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. Founding Partner, Wasserstein, Perella & Co., Inc., New York

  2. Chairman, Eugene M. Lang Foundation, New York

  3. US Senator, United States Senate, New Jersey

  4. Chairman Emeritus, Ogilvy & Mather, New York

  5. Vice Chairman, LeFrak Organization, New York

  6. Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Becton Dickinson and Company (BD), New Jersey

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  1. Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, Time Warner, Inc., New York

  2. Massachusetts

  3. Group Director, Fairmont Shipping, China

  4. CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, Wolters Kluwer, Netherlands

  5. Chairman of Marblegate Asset Management

  6. Honorary CEO and Chairman, Kikkoman Corporation, Japan

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  1. Chairman, Perspecta Trust, LLC, New Hampshire

  2. Chairman, Southern Cross Group, Argentina

  3. Managing Director, Coady Diemar Partners, New York

  4. Chairman, Brifor Limited, England

  5. Senior Director, 3G Capital, New York

  6. Chairman, Formosa International Hotels Group, Taiwan

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  1. New York

  2. Managing Director, Greycroft, LLC, New York

  3. Chairman and CEO, MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., New York

  4. Chairman and CEO, Meridian Industries, Inc.. Wisconsin

  5. Chairman and Founder, The Richman Group, Inc., Connecticut

  6. Attorney at law
    Strategic Advisor to BNT Law Offices, Central and Eastern Europe

  7. CEO, London Stock Exchange Group