42 Notable alumni of
London Business School

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London Business School is 1009th in the world, 352nd in Europe, and 71st in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 42 notable alumni from London Business School sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Jim Ratcliffe

    Jim Ratcliffe
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    chief executive officerengineerchairpersonbusinessperson
    Biography

    Sir James Arthur Ratcliffe is a British billionaire, chemical engineer, and businessman. Ratcliffe is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the INEOS chemicals group, which he founded in 1998. The company is estimated to have had a turnover of $65 billion in 2021. He does not have a high public profile, and was once described by The Sunday Times as "publicity shy". In May 2018, Ratcliffe was the richest person in the UK, with a net worth of £21.05 billion. As of May 2023, the Sunday Times Rich List 2023 estimated his net worth at £29.688 billion, making him the second wealthiest figure in the UK. In September 2020, Ratcliffe officially changed his tax residence from Hampshire to Monaco, a move that it is estimated will save him £4 billion in tax.

  2. Hassan Jameel

    Hassan Jameel
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Hassan Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel is a Saudi businessman and philanthropist. He is Deputy President and Vice Chairman of Saudi Arabia operations of the family-owned international conglomerate business Abdul Latif Jameel, which, among numerous business operations, has distribution rights to Toyota vehicles in Saudi Arabia and other countries. His philanthropy work promotes health and safety, and assists job-seekers and those in need in Saudi Arabia.

  3. Cyrus Pallonji Mistry

    Cyrus Pallonji Mistry
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1968-2022 (aged 54)
    Occupations
    international forum participantbusinessperson
    Biography

    Cyrus Pallonji Mistry was an Indian born Irish businessman. He was the chairman of the Tata Group, an Indian business conglomerate, from 2012 to 2016. He was the sixth chairman of the group, and only the second (after Nowroji Saklatwala) not to bear the surname Tata. In mid-2012, he was chosen by a selection panel to head the Tata Group and took charge in December that year. In October 2016, the board of Tata Group's holding company, Tata Sons, voted to remove Mistry from the post of chairman. Former chairman Ratan Tata then returned as interim chairman, and Natarajan Chandrasekaran was named as the new chairman a few months later. However, in December 2019, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) declared the appointment of Chandrasekaran as executive chairman illegal, and restored Mistry. However, the Supreme Court stayed NCLAT's order on 10 January 2020. Mistry had filed a cross-appeal in the court, seeking explanations for anomalies in the NCLAT. However, the Supreme Court upheld his dismissal.

  4. Kumar Mangalam Birla

    Kumar Mangalam Birla
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    entrepreneurbusiness magnatechief executive officerinternational forum participantaccountant
    Biography

    Kumar Mangalam Birla is an Indian billionaire industrialist, philanthropist, and the chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, one of the largest conglomerates in India. He is the chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani and ex-chairman of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. According to Forbes, he has an estimated net worth of US$17.6 billion, as of October 2023 making him the 7th richest person in India.

  5. David Davis

    David Davis
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Sir David Michael Davis is a British politician who served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2003 to 2008 and Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from 2016 to 2018. A member of the Conservative Party, he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Haltemprice and Howden, formerly Boothferry, since 1987. Davis was sworn of the Privy Council in the 1997 New Year Honours, having previously been Minister of State for Europe from 1994 to 1997.

  6. Prince Feisal bin Al-Hussein of Jordan

    Prince Feisal bin Al-Hussein of Jordan
    Born in
    Jordan Flag Jordan
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    sports executive
    Biography

    Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein is a son of King Hussein and Princess Muna, and the younger brother of King Abdullah II. Periodically he has served as regent during his brother's absences abroad.

  7. Justine Greening

    Justine Greening
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    economistwriterpoliticianinternational forum participant
    Biography

    Justine Greening is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education from 2016 to 2018. Prior to that, she served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 2010 to 2011, Secretary of State for Transport from 2011 to 2012 and Secretary of State for International Development from 2012 to 2016. A member of the Conservative Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Putney from 2005 to 2019.

  8. Petra Němcová

    Petra Němcová
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    international forum participantmodel
    Biography

    Petra Němcová is a Czech model, television host, and philanthropist who founded the Happy Hearts Fund. In 2017, the Happy Hearts Fund merged with All Hands Volunteers to create All Hands And Hearts - Smart Response, with Němcová assuming the role of co-founder and vice chair.

  9. Idan Ofer

    Idan Ofer
    Born in
    Israel Flag Israel
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    entrepreneurbusinesspersoninternational forum participant
    Biography

    Idan Ofer is an Israeli billionaire businessman and philanthropist, with interests in shipping, energy, mining and sports. He is the founder of the principal of the Quantum Pacific Group, a holding company. He is majority shareholder of the Israel Corporation, listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, as well as Kenon Holdings, listed on the Tel Aviv and New York Stock Exchange. He is also the owner of the Israeli holding company Lynav Holdings and the Dutch-based Ansonia Holdings.

  10. Gillian Keegan

    Gillian Keegan
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Gillian Keegan is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Education since 2022. She previously served as Minister of State for Care and Mental Health from 2021 to 2022, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa from September to October 2022. Keegan has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester since 2017. She is a member of the Conservative Party.

  11. Stephen Crabb

    Stephen Crabb
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Stephen Crabb is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Preseli Pembrokeshire since 2005 and Chairman of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee since 2020. A member of the Welsh Conservatives, he served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from March to July 2016 under Prime Minister David Cameron. Crabb had previously been appointed a government whip, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (2012–2014) and Secretary of State for Wales (2014–2016) under Cameron.

  12. Babajide Sanwo-Olu

    Babajide Sanwo-Olu
    Born in
    Nigeria Flag Nigeria
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu is a Nigerian politician who has served as the governor of Lagos State since 2019.

  13. Thomas Kwok

    Thomas Kwok
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    politicianentrepreneur
    Biography

    Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong is a Hong Kong billionaire, and the former joint chairman and managing director (with his brother Raymond Kwok) of Sun Hung Kai Properties, the largest property developer in Hong Kong. He received a five-year prison sentence for bribery in 2014.

  14. Dmytro Dubilet

    Dmytro Dubilet
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Enrolled in London Business School
    Studied in 2012
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Dmytro Oleksandrovych Dubilet is a Ukrainian banker, businessman, one of the founders of Monobank, the first mobile bank in Ukraine, and politician. On 29 August 2019, he was appointed as the Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers. At the end of 2019, Dubilet left monobank due to the fact that he became a member of the government of Oleksiy Honcharuk, with whom he worked until March 2020. According to Dubilet's declaration for 2019, he sold his stake in Monobank for ₴29.9 million.

  15. Laurence Boone

    Laurence Boone
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    economistinternational forum participant
    Biography

    Laurence Boone is a French economist who served as the Secretary of State for European affairs in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne from 2022 to 2024.

  16. Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury

    Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    land ownerathletics competitorfarmeraristocratdisc jockey
    Biography

    Nicholas Edmund Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury, DL, also known as Nick Ashley-Cooper or Nick Shaftesbury, is an English peer and landowner. He succeeded his brother as Earl of Shaftesbury in 2005.

  17. Timothy Kopra

    Timothy Kopra
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    astronaut
    Biography

    Timothy Lennart "Tim" Kopra is an engineer, a Colonel in the United States Army and a retired NASA astronaut. He served aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 20, returning to Earth aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-128 mission on September 11, 2009. He returned to the ISS for the second time in December 2015, as part of Expedition 46 and as the commander of 47.

  18. Wong Kan Seng

    Wong Kan Seng
    Born in
    Singapore Flag Singapore
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Wong Kan Seng is a Singaporean former politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 2005 and 2011.

  19. Fabio Panetta

    Fabio Panetta
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    economistbanker
    Biography

    Fabio Panetta is an Italian economist who has been serving as Governor of the Bank of Italy since 2023. He previously served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2020 until 2023. Prior to his ECB appointment, Panetta served as Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Italy and concurrently as President of the Institute for the Supervision of Insurance from May to December 2019.

  20. Umair Haque

    Umair Haque
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Umair Haque is a British economist. He was the director of the Havas Media Lab, has previously blogged in the Harvard Business Review and is author of the book The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business. The book sets the "incumbent" capitalists of the 20th century against the 21st "insurgents" and states that the latter are creating a more sustainable "new capitalism". He is no longer active on the Medium Writing platform.

  21. Tony Wheeler

    Tony Wheeler
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    businesspersontravel guide writerpublisher
    Biography

    Tony Wheeler is an English-born Australian publishing entrepreneur, businessman and travel writer, co-founder of the Lonely Planet guidebook company with his wife, Maureen Wheeler.

  22. Sükhbaataryn Batbold

    Sükhbaataryn Batbold
    Born in
    Mongolia Flag Mongolia
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Sükhbaataryn Batbold is a prominent Mongolian political figure and leader, who was Prime Minister of Mongolia from 2009 to 2012, as well as Chairman of the Mongolian People's Party. He was previously Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of his predecessor, Sanjaagiin Bayar.

  23. Anthony Luzzatto Gardner

    Anthony Luzzatto Gardner
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Anthony Luzzatto Gardner was the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union. He was sworn in on February 18, 2014, and left his post on January 20, 2017.

  24. Mark Price

    Mark Price
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Mark Ian Price, Baron Price is a British businessman, Founder of WorkL for Business and WorkL, Chairman of Fair Trade UK, writer, President of the Chartered Management Institute and member of the House of Lords. He was a former Managing Director of Waitrose, and Deputy Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership. He joined the Conservative government as the Minister of State for Trade and Investment in April 2016.

  25. Jonathan Coleman

    Jonathan Coleman
    Born in
    New Zealand Flag New Zealand
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Jonathan David Coleman is a retired New Zealand politician and medical practitioner, who most recently served as Minister of Health and for Sport and Recreation under the Fifth National Government. Coleman also served as Minister of Defence and Immigration within the first two terms of that government, and represented the parliamentary constituency Northcote for the National Party from 2005 to 2018.

  26. Moez Kassam

    Moez Kassam
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    financierbusinessperson
    Biography

    Moez Kassam is a Canadian alternative asset manager. He is a founder and principal of Anson Funds, which manages a collection of long-short equity funds - most notably, Anson Investments Master Fund LP (AIMF). Anson Group was founded in 2007. Kassam also received the 2018 Canada's 40 under 40 award. He is a member of the board of directors for the Canadian Olympic Committee foundation.

  27. Taleh Kazimov

    Taleh Kazimov
    Born in
    Azerbaijan Flag Azerbaijan
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    bankerbusinessperson
    Biography

    Taleh Kazimov is the Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan since April 2022.

  28. Lim Teck Yin

    Lim Teck Yin
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    chief executive officersoldierwater polo player
    Biography

    Lim Teck Yin is a Singaporean public servant and former brigadier-general who has been serving as the chief executive officer of Sport Singapore since 2011.

  29. John Egan

    John Egan
    Years
    1939-.. (age 85)
    Occupations
    manager
    Biography

    Sir John Leopold Egan is a British industrialist, associated with businesses in the automotive, airports, construction and water industries. He was chief executive and chairman of Jaguar Cars from 1980 to 1990 and chairman of Jaguar plc from 1985 to 1990, and then served as chief executive of BAA from 1990 to 1999. He is also notable for chairing the construction industry task force that produced the 1998 Egan Report (Rethinking Construction) and the follow-up report, Accelerating Change, in 2002. During 2004, undertook the Egan Review of Skills for Sustainable Communities for the Blair Government. In 2004, after completing two years as president of the Confederation of British Industry, he was appointed chairman of Severn Trent.

  30. Roys Poyiadjis

    Roys Poyiadjis
    Born in
    Cyprus Flag Cyprus
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Biography

    Roys Poyiadjis is a Greek Cypriot entrepreneur and financier. He is most notable for his role in the largest Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settlement with an individual, $200 million, after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit security fraud.

  31. Gerald Corbett

    Gerald Corbett
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Gerald Michael Nolan Corbett DL is a businessman who was the chairman of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). A businessman, over a long career he has been a director of thirteen public companies, seven of which he has chaired. He is currently chairman of Segro plc, the FTSE 100 international industrial property logistics group. He chaired Britvic plc for 12 years until September 2017. Britvic plc is the international soft drink company whose brands include Robinsons squash, J2O, Tango, Fruit Shoot, Ballygowan water and is also a bottler for PepsiCo. As chairman he led the flotation of Britvic in 2005. He was chairman of Betfair plc between 2012 and 2016 when Betfair merged with Paddy Power plc to create Paddy Power Betfair.

  32. Alex Zelinsky

    Alex Zelinsky
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Enrolled in London Business School
    Studied in 2017-2017
    Occupations
    international forum participantengineer
    Biography

    Alexander ‘Alex’ Zelinsky, AO, FAA, FTSE, FRSN is an Australian computer scientist, systems engineer and roboticist. His career spans innovation, science and technology, research and development, commercial start-ups and education. Professor Zelinsky is Vice-chancellor and President of the University of Newcastle joining the university in November 2018. He was the Chief Defence Scientist of Australia from March 2012 until November 2018. As Chief Defence Scientist he led defence science and technology for Australia's Department of Defence.

  33. Muna Al Gurg

    Muna Al Gurg
    Biography

    Muna Easa Al Gurg is a businesswoman from the United Arab Emirates and is currently the vice chairperson and managing director of Retail at Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group.

  34. Kenneth Ouriel

    Kenneth Ouriel
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    physiciansurgeon
    Biography

    Kenneth Ouriel is a vascular surgeon and medical researcher. In 2007, Ouriel was appointed the chief executive officer of Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi. In 2009, he was senior vice president and chief of international operations at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He has been described as one of America's top vascular surgeons.

  35. Amal Abou Zeid

    Amal Abou Zeid
    Born in
    Lebanon Flag Lebanon
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Amal Abou Zeid is a former Member of the Lebanese Parliament. He was a member of the National Commission for Economy, Trade, Industry and Planning in the Lebanese Parliament. He is currently the advisor to Lebanese President Gen. Michel Aoun for the Lebanese-Russian Affairs (since 2016).

  36. Pablo Zalba Bidegain

    Pablo Zalba Bidegain
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    economistpolitician
    Biography

    Pablo Zalba Bidegain is a Spanish economist and politician and has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), for the European People's Party, in office June 2009 to November 2016. From 2016 to 2018 he served as President of the Official Credit Institute (ICO).

  37. Ilya Strebulaev

    Ilya Strebulaev
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    economistacademicuniversity teacherbusiness administration scholar
    Biography

    Ilya A. Strebulaev is a Russian- American financial economist, researcher, author, and speaker with expertise in venture capital, startups, and corporate innovation. He has been a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business since 2004. From 2018 to 2022 he was on the board of directors of Yandex, the Russian equivalent of Google.

  38. Pablo Kleinman

    Pablo Kleinman
    Born in
    Argentina Flag Argentina
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    entrepreneurjournalist
    Biography

    Pablo Kleinman is an Argentine-born American entrepreneur and talk show host who was one of the initiators of the development of online services in Latin America. Until January 6, 2021, he was the host of Radio California Libre (Radio Free California), produced by Univision's Los Angeles flagship talk radio KTNQ. He is Chief Operating Officer at Voz Media, a Dallas-based U.S. Hispanic media company.

  39. Evelyn Bourke

    Evelyn Bourke
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Biography

    Evelyn Brigid Bourke is an Irish businesswoman. She is a non-executive board member of Bank of Ireland plc, Marks and Spencer. Admiral Group plc and of London First. She is also joining the board of AJ Bell plc from July 2021.

  40. Don Cowan

    Don Cowan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Don Cowan is an American former professional footballer who played as a winger or forward.

  41. Illugi Gunnarsson

    Illugi Gunnarsson
    Born in
    Iceland Flag Iceland
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    economistpolitician
    Biography

    Illugi Gunnarsson is an Icelandic politician and former member of the Althing. He is the former Minister of Education, Science and Culture.

  42. Stephen Martin

    Stephen Martin
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Stephen Martin is a British businessman. He served as the chief executive officer of the Clugston Group construction and civil engineering company from 2006 to 2016. He was the director general of the Institute of Directors from February 2017 to early 2019.