Board of Overseers

Columbia Business School enjoys many assets, including the valuable expertise and wide-ranging business ties that the Board of Overseers brings to the School community. These profiles of the Board of Overseers members attest to the School’s reach across business, government, and the nonprofit sector.

More than a distinguished calling card for the School, the Board of Overseers is an active body that supports and extends Columbia Business School’s unique brand of education. Board members’ expertise and leadership ensure that the School’s centers and institutes are more connected to industry. And their involvement with students in the classroom and other settings demonstrates how academic theories influence and come to life in the real world.

Under the leadership of cochairs Henry Kravis ’69 and Art Samberg ’67, the Board of Overseers works tirelessly to promote an environment in which faculty members can advance the School’s thought leadership and where students and alumni can continue to lead and shape the world of business in times good and bad.

You are invited to get to know the Board of Overseers members, whose leadership and stewardship exemplify the talent of Columbia Business School’s more than 40,000 alumni around the world.

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  1. Chairman and CEO, Telefónica, S.A., Spain

  2. Chairman, Moore Capital Management, New York

  3. President and CEO, Viacom International Media Networks, New York

  4. Chairman, Capital Guardian Trust Company, California

  5. Member of the Board of Management and Head of Daimler Trucks, Daimler AG, Germany

  6. Chairman, Société des Bains de Mer, Monaco

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  1. Chairman Emeritus, ACP Group, New York

  2. Chairman of the Board, Dogan Gazetecilik, Turkey

  3. Principal, AMB Advisors, LLC, New York

  4. Founding Partner and Chairman, Cain Brothers, New York

  5. Co-Founder and General Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, New York

    Chair Emeritus, Board of Overseers

  6. Chairman, Gardner Capital Management Corp., New York

  7. Managing Director, Pine Brook Road Partners, LLC, New York

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  1. Founder and Chairman, Chazen Capital Partners, LLC, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Liz Claiborne, Inc., New York, Chairman Emeritus, Board of Overseers

  2. Chairman, Wing Tai Corporation Ltd., Hong Kong

  3. Caledon Partners, England

  4. Consultant, Barclays Capital, New York

  5. Partner, CEW Partners

    New York

  6. Chairman and CEO, Viel & Cie and Compagnie Financière Tradition, France

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  1. Chairman and CEO, Omega Advisors, Inc., New York

  2. Managing Director, Astra Horizons, England

  3. Executive Chairman, Turtle Beach, California

  4. Managing Director, General Atlantic, Connecticut

  5. ROJ Inc., New York

  6. President, Post Rock Advisors LLC, New York

  7. Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley, New York

  8. Chairman of the Board, Crane Co., Connecticut