suisse; founder ofQatalyst Partners | [citation needed] | ||
| Garrett Reisman | 1990 | BS | NASA astronaut | [citation needed] |
| Josh Resnick | Founder, CEO and president of Pandemic Studios Inc | [citation needed] | ||
| John Sculley | 1963 | MBA | Former CEO ofApple Inc. | [145] |
| Ashmeet Sidana | Entrepreneur; venture capitalist | [146] | ||
| Brian Stafford | CEO ofDiligent Corporation | [147] | ||
| James L. Vincent | Chairman and CEO ofBiogen Idec | [148] | ||
| Nancy Wang | Businesswoman; founder of Advancing Women in Product | [149] | ||
| Jeff Weiner | CEO ofLinkedIn | [citation needed] | ||
| Fred Wilson | Managing partner ofUnion Square Ventures | [citation needed] |
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Braudy | Author and journalist | [150] | ||
| Nina Godiwalla | Author ofSuits: A Woman on Wall Street | [citation needed] | ||
| Jerry Mander | Environmentalist and author ofFour Arguments for the Elimination of Television | [citation needed] | ||
| Matthew E. May | Author | [citation needed] | ||
| John D. MacDonald | Author | [151] | ||
| Reem Kassis | 2010, 2010 | BS, MBA | Author ofThe Palestinian Table | [citation needed] |
| William A. Reuben | Investigative journalist | [152] | ||
| David Vise | Pulitzer Prize winner,Washington Post' | [citation needed] |
| Name | Class year(s) | Degree(s) | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hettie Simmons Love | First African-American to earn an MBA from Wharton, in 1947 | [citation needed] | ||
| Jho Low | Fugitive sought by authorities in Malaysia, Singapore, and the United States, regarding the1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal | [153][154] | ||
| Nirav Modi | Businessman, jewellery designer, diamond merchant andfraudster | [155][156] | ||
| Herbert B. Newberg | Class action attorney | [157] | ||
| Donald Trump Jr. | 2000 | BS | Son ofDonald Trump, the 45thPresident of the United States, and executive vice president ofThe Trump Organization | [citation needed] |
| John Nolen | 1891 | PhD | American landscape architect, planning consultant, writer, founding member of theAmerican Institute of Planners | [158] |
| Elizabeth Ursic | MBA | Theologian, scholar, and author | [159] |
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