Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Stanford Graduate School of Business is one of the top business schools in the world, and part of Stanford University. It is well known for producing entrepreneurial business leaders who work well in teams. It is located in the state of California in the United States.
Stanford GSB has approximately 370 students in its full-time two-year MBA program. The school also offers a one-year MS in Business for accomplished mid-career executives, and a Ph.D. program.
The current Dean of the Business School is Robert Joss.
Prominent MBA Alumni Include:
- Steve Ballmer (dropped out), CEO, Microsoft Corporation
- Jeffrey Bewkes, Chairman and CEO, Home Box Office
- Brook Byers, Venture Capitalist, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
- Richard Fairbank, Chairman and CEO, Capital One
- Dr. Jean Pierre Garnier, CEO, GlaxoSmithKline
- Vinod Khosla, Co-Founder, Sun Microsystems, and Venture Capitalist, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
- Phil Knight, President and CEO, Nike, Inc.
- Henry A. McKinnell, Chairman and CEO, Pfizer Inc.
- Scott McNealy, Chairman and CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- John P. Morgridge, Chairman, Cisco Systems
- Charles Schwab, Chairman and CEO, Charles Schwab
- Jeffrey Skoll, Former President, eBay
- Steven L. Smith, Astronaut
- Carl W. Stern, President and CEO, Boston Consulting Group
- Miles White, Chairman and CEO, Abbott Laboratories
Also known as
- Stanford Business School
- Stanford GSB
See also
External link
- Official Web Site
- Getting into a Top 5 MBA Program - includes Stanford Graduate School of Business
