Going to School for an MBA:
Who Found Fame and Fortune?

The below list of famous MBA holders is just a sample of the many noted people went to school for an MBA, and found fame and fortune in business and beyond:

• President George W. Bush: The 43rd President is the only United States President to hold an MBA degree, which he earned from Harvard Business School in 1975. After honing his business skills managing the Texas Rangers major league baseball team and running several small oil companies in Texas, President Bush began a successful political career first as Governor of Texas, then by presiding over two terms as President of the United States.
   
• Jon Corzine: This Governor started his career with jobs in banking and finance while completing school for an MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He worked his way up to the position of Chairman and Co-CEO of financial services giant, Goldman Sachs, leaving the company in 1998. Mr. Corzine then turned his sights onto politics, serving as U.S. Senator and Governor of the State of New Jersey.
   
• Philip H. Knight: As an undergraduate student at the University of Oregon, Mr. Knight pursued his passion for running on the college track team. While attending school for an MBA several years later at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Mr. Knight found his other passion: entrepreneurship. After discovering high-quality, low-cost sneakers on a trip to Japan, Mr. Knight decided to bring these shoes to the U.S. Enlisting help from his University of Oregon running coach, Mr. Knight formed the Nike company, which is now the world's top producer of athletic shoes and apparel.

• Indra K. Nooyi: The popular President and CEO of PepsiCo began her career in her native India before being admitted to the Yale School of Management in 1978. She joined PepsiCo in 2000 and since that time annual revenue for Pepsi has increased 72 percent and profits almost doubled. Ms. Nooyi has been named as one of the world's most powerful women by both Forbes and Fortune magazine, and one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report.

• Daniel S. Fulton: As President and CEO of Weyerhaeuser, one the largest pulp and paper companies in the world, Mr. Fulton oversees the operations of 20,000 employees in 13 countries. He went to school for an MBA in Finance at the University of Washington in Seattle and went on to complete the Executive Program at Stanford University.

Even though most of these famous folks went to a highly-selective business school, MBA programs are available at more affordable prices in convenient locations throughout the United States as well as online. Browse All Business Schools' MBA program directory to find the right school and MBA for you.