The Most Successful Harvard MBAs by: Jeff Schmitt on September 20, 2014 | 13,606 Views September 20, 2014 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Procter & Gamble CEO A.G. Lafley is among the many highly influential execs with a Harvard MBA The Most Successful Harvard B-School Graduates “I’d rather be governed by the first 2,000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard.” Remember that gem from William F. Buckley Jr.? Mind you, a handful of Harvard faculty members have made the transition to elected government (witness Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Elizabeth Warren). For the most part, Harvard’s biggest leadership contributions have come from business school students. And it’s quite an enviable list. Sure, The usual power players populate the founder and CEO ranks. But you’ll also find a former American president and governor (along with a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff). And did I mention a few convicted felons too? This week, Business Insider compiled a list, featuring alumni from the MBA program. And it’s not just bluebloods and billionaires. Check out this list of the big names who’ve passed through HBS on their way to wealth, power, and (occasionally) infamy. Walter Haas (’39): Former CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. Robert S. McNamara (’39): Former Secretary of Defense Philip Caldwell (’42): Former CEO of Ford Motor Company Stephen Covey (’57): Author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Robert Kraft (’65): Chairman of the Kraft Group (and owner of the New England Patriots) Michael Bloomberg Michael Bloomberg (’66): Founder of Bloomberg and former mayor of New York City George Kaiser (’66): Founder of BOK Financial Henry Paulson (’70): Former Goldman Sachs CEO and U.S. Treasury Secretary Stephen Schwarzman (’72): Chairman and CEO of the Blackstone Group Ray Dalio (’73): Found of Bridgewater Associates Mitt Romney (’74): Former Massachusetts Governor and Presidential Candidate George W. Bush (’75): Former President of the United States Jim Koch (’78): Founder of Samuel Adams Beer Jamie Dimon Anne Moore (’78): Former CEO of Time, Inc. Meg Whitman (’79): Chairman and CEO of Hewlett Packard Dan Bricklin (’79): Inventor of Spreadsheets John Paulson (’80): Founder of Paulson & Company Chase Carey (’81): President of News Corp Jamie Dimon (’82): Chairman of JPMorgan Chase Jeffrey Immelt (’82): Chairman and CEO of General Electric Michael Lynton (’87): CEO of Sony Entertainment and Sony Pictures Abigail Johnson (’88): Chair of Fidelity Worldwide Investment Bill Ackman (’92): Founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Mark Pincus (’93): Co-Founder of Zynga Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl Sandberg (’95): COO of Facebook and author of Lean In Sal Khan (’03): Founder of Khan Academy Wow! Dimon and Immelt were classmates! So were GM’s Rick Wagoner and P&G’s A.G. Lafley. And Bush and Romney were only a class apart? Actually, there were plenty of distinguished graduates that Business Insider couldn’t fit into their list. Want to see some other surprises? Check out Poets&Quants’ expanded list of distinguished HBS alumni: Donald Carty (’71): Former Chairman and CEO of American Airlines Rajat Gupta (’73): Former Managing Director of McKinsey & Co. Currently serving time at Devens Federal Medical Center in Ayer, MA. Daniel D’Aniello (’74): Co-Founder of the Carlyle Group Robert Nardelli (’75): Former CEO of Home Depot Elaine Chao John Hess (’77): CEO of Hess Corporation A.G. Lafley (’77): Chairman of Procter & Gamble Rick Wagoner (’77): Former Chairman & CEO of General Motors Jeffrey Skilling (’79): Former CEO Of Enron. He goes by the name of 29296-179 in Littleton, Colorado. John Thain (’79): Former CEO of Merrill Lynch and Chairman of the CIT Group Elaine Chao (’79): Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Grover Norquist (’81): President of Americans for Tax Reform Zoe Cruz (’82): Former Co-President of Morgan Stanley Gerald Storch (’82): Chairman and CEO of Toys “R” Us Ron Johnson (’84): Former President of J.C. Penney Fritz Henderson (’89): Former President of General Motors Angela Hicks Bowman Cynthia Carroll (’89): CEO of Anglo American Gideon Yu (’99): Co-Owner of the San Francisco 49ers (and former CFO of YouTube and Facebook) Liam Byrne (‘00): Education Minister in the United Kingdom Angela Hicks Bowman (’00): Co-Founder of Angie’s List DON’T MISS: THE MOST SUCCESSFUL STANFORD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS GRADUATES OF ALL TIME Source: Business Insider Continue ReadingPage 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6