At Columbia Business School, one of our great strengths is our ability to attract world-class leaders to campus to share their ideas and experience with the next generation of business innovators. The David and Lyn Silfen Leadership Series is central to this effort. The series is an unparalleled learning opportunity for the entire School community, as renowned figures come to share cutting-edge ideas, leadership styles, and personal philosophies with our students and faculty members.
As such, these exchanges provide a distinct competitive advantage for Columbia. They can be beneficial for your firm, as well. Take advantage of this unique opportunity by partaking in an open dialogue with us and cement your firm’s reputation for leadership.
Past Silfen Leadership Series Speakers
Keith Banks ’81
- President, US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth
Carlos Brito
- CEO, ABInBev
Dominic Barton
- Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company
Lord John Browne
- Group Chief Executive, BP Global
Ken Buckfire ’87 and Kevyn Orr
- Emergency Manager, City of Detroit
Arnold Chavkin ’77
- Managing Director, Pine Brook Road Partners, LLC
Kenneth Chenault
- CEO, American Express
Richard B. Clark
- Chairman, Brookfield Properties
Leon Cooperman ’67
- Chairman and CEO, Omega Advisors
Clay Creasey
- Chief Financial Officer, Toys“R”Us, Inc.
Barry Diller
- Chairman and Senior Executive, IAC
Jamie Dimon
- Chairman of the Board and CEO, JPMorgan Chase
Laurence D. Fink
- Chairman and CEO, BlackRock
Carly Fiorina
- Former CEO, Hewlett-Packard
Carlos Ghosn
- CEO, Nissan Motor Company
James Gorman ’87
- Chairman and CEO, Morgan Stanley
Alex Gorsky
- Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO, Johnson & Johnson
Davide Grasso
- President and CEO, Converse
Douglas Haynes
- President, Point72 Asset Management
Edward J. Heffernan '86
- President and CEO, Alliance Data Systems
Martina Hund-Mejean
- Chief Financial Officer, MasterCard
James W. Keyes ’80
- CEO, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets
- Chairman, Wild Oats LLC
Catherine Kinney
- Former President, New York Stock Exchange
Wendy Kopp
- CEO and Co-Founder, Teach for All
Henry Kravis ’69
- Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, KKR
Rochelle B. Lazarus ’70
- Chairman Emeritus, Ogilvy & Mather
Richard LeFrak ’98
- Chairman, LeFrak Organization
David Levin
- President and CEO, McGraw Hill Education
John Martin ’94
- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Time Warner
Gail McGovern ’87
- CEO, American Red Cross
Ken Moelis
- President, UBS Investment Bank
Anne Moore
- CEO, Time, Inc.
Anne Mulcahy
- Chairman and CEO, Xerox Corporation
Vikram S. Pandit PhD ’86
- Chairman, TGG Group
Dick Parsons
- Chairman and CEO, Time Warner, Inc.
Peter G. Peterson
- Co-Founder, Blackstone
Ian Read
- CEO, Pfizer
Paolo Rocca
- Chairman and CEO, Tenaris
Stephen Roth
- CEO, Vornado Realty Trust
Robert Rubin
- Chairman of Executive Committee, Citigroup, Inc; Former US Secretary of the Treasury
William Rudin
- President, Rudin Management
Stephen A. Schwarzman
- Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder, Blackstone
Keith Sherin ’91
- Vice Chairman and CEO, General Electric
Robert K. Steel
- CEO, Perella Weinberg Partners
David Stern
- Former Commissioner, National Basketball Association
Henry Swieca ’82
- Co-Founder, Highbridge Capital Management
- Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Talpion Fund Management LP
Craig B. Thompson
- President and CEO, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Tracey Travis ’86
- CFO, Estee Lauder
Jack Welch
- Former CEO, General Electric Company
Robert Wilmers
- CEO, M&T Bank
Bob Wright
- Vice Chairman and Executive Officer, General Electric Company; Chairman and CEO, NBC Universal, Inc.
Richard Saul Wurman
- Founder, TED
Sam Zell
- Chairman and CEO, Equity Group Investments, Tribune Company
For more information on the Silfen Leadership Series, please contact:
Quadri Olanlege, Assistant Director, Student Engagement and Corporate Relations.
Phone: 212-854-1153
E-mail: [email protected]