- Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York, New York) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, television personality and author. He is the CEO of Trump Organization, an American-based real estate developer, and the founder of Trump Entertainment, which operates several casinos. He received a great deal of publicity following the success of his reality television show, …
- Warren Buffet
Warren Edward Buffett (b. August 30 1930, Omaha, Nebraska) is an American investor, businessperson and philanthropist. Buffett has amassed an enormous fortune from astute investments managed through the holding company Berkshire Hathaway, of which he is the largest shareholder and CEO. With an estimated current net worth of around US$52 billion, he was ranked by "Forbes" as the third-richest person in the world as of April 2007, …
- Joseph Wharton
Joseph Wharton was a prominent Philadelphia merchant, industrialist, and philanthropist, who was involved in mining, manufacturing, and education. He founded the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, co-founded the Bethlehem Steel company, and was one of the founders of Swarthmore College.
- James Martin
James Martin is the associate editor of the Jesuit magazine America. He is known for his critical reporting on Opus Dei. Martin graduated from the Wharton School of Business in 1982 and worked in corporate finance at General Electric for 6 years. Becoming dissatisfied with the corporate world, he became more deeply involved in the Catholic Church and made the decision to become a Jesuit in 1988. In addition to his work at America Magazine, …
- Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump | Jewelry Ivanka Trump , daughter of none other than billionaire mogul Donald Trump, has finally announced the details her new plans to try designing jewelry. In an interview with retail publication Women's Wear Daily, Trump announced that she will be working with Dynamic Diamonds Corp., to create her own line of diamond jewelry. She also has plans to create three Ivanka Trump boutiques in which she will sell the jewelry line.
- Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is a founder and Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures. Fred began his career in venture capital in 1987 and he has focused exclusively on information technology investments for the past 16 years. From 1987 to 1996, Fred was first an Associate and then a General Partner at Euclid Partners, an early stage venture capital firm located in New York City. In 1996, Fred co-founded Flatiron Partners.
- Donny Deutsch
Donald Jay "Donny" Deutsch (born November 22, 1957 in Queens, New York) is an advertising executive and talk show host. Deutsch is the chairman of Deutsch, Inc., a $2.7 billion marketing company founded by his father that is the 10th-largest U.S. agency. In 2000, Donny sold his agency to the Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) for a reported $300 million. He is also the managing partner of Deutsch Open City, an independent production company.
- David Sklansky
David Sklansky (born 1947, in Teaneck, New Jersey) is a professional poker player and author. Sklansky is generally considered a top authority on gambling. He has written many books on poker, blackjack, and general gambling. His book, the "Theory of Poker", is considered to be a quintessential poker primer. Sklansky has won three World Series of Poker bracelets, two in 1982 ($800 Mixed Doubles, and $1000 Draw Hi) and one in 1983 ($1000 Limit Omaha Hi).
- Edmund T. Pratt Jr.
Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. was the Chairman and CEO of Pfizer Inc. for 20 years. A graduate of the Wharton School of Business, Pratt served as a trustee of Duke University from 1977 to 1988, and is the namesake of Duke's Edmund T. Pratt School of Engineering. In 1987, Mr.
- Thomas P. Gerrity
Thomas P. Gerrity is the former dean and Joseph J. Aresty Professor of Management at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to Wharton, he was the Chairman and CEO of the Index Group. He earned his S.B. and S.M. in EE from MIT in 1963 and 1964 respectively,, attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and earned his Ph.D. from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1970. Mr.
- Lewis E. Platt
Lewis Platt Former CEO, Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates (1999 - 2001) and F ormer CEO, Hewlett-Packard Company (1992-99)
- Omar Amanat
Omar S. Amanat is a U.S. businessman and entrepreneur. Named one of Wall Street's "Top Ten Most Influential Technologists" Mr Amanat was a pioneer in the electronic brokerage industry. He began his entrepreneurial career at Datek Online, one of the pioneers in online brokerage services which was sold to Ameritrade for $1.3 billion. He left Datek to co-found CyberBlock and co-designed the trading platform CyberTrader, …
- James L. Vincent
James L. Vincent is the manager and CEO of Biogen Idec. He graduate from Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He received an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1963.
- Jon Hurwitz
Jon Hurwitz (born November 15, 1977) is a screenwriter. His credits include "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle", "Scary Movie 3" (Rewrite), and "Filthy". He is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania as well as an alumnus of Randolph High School. Do note that he should not be confused with Jon Hurwitz of witz.org fame.
- Bob Pisani
Robert Pisani is a news correspondent for financial news network CNBC. Pisani has been with CNBC since 1990. Until 1997, Pisani largely covered the real estate industry and corporate management. Since 1997 Pisani has reported live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, surrounded in the flurry of floor traders walking around doing business on the floor. He mainly focuses on activity in major stock market indices, …
- William Wrigley, Wrigley II
William Wrigley, Jr. II (Bill Wrigley, Jr.) (born 1964) is the current chairman and former CEO of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. He turned over the office of CEO to William Perez on October 23, 2006. Perez, former CEO of Nike and SC Johnson, was the first non Wrigley head of the company. A graduate of the Wharton School of Business, William is the son of William Wrigley III (1933-1999), the grandson of Philip K. Wrigley (1894-1977) and the great-grandson of William Wrigley, …
- James S. Tisch
James S. Tisch (born January 2, 1953) has been the CEO of Loews Corporation since 1999. Tisch graduated from Cornell University and received his masters of business administration at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the son of Lawrence A. Tisch.
- David A. Vise
David A. Vise is a journalist and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize while working as a reporter for the "Washington Post". He has authored several books, including "The Bureau and the Mole" (2002) (about FBI agent and convicted spy Robert Hanssen) and "The Google Story" (2006). He received an MBA from the Penn's Wharton School of Business. He also attended the London School of Economics.
- Robert Greenberg
Robert Greenberg (1954-), is an American composer, pianist, and musicologist who was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1954. He has composed more than 45 works for a variety of instruments and voices, and has recorded a number of lecture series on music history and music appreciation for the The Teaching Company, receiving critical and popular acclaim. Greenberg earned a B.A. in music, magna cum laude, from Princeton University and received a Ph.D. in music composition, …
- Nancy-Ann Min Deparle
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle was sworn in as Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration November 10, 1997. The HCFA Administrator, a key health policy advisor to the HHS Secretary and other top Administration officials, directs the Medicare and Medicaid programs, which help provide health insurance coverage for more than 67 million Americans at a cost of more than $320 billion annually.
- Peter O'Malley
Peter O'Malley (born in December 12, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York) is the former president (1970-1998) and owner (1979-1998) of the Los Angeles Dodgers of American Major League Baseball. He is the son of long-time Dodger owner Walter Francis O'Malley and Katherine Elizabeth "Kay" Hanson (1907-1979). Peter has a sister, Theresa "Terry" O'Malley Seidler(1933-), who was co-owner of the team.
- Janice R. Bellace
Janice R. Bellace is the Deputy Provost of the University of Pennsylvania and the Director of the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business. Her primary appointment is in the Wharton School of Business in the Legal Studies department; she has a secondary appointment in the Management department. She has held the Samuel Blank Chair in Legal Studies since 1996. She is the author of numerous academic books, chapters, …
- Vladimir Fekula
Vladimir Fekula (also known as "Walter" or "Wally Fekula") was born in New York City on 25 May, 1936. His mother was born in Moscow and after the Russian Revolution of 1917 grew up in Riga, Latvia. His father, the son of a Russian Orthodox priest, was born in Canada and grew up in the United States. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Sea Cliff, Long Island, where, with several other Russian families, …
- John Kemeys-Tynte 9th Baron Wharton
(Charles) John Halswell Kemeys-Tynte, 9th Baron Wharton (12 January 1908 - 22 July 1969). Son of Charles Theodore Halswell Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron Wharton. Educated Christ Church, Oxford, served in World War II 1939/45 as Flight/Lt RAFVR. Married Joanna, nee Law-Smith, widow of 6th Baron Tredegar and previously wife of late Cmdr Archibald Boyd Russell. After his death, the Barony devolved upon his sister Elisabeth Vintcent, 10th Baroness Wharton.
- Edward J. Gardner
Edward Joseph Gardner was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio’s third congressional district. Edward J. Gardner was born in Hamilton, Ohio, the son of Edward Gardner and his wife Mary. His father came from Ireland as a child; his mother was born in Ohio. Edward Gardner attended the local parochial schools and was graduated from the College of Commerce and Finance of St. Xavier University in 1920.
- Frank Cyril James
Frank Cyril James (1903 - May 3, 1973) was a Canadian academic and principal of McGill University from 1939 to 1962. Born in London, England, he won a Sir Ernest Cassel Travelling Scholarship that allowed him to study at the University of Pennsylvania in 1922, where he received his Ph.D. In 1927, he became assistant professor in the Wharton School of Business. In 1939, he became the head of the commerce department at McGill University.
- Karl C. King
Karl Clarence King (January 26 1897 - April 16 1974) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Karl C. King was born in Plevna, Kansas. He attended the Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia, Kansas, Columbia University in New York City, and the Wharton School of Business. During the First World War King served in the United States Navy. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Kansas City, New York, and Philadelphia.
- Jay Bhatti
Jay Bhatti trabajó en Microsoft en la gestión de productos. Jay obtuvo su MBA de la Wharton School, y realizó sus estudios en Ingeniería de Sistemas de la Universidad de Rutgers.
- Jaideep Singh
Jaideep Singh is a co-founder and CEO of SPOCK. Prior to SPOCK, Jaideep was an early stage venture capitalist at Clearstone Venture Partners. He got his MBA from the Wharton School in 2002 and a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Arizona in 1991. He also completed all the required coursework for his MS in Computer Engineering. From 1992 to 2000 Jaideep worked in various marketing and engineering roles, mostly at Wind River. He started his engineering career at IBM
- Matt Lawson
Matt manages product and business development at Spock. The best place to find him is on Spock.com.
- Michael H. Steinhardt
Michael H. Steinhardt is a legendary Wall Street hedge fund manager who stunned the financial world in 1995 by retiring to devote himself to Jewish philanthropy. He founded the Jewish Life Network to renew Jewish American life and has poured millions of dollars into innovative projects in the years since. His best known project: birthright israel, an all-expense-paid trip to Israel for any Jew 18-26 years of age. He and Seagram
- Jonathan Fielding
Jonathan E. Fielding , M.D., M.P.H. is Director of Public Health and Health Officer for Los Angeles County responsible for all public health functions including surveillance and control of both communicable and non-communicable diseases, and of health protection (including against bioterrorism) for the County=s 10 million residents. He directs a staff of 3,600 with an annual budget exceeding $650 million within the Department of Health Services.
- Rajiv Shah
Shah manages the Gates Foundation’s program areas in Agricultural Development and Financial Services for the Poor. He previously served as Director of Strategic Opportunities and as Senior Economist, helping to develop the foundation’s global health strategy and manage the Vaccine Fund. Prior to joining the Gates Foundation, Shah co-founded the consulting firm Health Systems Analytics, worked at the World Health Organization, and was a policy aide in the British Parliament.
- Andy Sernovitz
Andy Sernovitz is a 16-year veteran of the interactive marketing business and author of Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking . Andy has spent years helping companies learn how to market more effectively. Andy is founder and CEO of the Word of Mouth Marketing Association, where he works side by side with the masterminds who pioneer the newest innovations in blogs, buzz, and word of mouth marketing.
- Janine Benyus
BIOMIMICRY is one of those rare hopeful notes in the modern chorus of environmental warnings. Janine offers a radical alternative to today's industrial model of progress - an elegant survival strategy drawn from a better understanding of those natural systems on which we are still totally dependent. Perhaps the best thing about this "quest for innovations inspired by nature" is that it is more than just a theory. It is already underway.
- Michael Eskew
Michael L. Eskew Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Dan Shar
Dan Shar Director of Site Intelligence and Advertising Operations Mr. Shar joined CondéNet in 2001 as Marketing Manager for STYLE.COM and was promoted to Director of Marketing for CondéNet in January 2003. In his current role, Mr. Shar leads several teams including ad operations, inventory management, and Web analytics. Prior to joining CondeNet, Mr. Shar held positions at the Walt Disney Company, J.Crew, Brylane, and ibeauty.com.
- Doug Wilbourne
Doug Wilbourne Over a relatively short time, Doug has held several positions for Gold Key / PHR, including Director of Marketing for Gold Key Resorts, Managing Director of the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront, and Senior Vice President of Hotel Operations for PHR. Additionally, Doug retains responsibilities for several cross-company growth initiatives which span the disciplines of Human Resources, Accounting, Information Technology, Marketing, and Operations.
- Thomas E. Gieskes
Thomas E. Gieskes Vice President Thomas E. Gieskes is a Dutch national with over 20 years of international experience in the energy business and in petrochemicals. Supply chain management runs as a red line through a career that includes responsibilities in operations, logistics, marketing, project management, business development, and general management.
- Janet Cowell
Janet Cowell NC State Senator Janet became active in politics through her volunteer work as Political Chair for the NC Sierra Club. She served on the Raleigh City Council from 2001-2005. Janet attends St. Paul AME Church in downtown Raleigh. She is a board member of Capital Area Preservation, The Capitol Foundation, and the Center for International Understanding.