Notable Northwestern University Alums in The Technology Ecosystem

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 almost every other educational institution. 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!

In no particular order. Northwestern undergraduate + Kellogg (MBA).

The Operators:

— Gwynne Shotwell. President, SpaceX.

— Ginni Rometty. CEO and Chairwoman, IBM.

— Gary Kremen. Co-Founder, Match.com and Clean Power Finance.

— Nikhil Sethi. Co-Founder, Adaptly.

— Alex White. Co-Founder, The Next Big Sound.

— David Hoffman. Co-Founder, The Next Big Sound.

— Samir Rayani. Co-Founder, The Next Big Sound.

— Neal Sales Griffin. Co-Founder, The Starter League.

— Mike McGee. C0-Founder, The Starter League.

— Ben Huh. Co-Founder, Cheezburger.

— Andrew Mason. Co-Founder, Groupon.

— Nathaniel Whittemore. CMO, Partnered.

— Adam Pumm. Co-Founder, The Hive.

— Chuck Templeton. Co-Founder, OpenTable.

— Steve Hafner, Co-Founder, kayak.com.

— Q Wang, Co-Founder, Super Evil Megacorp.

— Michael Lazerow, Founder, Buddy Media (Salesforce)

The Investors:

— Richard (Dick) Kramlich. Co-Founder & Retired General Partner, New Enterprise Associates.

— Scott Ryles, COO, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

— Todd Francis. Partner, Shasta Ventures.

— Kat Manalac. Partner, Y Combinator.

— Promod Haque. Partner, Norwest Venture Partners.

— Ben Parr. Co-Founder and Partner, Dominate Fund.

— Jay Hoag. Co-Founder and Partner, Technology Crossover Ventures.

— Sunny Dhillon. Principal, Signia Venture Partners.

— Peter Barris, Managing General Partner, New Enterprise Associates.

Last updated: September 11, 2014.