WashU has consistently produced men and women of incredible character and vision. Famous WashU alumni include:
Condé Montrose Nast was an American publisher, entrepreneur and business magnate. He founded Condé Nast, a mass media company, and published titles such as Vanity Fair, Vogue and The New Yorker;
Alphonso R. Jackson served as the 13th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD);
Rochelle Paula Walensky is an American physician-scientist who is the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC);
Andrew George McCabe is an American attorney who served as the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from February 2016 to March 2018 and as the acting Director of the FBI from May 9, 2017, to August 2, 2017.
We at washualumni.org wanted to highlight some of the business leaders of the next generation.
These individuals represent the 50 "to watch" professionals under 50 years of age.
#. Name, Company / Institution, Title / Notable Role, WashU graduation
1. Lee Fixel, Addition, Founder & Managing Partner, 2002, BSBA
2. David Ulevitch, Andreessen Horowitz, General Partner, 2004, AB
3. Jennifer Dionne, PhD, Stanford University, Professor; nanophotonics scientist, 2003, BS
4. David Karandish, Capacity, Founder & CEO, 2005, BSCS
5. David Rogier, MasterClass, Founder & CEO, 2005, AB
6. Kory Lavine, MD, PhD, WashU Medicine, Wolff Professor of Cardiology, 2008, MD/PhD
7. Chuck Cohn, Nerdy / Varsity Tutors, Founder, Chairman & CEO, 2008, BSBA
8. Leana Wen, MD, George Washington University, Physician, professor, author, 2007, MD
9. Joseph Sumberg, Galvanize Climate Solutions, Head of Real Estate, 2004, BA
10. Adam Pase, Stackpoint, Co-founder & General Partner, 2004
11. Angela Hirbe, MD, PhD, WashU Medicine / Siteman, Physician-scientist; Adult NF Program Director, 2001 AB; 2009 MD/PhD
12. Fahd Al-Rasheed, Saudi government/economic development, Senior executive, 1999, BSBA
13. Chris Vaswani, Rubric Capital, Investment professional, 2004
14. Sean Douglas, Music industry, Songwriter & producer, 2005, AB
15. Rod Chay, Boothbay Fund Management, Senior Portfolio Manager, 2004
16. Michael Lefenfeld, Advanced materials / chemistry, Scientist, inventor & entrepreneur, 2002, BSChE
17. Stephanie Willerth, PhD, University of Victoria / Axolotl, Professor & biotech co-founder, 2008, PhD
18. Anand Twells, Jump Trading, Trader / investment professional, 2004, BSBA
19. David Ready, Chernin Entertainment / North Road, President of Film, 2001, AB
20. Deanne Bell, Future Engineers, Founder & CEO, 2002, BSME
21. Jonathan Gass Arieli, Monarch Money / investing, Former CFO; investor & operator, 2004
22. Craig Goergen, PhD, Purdue University, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, 2005, BSBME
23. Nathalie de Vos Burchart, Heathwood Enterprises / investing, Investor; former BioUrja executive, 2004, BSChE
24. Aria Finger, Office of Reid Hoffman, Technology / social-impact executive, 2005, AB
25. Fiona Turett Antkowiak, NASA, Flight Director, 2009, BSME
26. Nico Dosenbach, MD, PhD, WashU Medicine, Professor of Neurology, MD/PhD
27. Michael Cruickshank, Paulist Fathers; formerly Citigroup, Former Citi professional; Paulist priest, 2004, Computer Science
28. John Zook, Technology, Senior engineering/technology executive, 2004, BSCS
29. Mike Faherty, Faherty Brand, Co-founder & Chief Creative Officer, 2005, BFA
30. Siddharth Krishnan, PhD, Biomedical engineering, Scientist / biomedical engineer, 2014, BS/MS
31. Melissa Holtmeyer Terlaje, PhD, Johns Hopkins APL, Technology & strategy leader, 2006 BS; 2007 MS; 2012 PhD
32. Christine Hansen, IMC Financial Markets, Partner, 2010, BS
33. Zoe Hillenmeyer, Reco / AI technology, AI/cybersecurity executive, 2013, MBA
34. Harsh Agarwal, EQT, Private-equity investor, 2006, BSBA
35. Philip Lewis, Fulcrum Equity Partners, Partner, 2007, BSBA
36. Ryan Cameron Courson, Finance / technology, CFO & investment executive, 2010, BSBA
37. David Eckstein, Technology / cybersecurity, Finance executive; former Menlo Security CFO, 2009, BSBA
38. Alexander Borchert, Altus Properties, Real-estate investment executive, 2006, BSBA
39. Alex Loftis, PhD, Vida Ventures, Principal; biotech investor, AB Chemistry
40. Jimmy Sansone Jr., The Normal Brand, Co-founder, 2010, BSBA
41. Patti Harburg-Petrich, SE, Thornton Tomasetti / engineering, Structural-engineering executive, 2005, BS/MS
42. Brent Ramerth, Apple, Engineering manager / computational linguist, 2007, BSCS
43. Robert Hamilton, Technology / engineering, Technology executive, 2008, BS
44. David Levene, Technology, Technology executive, 2005, BS
45. Jennifer Pangborn-Dolde, WSP USA, Transportation/ITS executive, 2006, BS/MS
46. Alixandra Henick Iger, TikTok, Music / artist-services executive, 2010, BSBA
47. Cambrie Nelson, Gates Foundation, Director & Chief of Staff, 2009 AB; 2017 MBA
48. Matthew Ettus, Ettus Research / National Instruments, Founder; SDR pioneer, 1996, dual BS
49. Harry Cheung, HNK Ventures, President; entrepreneur & investor, WashU Engineering
50. Gabe Greenbaum, B Capital, General Partner, 2000, BA with honors
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