- Jeremy Siegel
Jeremy Siegel (born November 14, 1945) is the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Siegel comments extensively on the economy and financial markets - he appears regularly on networks like CNN, CNBC and NPR, and writes regular columns for Kiplinger's Personal Finance and Yahoo! Finance. - 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, … - 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. - Sam Zell
Samuel Zell , 66, has been a Director since 1984, and Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1985. He has served as Chairman of Equity Group Investments, L.L.C., a private investment company, since 1999 and its President since 2006; Zell has been the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Tribune Co., a diversified media company, since December 2007 and has been a Director since May 2007. - Patrick T. Harker
Patrick T. Harker is the President of the University of Delaware. On December 1, 2006, it was announced that Harker had been elected as the 26th President of the University of Delaware and would take office on July 1, 2007. Howard E. Cosgrove, chairman of the university's Board of Trustees, said, "Patrick T. Harker has an excellent combination of experience and skills to lead the University of Delaware forward." Previously, … - J. D. Power
J.D. Power III (born as James David Power on May 30, 1931 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is the founder of the marketing firm J.D. Power and Associates. Mr. Power began conducting customer satisfaction research in 1968 as founder of the marketing information firm J.D. Power and Associates. The firm numbers among its clients virtually every automotive manufacturer and importer serving the U.S. market, … - George W. Taylor
George W. Taylor (July 10, 1901 - December 15, 1972) was a notable professor of industrial relations at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and is credited with founding the academic field of study known as industrial relations. He served in several capacities in the federal government, most notably as a mediator and arbitrator. During his career, Taylor settled more than 2,000 strikes. - Edward S. Herman
Edward S. Herman is an economist and media analyst with a specialty in corporate and regulatory issues as well as political economy and the media. He is Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also teaches at UPenn's Annenberg School for Communication. One of his most well-known books is "Manufacturing Consent", written with Noam Chomsky. - Ziad K. Abdelnour
Ziad K. Abdelnour (Ziad Khalil Abdelnour) is a New York-based financier and venture capitalist. He is also the founder and president of the United States Committee for a Free Lebanon (USCFL), an advocacy organization which established the "Middle East Intelligence Bulletin" in 1999, a joint publication of Middle East Forum, founded by Daniel Pipes. Abdelnour was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1961. - Paul Judge
Sir Paul Judge is a British businessman. He is the current chairman of the Royal Society of Arts and the president of the Chartered Management Institute. Judge was born in London and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He donated several million pounds to the Judge Business School at Cambridge University, which is named after him. Judge is married to the Hon. Barbara Thomas (the Hon. Lady Judge). - Aditya Mittal
Aditya Mittal is a Member of the Board of Directors and President and Chief Financial Officer of the world's largest steel firm Mittal Steel, which is majority owned by his father Lakshmi Mittal, who was ranked the fifth richest person in the world by "Forbes" in 2006. He has a Bachelor's Degree of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the United States, from which he graduated "magna cum laude" in 1996. - 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. - Leonard Lauder
Leonard Lauder was chief executive of Estée Lauder Companies until 1999; now he serves as chairman of the board. Today Estee Lauder dominates the prestige cosmetics industry with such brands as Estee Lauder, Clinique, M.A.C., Aveda, Bobbi Brown and Stila. Son William takes over as CEO in 2004. He is the son of Joseph and Estée Lauder, and the older brother of Ronald Lauder. Leonard Lauder has long been a major benefactor of the Whitney Museum of American Art, … - Michael Moritz
Michael Moritz (born Cardiff, Wales, 1954) is a venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, California in the Silicon Valley, and a former member of the board of directors of Google inc. He was educated at Howardian High School, Cardiff before moving on to Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated as a Master of Arts in history. In 1978, he received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. - Saul Steinberg
Saul Phillip Steinberg (born Brooklyn, August 1939) is a Jewish American businessman who first became wealthy in the 1960s by leasing IBM computers. He proved so creative at the practice that his company, Leasco, became valuable enough that in 1968 he could use its stock to buy Reliance Insurance, a 150-year-old Philadelphia firm. He was just 29 years old. At the time, Forbes reported that he made more money on his own that year than anyone in America under 30. - Brian L. Roberts
Brian L. Roberts is Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation, an American company providing cable, entertainment and communications products and services. He is the son of Comcast co-founder Ralph J. Roberts. A graduate of Germantown Academy High School, Roberts received his B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity. - Frank Quattrone
Frank Quattrone (born 1956) is a former investment banker at Credit Suisse First Boston who helped bring dozens of companies public during the 1990s tech boom, including Netscape, Cisco, and Amazon.com. Later he was prosecuted for interfering with a government probe into Credit Suisse First Boston's behavior in allocating "hot" IPOs. The case was eventually dropped. He was earning roughly $160 million a year during his peak at the firm. - Lewis E. Platt
Lewis Platt Former CEO, Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates (1999 - 2001) and F ormer CEO, Hewlett-Packard Company (1992-99) - John Lott
John R. Lott Jr., Ph.D. (born May 8 1958) is a Dean's Visiting Professor at SUNY Binghamton and has held research positions at numerous institutions, including the University of Chicago, Yale University, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the American Enterprise Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from UCLA, and his research interests include econometrics, law and economics, public choice theory, industrial organization, public finance, … - Robert S. Kapito
Robert S. Kapito, a recognized industry leader in portfolio management, Kapito is Vice-Chairman and a founder of BlackRock, Inc., an investment management firm in New York, NY. Kapito received his BS in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Previously, he served as VP of First Boston Corporation's Mortgage Products Group. Kapito and his wife, the former Ellen Hershey, … - R. Edward Freeman
R. Edward Freeman (born December 18, 1951) is an American philosopher and professor of business administration at the Darden School of the University of Virginia. He has also taught at the University of Minnesota and the Wharton School. Freeman is particularly known for his work on stakeholder theory and on business ethics. - Robert House
Robert J. House is a professor of management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, formerly of the University of Toronto. His areas of expertise include leadership, motivation, personality and performance, as well as cross-cultural organizational behavior. Along with Martin Evans, House developed the path-goal model of leadership. - Barbara Thomas
The Hon. Barbara Thomas (Lady Judge) (born 28 December 1946) is Chair of the UK Atomic Energy Authority and of the Governing Body of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Born Barbara S. Thomas, she was educated at the University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts) and New York University School of Law (Juris Doctor "cum laude", coming second in a class of 324 candidates and winning nineteen prizes). - John D. MacDonald
John Dann MacDonald (July 24, 1916 - December 28, 1986), writing as John D. MacDonald, was an American writer best known for his series of detective novels featuring protagonist Travis McGee. MacDonald was named a grand master of the Mystery Writers of America in 1972 and won the American Book Award in 1980. Stephen King praised him as "the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller." Born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, … - Michael Adler
Michael Adler (born September 17, 1963 in Danville, Pennsylvania) is an American lawyer and business executive. On May 16, 2006 he became Chief Financial Officer of the internet travel agency, Expedia. - Ann McLaughlin Korologos
Ann McLaughlin Korologos has served as a member of Kellogg Company's Board of Directors since 1989. As a member of Kellogg Company's Board of Directors, Ms. Korologos serves on the Compensation Committee, the Nominating and Governance Committee, and the Social Responsibility Committee. She currently services as chairman of the RAND Board of Trustees. RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision making through research and analysis. - Sanford J. Grossman
Sanford J. Grossman (born July 21, 1953) is an American economist specializing in quantitative finance. He earned his A.B. in 1973, his A.M. in 1974 and Ph.D. in 1975, all from the University of Chicago. He is currently the chairman of Quantitative Financial Strategies, Inc. and the Steinberg Trustee Professor of Finance Emeritus at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. - Jack Evans
Jack Evans is a politician from Washington, DC, the capital of the United States. He is currently a Democratic member of the Council of the District of Columbia, where he serves as an elected Councilmember for Ward 2. Evans is a native of Pennsylvania. He received an economics degree with honors (cum laude) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1975, and a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1978. - Lauren Bessette
Lauren Gail Bessette was a daughter of William J. Bessette and his wife, née Ann Messina. She died at age 34 along with her sister Carolyn Bessette and her sister's husband, John F. Kennedy, Jr., when an aircraft he was piloting crashed into the sea near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Their ashes were scattered at sea on July 22, 1999. Lauren Bessette was born in White Plains, Westchester County, New York, with a twin sister, Lisa Ann. - Cenk Uygur
Cenk Uygur is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School of Business and Columbia University Law School. He worked as a lawyer, television writer and television host before starting The Young Turks. Cenk also blogs on Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Politico and AOL Newsbloggers. - Alfred Irving Hallowell
Alfred Irving ("Pete") Hallowell pronounced [hăl'uwel"] (1892 - 1974) was an American anthropologist, archaeologist and businessman. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania receiving his B.S. degree in 1914, his A.M. in 1920, and his Ph.D. in anthropology in 1924. He was a student of the anthropologist Frank Speck. - Richard Galanti
Richard A. Galanti (born 1956 or 1957) is currently the chief financial officer and executive vice president of Costco Wholesale Corporation. He has held these positions since 1993 and he has been with Costco since 1984. He received his bachelor's degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University. - Charles S. Sanford Jr.
Charles Steadman "Charlie" Sanford was an American businessman who served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Bankers Trust. After graduating from the University of Georgia in 1958, Sanford served as a United States Army lieutenant. Sanford then returned to school and obtained an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1960. Sanford's career at Bankers Trust began in 1961 as a commercial banking officer, … - Toots Shor
Bernard "Toots" Shor was, during the 1940s and 1950s, the proprietor of a legendary restaurant, Toots Shor's Restaurant, in Manhattan. He was known as a "saloonkeeper", friend, and confidante to some of New York's biggest celebrities during that era. Shor was born in Philadelphia to Orthodox Jewish parents — his father of Austrian descent from Germany and his mother from Russia. - Franklin L. Lavin
Franklin L. Lavin (Frank Lavin) is the Undersecretary for International Trade of the United States Department of Commerce. Born in Canton, Ohio, in 1957, he previously served as the United States Ambassador to Singapore from 2001 to 2005. The Undersecretary position, in addition to its policy making role, oversees the U.S. International Trade Administration. Educated at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, … - Vincent Fumo
Vincent Joseph "Vince" Fumo (born May 8, 1943) is a State Senator, lawyer and businessman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Fumo holds a B.S. from Villanova University ('62), a law degree from Temple University School of Law ('72) and an MBA ('84) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Fumo has pursued an array of interests over his life as he is also a a licensed electrician, pilot, and boat captain. - Laurence Tisch
Laurence Alan Tisch (born March 5 1923, died November 15 2003) was a Wall Street investor and self-made billionaire. He was the CEO of CBS television network from 1986 to 1995. With his brother Bob Tisch, he was part owner of the Loews Corporation. He is the namesake of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU). His 1982 donation enabled the school to relocate to its current Broadway facility. - Helen Boaden
Helen Boaden is the current director of BBC News. This role incorporates controlling all of the BBC's news output across all formats along with current affairs documentaries including programmes such as "Newsnight" and "Panorama". Boaden was born in Colchester, Essex on March 1 1956, and grew up in Essex. She went to school at the Colchester County High School for Girls. She studied at the University of Sussex, gaining a BA Hons in English Literature. - Michael Dicandilo
Michael D. DiCandilo (born 1961 or 1962) is currently the chief financial officer and executive vice president of AmerisourceBergen Corporation. He has served as CFO since 2002. He attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant. - Bill Stealey
John Wilbur 'Wild Bill' Stealey Sr. (born 1947) is a retired United States Air Force Lt. Colonel and Command Pilot and is currently CEO of iEntertainment Network. He is also an Air Force Academy Graduate. Stealey founded MicroProse together with Sid Meier in 1982, at a time when he was a Major. Stealey was the marketing guy, financier, and one of the most enthusiatic game testers in the game industry.
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