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. Manager, Hawkes Financial Services LLC , New York Cochair, Board of Overseers

  2. CEO, Eni, Italy

  3. Vice Chairman and CFO, General Electric Company, Connecticut

  4. Chairman, Lotte Group, South Korea

  5. Senior Director, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., New York

  6. Chairman and CEO, Simon Property Group, Inc., Indiana

  7. Chairman and Co-CEO, Tishman Speyer, New York

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  1. Executive in Residence, Columbia Business School, New York

  2. Founder, The SGV Group, Philippines

  3. CEO and Managing Partner, FountainVest Partners, Hong Kong

  4. Chairman and Founder, Capital Royalty, L.P., Texas

  5. Executive Advisor, OMRON Corporation, Japan

  6. Chairman Emeritus, Eli Lilly and Company, Indiana

  7. Managing Director,Wolfensohn Fund, Management L.P., New York

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  1. Chairman and CEO, Thompson Distribution Company, Indiana

  2. Chief Executive Officer, Thorndale Farm LLC, New York

  3. Executive Vice Chairman, Schroders plc, England

  4. Chairman, President, and CEO, EMC Corporation, Massachusetts

  5. Chairman, Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company, Philippines

  6. Chairman, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Citicorp, Dubai and London

  7. President and Chief Investment Officer, Cantillon Capital Management, New York

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  1. Director, Executives in Residence Program, Columbia Business School, New York

  2. Founder and CEO, Tupelo Capital Management L.L.C., New York

  3. Chairman, Scientific Games Corporation, New York

  4. Chairman, Wheelock and Company Ltd and the Wharf (Holdings) Ltd, China

  5. Former Presidential Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Office of the President
    Chairman, Yuchengco Group of Companies, Philippines

  6. Founding and Managing Principal, The Jordan Company LP, Chairman, Jordan/Zalaznick Advisers, Inc., New York

  7. President and CEO, LFC Capital, Inc., Illinois