Northwestern Alums in Tech

This is an unofficial list (curated by yours truly) of Northwestern University alumni working in technology and entrepreneurship.

I was inspired by an article from The Daily Northwestern titled:“Northwestern alums out in full force at Emmys”.

I think it is wonderful that our alma mater kicks major ass in the entertainment world more so than most other educational institutions. Now, let’s do more of that in technology and entrepreneurship.

Also I thought the article “Alumni Spotlight: Business and Technology”that was put out by our admissions office was pretty weak sauce with only 4 people listed. All great people, but couldn’t they have come up with a few more…

My purple heart got inspired to do something a little better and we’ll keep improving this over time with additions. Suggestions welcomed!

Also, recently (December 2015), I decided to add some more of the younger alums working in technology and entrepreneurship. In no particular order. Northwestern undergraduates and graduate programs (i.e. Kellogg MBAs).

UPDATE December 7, 2015: I was quickly overwhelmed with suggestions so I started a separate Google Doc to organize this list. Below you will only see a small select list of entrepreneurs and investors.

FULL LIST HERE.

Operators:

1. Gwynne Shotwell. President, SpaceX.
2. Ginni Rometty. CEO and Chairwoman, IBM.
3. Gary Kremen. Co-Founder, Match.com and Clean Power Finance.
4. Andrew Mason. Co-Founder, Groupon.
5. Chuck Templeton. Co-Founder, OpenTable.
6. Steve Hafner. Co-Founder, kayak.com.
7. Michael Lazerow. Founder, Buddy Media (Salesforce).
8. Andy Dunn. CEO, Bonobos. Founder + General Partner, Red Swan.
9. Deepak Ahuja. CFO, Tesla Motors.
10. Chris Hsu. EVP + COO, HP Enterprise.

FULL LIST HERE.

Investors:

1. Dick Kramlich. Co-Founder & Chairman, New Enterprise Associates.
2. Scott Ryles. COO, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
3. Todd Francis. Partner, Shasta Ventures.
4. Kat Manalac. Partner, Y Combinator.
5. Promod Haque. Partner, Norwest Venture Partners.
6. Ben Parr. Co-Founder and Partner, Dominate Fund.
7. Jay Hoag. Co-Founder and Partner, Technology Crossover Ventures.
8. Peter Barris. Managing General Partner, New Enterprise Associates.
9. Jim White. Managing Director, Sutter Hill Ventures.
10. Chelsea Stoner. General Partner, Battery Ventures.

FULL LIST HERE.

Last updated: December 7, 2015.