List of Wharton School alumni

Warren Buffett, enrolled in Wharton's undergraduate program in 1947 and dropped out in 1949

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has over 92,000 alumni in 150 countries.[1] As of 2014, there are approximately 79,280 alumni in North America, 5,660 in Asia, 4,510 in Europe, 1,370 in the Caribbean and Latin America, 930 in Africa and the Middle East, and 380 in Australia and New Zealand.[2] This is a listing of notable Wharton School alumni.

Industry

John Sculley, CEO and President of PepsiCo (1977–1983), CEO of Apple (1983–1993), Partner at Sculley Brothers, LLC (1995–present), Co-Founder of Zeta Interactive (2007-Present)
Donald Trump, Founder and CEO of The Trump Organization, earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Wharton
Mortimer Zuckerman, Owner, Chairman and Editor-in-chief of U.S. News & World Report, owner and publisher of the New York Daily News, former owner of The Atlantic and Fast Company, Co-founder, Executive Chairman and CEO of Boston Properties
Karl von der Heyden, CEO and Chairman of RJR Nabisco (subject of largest LBO in history), CFO of PepsiCo, CFO of H. J. Heinz Company, CEO of Metallgesellschaft AG, Chairman of FASB Advisory Council

Finance

Private equity CEOs, all Wharton alumni, at the Wharton Global Alumni Forum in Milan, Italy
Harold McGraw III, Chairman and CEO, McGraw Hill Financial, majority owner of the S&P Dow Jones Indices, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, S&P Capital IQ, Platts and J. D. Power and Associates
Daniel Och, Hedge fund manager and Founder of Och-Ziff Capital Management, former Head of Proprietary Trading and U.S. Equities at Goldman Sachs, earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Wharton
Ronald Perelman, Chairman and CEO, MacAndrews & Forbes Group, earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Master of Business Administration from Wharton[80]
Robert S. Kapito (far left), Founder and President of BlackRock, earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Wharton
Frank Quattrone, Founder of the Technology Groups at Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse, Founder of Qatalyst Partners, earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Wharton
Karen Finerman, Hedge fund manager and founder of Metropolitan Capital Advisors, Co-host of Fast Money, earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Wharton

Technology

Elon Musk, Founder and CEO of PayPal,[137] Tesla Motors[138] and SpaceX,[139] earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Wharton
Mark Pincus, Founder and CEO of Zynga,[140] earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Wharton

Government, law and nonprofit

Alassane Ouattara, President of the Ivory Coast (2010-present), Governor of the Central Bank of West African States, Deputy Head of the International Monetary Fund
Boediono, Vice President (2009-2014), Minister for the Economy (2005-2009), Minister of Finance (2001-2005), former Governor of Bank Indonesia, The Central Bank of Indonesia
Pridiyathorn Devakula, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (2014-Present), Minister of Finance (2006-2007), Governor of the Bank of Thailand (2001-2006), great-grandson of King Rama IV
Cesar Virata, Prime Minister (1981-1986), Minister of Finance (1970-1986), Philippines, namesake and Dean of the Cesar Virata School of Business at the University of the Philippines
Jose L. Cuisia, Jr., seventh Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines, Ambassador to the United States
Corrado Passera, Minister of Economic Development, Infrastructure and Transport, Italy, management consultant and investment banker, former CEO of Banca Intesa
Ignazio Visco, Governor of Banca d'Italia, the Central Bank of Italy (2011-Present), former Chief Economist of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Paul Judge, Chairman of the British Royal Society of Arts, Founder of the Judge Business School at Cambridge University
Fred Hilmer, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of New South Wales, former Dean of the Australian Graduate School of Management, former CEO of Fairfax Media

Media

Mehmet Oz (Dr. Oz), host of The Dr. Oz Show, medical expert for The Oprah Winfrey Show, author of six New York Times bestsellers, winner of six Emmy Awards
Walter Annenberg (with President Ronald Reagan), American media mogul, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan, awarded the rank of Knight Commander (second-highest rank in the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II, awarded the rank of Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, named an Officer of the French Legion of Honor

Real estate

Vikram Chatwal, property developer and hotelier, earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Wharton

Writers

Richard Koch, Co-founder of L.E.K. Consulting, author of 20 books on business strategy and the 80/20 principle
David Sklansky, Author on poker and blackjack strategy, winner of three World Series of Poker bracelets

Sports

David Montgomery, Co-owner, General Partner, Chairman and CEO of the Philadelphia Phillies, won the World Series in 2008
Peter O'Malley, former President, Chairman and CEO, Owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, business executive

Music

James DePreist (with President George W. Bush), Director Emeritus of Conducting and Orchestral Studies at the Juilliard School, awarded the National Medal of Arts

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  137. 137.0 137.1 He Won’t Back Down: Elon Musk, ‘‘Wharton School’’, 09-01-2010
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  143. Oracle’s President and CFO: Safra Catz, ‘‘Wharton School’’, 03-16-2007
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