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GSB EVP Alumni

Did you know that the Chicago GSB has the fourth largest B-school alumni presence within the private equity industry? Or that New Venture Challenge teams over the last decade have raised approximately $100 million in funding? Chicago GSB has over 35,000 living alumni, and many notable names in EVP-related places. The following are just a few examples, in alphabetical order:

Entrepreneurship

  • Collin Anderson, President, Neuros Technology; Co-Founder and CEO, Digital Innovations

  • Gary Conkright, Founder and CEO, InformMed Inc.; Chairman, President, and CEO of SmartSignal

  • Ted Greene, Founder and CEO, Akyoa Inc.

  • Edward Kaplan, Founder and CEO, Zebra Technologies

  • Dan Kenary, Co-Founder, President, and COO, The Harpoon Brewery

  • Joseph Mansueto, Founder and CEO, Morningstar

  • Andrew Morrison, Co-Founder and CEO, Altis Avante; Co-Founder and CEO, Cognitive Concepts

  • Michael Polsky, Founder and CEO, Invenergy

  • John Rutledge, Co-Founder and President, Oxford Capital Group

Private Equity

  • Nicholas Alexos, Managing Director, Madison Dearborn Partners

  • Ellen Carnahan, Managing Director, William Blair Capital Partners

  • William Conway, Jr., Founding Partner and Managing Director, The Carlyle Group

  • David Evans, Chairman and Founder, Glencoe Capital

  • Paul Mayfield, Managing Director, Willis Stein & Partners

  • Joseph Nolan, Senior Partner, GTCR Golder Rauner

  • Laura Pearl, Managing Director, Frontenac Company

  • James Perry, Managing Director, Madison Dearborn Partners

  • Peter Peterson, Chairman of The Blackstone Group; U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1972-73)

  • James Quella, Senior Operating Partner of The Blackstone Group

  • Mio Stojkovich, Managing Director, William Blair Capital Partners

  • Todd Warnock, Founding Partner of RoundTable Healthcare; formerly Head of U.S. Health Care Investment Banking at Credit Suisse First Boston

  • John Willis, Managing Partner, Willis Stein & Partners

  • Paul Yovovich, President, Principal and Co-Founder, Lake Capital

Venture Capital

  • John Banta, CEO and Managing Director, IllinoisVENTURES

  • Eric Becker, Co-Founder and Managing Partners, Sterling Capital Partners

  • Clinton Bybee, Co-Founder and Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners

  • Keith Crandell, Co-Founder and Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners

  • Kathryn Gould, Co-Founder and General Partner, Foundation Capital

  • John Hershey, Managing Director of Hercules Technology Growth Capital; formerly Managing Director of Infinity Capital and of the technology group at Banc of America Securities

  • Rick Kimball, Founding General Partner, Technology Crossover Ventures

  • Robert McCormack, Co-Founder and Advisory Director, Trident Capital

  • Robert Nelsen, Co-Founder and Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners

  • Babu Ranganathan, Partner, Apex Venture Partners

Chicago Private Equity Network

CPEN is an alumni organization dedicated to connecting and serving University of Chicago alumni in private equity. The group regularly meets and sponsors events that provide educational and networking opportunities for Chicago GSB alumni across the globe. The Board of Directors and Steering Committe provides another view of just how many Chicago GSB alumns there are in the private equity business!


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