List of Baruch College alumni

Baruch College is a public college in New York City, New York. Following are some of its notable alumni.

Business

Name Class Major Notability References
Lara Abrash 1994 MBA Chairman and CEO of Deloitte & Touche LLP [1]
William F. Aldinger II 1959 Chairman and CEO of HSBC North America Holdings [2]
Anthony Chan 1979 BBA Chief economist with JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. [3]
Akis Cleanthous 1988 BBA Former chairman of the Cyprus Stock Exchange [4]
Monte Conner 1986 Senior vice president of Roadrunner Records, A&R department
Sidney Harman 1939 BBA Founder and chairman emeritus of Harman International Industries [5]
Jacqueline Hernández 1996 MBA Former chief marketing officer with NBCUniversal Telemundo [6]
Robert Holland 1969 MBA Former president and CEO of Ben & Jerry's [7]
Rim Ji-hoon 2022 DBA Former CEO of Kakao Corporation
Mayuri Kango 2007 MBA Head of Industry at Google India and actress [8]
James Lam 1983 BBA Former Chief Risk Officer of GE Capital and author
Ralph Lauren non-degreed Founder and Chairman of Ralph Lauren Corporation [9]
Dennis Levine 1976 MBA Prominent player in the Wall Street insider trading scandals of the mid-1980s [10]
Adam Neumann 2017 BBA Co-founder and CEO of WeWork [11]
Oscar N. Onyema 1998 MBA CEO of the Nigerian Stock Exchange [12]
Martin Shkreli 2004 BBA Founder and former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals [13]
Stuart Subotnick 1962 BBA CEO of Metromedia and one of America's 500 wealthiest people in 2002 [14]
Stephen Violago 2013 BBA Senior Vice President at Goldman Sachs [15]
George Weissman 1939 BBA Former chairman and CEO of Philip Morris International [16]
Jacky Wright 1985 BBA CTO at McKinsey & Company and former Chief Digital Officer at Microsoft [17]
Larry Zicklin 1957 BBA Former chairman of the board of Neuberger Berman [18]

Education

Name Class Major Notability References
Tony Allen 1998 MPA Chair of the US President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and president of Delaware State University [19][20]
Michael J. Freeman 1970 MBA Professor at Baruch College, Cornell University, and Hofstra University [21]
David Hamilton Golland 2000 Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of history at Monmouth University [22]
Alvin Gouldner 1941 BBA Professor of sociology at Washington University in St. Louis, founder of Theory & Society, and former president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems [23]

Entertainment

Name Class Major Notability References
Eddie Carmel Entertainer with gigantism and acromegaly, popularly known as "The Jewish Giant" [24]
Buddy Freitag 1953 Broadway producer (Porgy and Bess, Nice Work If You Can Get It) [25]
Immortal Technique non-degreed Hip hop recording artist
Tsvetta Kaleynska 2015 EMPA Model and author
Mayuri Kango 2007 MBA Actress and head of Industry at Google India [8]
Daniel Lobell Stand-up comedian and podcaster [26]
Jennifer Lopez non-degreed Actress, singer, dancer, and producer [27]
Tarkan Singer
Bernie Wes 1939 Television screenwriter [28]
Perizaad Zorabian 1966 MBA Actress [29]

Government and civil service

Name Class Major Notability References
Jack Barsky 1984 Former KGB spy and author [30]
Fernando Ferrer 2004 MPA Former chairman of MTA (New York) and former Bronx Borough President [31]
Daniel A. Nigro 1971 BBA Former Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department [32]
Albert Seedman 1941 BBA Chief of detectives, New York City Police Department [33]
Eric Ulrich 2016 MPA Commissioner of the New York City Department of Buildings [34]

Law

Name Class Major Notability References
Carolyn Walker-Diallo 2003 MBA Supervising judge of the New York City Civil Court [35]
Helen Whitener 1988 BBA Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court [36]

Literature and journalism

Name Class Major Notability References
Jack Barsky 1984 Former KGB spy and author [30]
G. Winston James 2005 MBA Poet and activist [37]
Tsvetta Kaleynska 2015 EMPA Author and model
Carlos D. Ramirez Publisher of El Diario La Prensa [38]
Upton Sinclair Author of The Jungle [39]

Politics

Name Class Major Notability References
Egemen Bağış 1996 MPA Former minister for European Union Affairs and Turkish politician [40]
Shirley Elizabeth Barnes 1956 BBA Former United States Ambassador to Madagascar
Abraham Beame 1928 BBA Mayor of New York City
Fernando Ferrer 2004 MPA Former chairman of MTA (New York) and former Borough President of The Bronx [31]
Vanessa Gibson 2009 MPA Borough President of The Bronx
Michael Grimm 1994 BBA Former member of United States House of Representatives [41]
Carl Heastie 2007 MBA Speaker of the New York State Assembly [42]
Verna L. Jones 1987 MPA Former member of the Maryland Senate [43]
Ron Kim 2006 MPA Member of the New York State Assembly [44]
Melissa Mark-Viverito 1996 MPA Former speaker of the New York City Council [45]
Yuh-Line Niou 2011 MPA Member of the New York State Assembly [46]
Ada L. Smith 1973 Former member of the New York State Senate
Michael G. Sotirhos 1950 BBA Former United States Ambassador to Greece [47]
Carl Spielvogel 1975 BBA Former United States Ambassador to Slovakia [48]
Craig A. Stanley 1999 MPA Member of New Jersey General Assembly from 1996 to 2008
Leo C. Zeferetti non-degreed Former member of United States House of Representatives [49]

Sports

Name Class Major Notability References
Danny Garcia 1975 Baseball player
Levy Rozman 2017 Chess International Master
Bruce Sherman 1973 MBA Chairman and principal owner of the Miami Marlins [50]
Arki Dikania Wisnu 2010 Professional basketball player [51]

Other

Name Class Major Notability References
Cristina Jiménez Moreta 2011 MPA Immigration activist who co-founded United We Dream i 2017 MacArthur Fellow [52]

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