Feng Zhang living
Biochemist, neuroscience, microbiologist, working on CRISPR genome editing tools, optogenetics, genome engineering, molecular diagnostics
1981- (43)
mcgovern.mit.edu
Emmanuel Farhi
Macroeconomist, professor of economics at Harvard University
1978-2020 (42)
news.harvard.edu
Ron DeSantis living
46th US governor of Florida since 2019, lawyer, attorney, Republican politician, U.S. House of Representatives from 2013-2018, founder of the House Freedom Caucus, author of The Courage to Be Free
1978- (46)
flgov.com
Alejandro Santo Domingo living
Stéphane Bancel living
Billionaire, CEO at Moderna pharmaceuticals, formerly CEO at BioMérieux medical diagnostics biotechnology
1972- (52)
Kenneth C. Griffin living
Hedge fund manager, political activist investor, financier, market maker, chairman and CEO at Citadel Securities (Citadel LLC)
1968- (56)
citadel.com
Kyriakos Mitsotakis living
Prime Minister of Greece since 2019, democratic politician for New Democracy
1968- (56)
Antonio Weiss living
banker, financier, head of global investments at Lazard
1966- (58)
Glenn Youngkin living
Businessman, politician, 74th governor of Virginia starting in 2022
1966- (58)
youngkinforgovernor.com
Joi Ito living
managing partner of Neoteny, co-founder at Digital Garage, PSINet Japan, Infoseek Japan, president of Chiba Institute of Technology, previously chair/CEO of Creative Commons, director of MIT Media Lab from 2011-2019, entrepreneur aka Joi Eto, venture capitalist, crypto investor, co-founder of Safecast after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, director at Sony, NY Times, the Open Source Initiative, author of Freesouls (2008), Whiplash (2016)
1966- (58)
joi.ito.com
Jonathan Lavine living
Financier, investor, co-managing partner of Bain Capital Credit (Sankaty Advisors), sports team owner, co-owner of the Boston Celtics (NBA)
1966- (58)
baincapitalcredit.com
Robert Richards living
Billionaire heir to the DuPont family dynasty, great-grandson of Irénée du Pont, convicted child rapist
1966- (58)
Buddy Fletcher living
Founder, chairman and CEO of Fletcher Asset Management, founder of the Fletcher Foundation, formerly at Bear Stearns, Kidder Peabody
1965- (59)
Fiona Hill living
Politician, writer, political activist, foreign affairs, linked to "RussiaGate" impeachment and Donald Trump
1965- (59)
linkedin.com
Josh Harris living
Billionaire, private equity investor, co-founder of Apollo Global Management, sports team owner of the Philadelphia 76ers (NFL), New Jersey Devils (NHL) via Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment with David Blitzer, managing partner of the Philadelphia 76ers (NBA), helped purchase Washington Commanders (NFL) for $6.05 Billion (largest sports franchise transaction ever), general partner of Crystal Palace FC football/soccer club, former investment banker with Drexel Burnham Lambert
1964- (60)
Desmond Kuek living
Lieutenant general, military veteran of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), president and CEO of the SMRT Corporation from 2012-2018
1963- (61)
Jordan B. Peterson living
clinical psychologist, creator of the Future Authoring Program, self-help guru, founder of Peterson Academy, educator, pioneer in nihilism, technical accreditations, former professor at the University of Toronto, political commentator, politics, his audience is mostly angry white men he refers to as the troubled Kek boys
1962- (62)
jordanbpeterson.com
Barack Obama living
44th President of the United States from 2009-2017, first black president of America, documentary filmmaker at Higher Ground Productions, Marxist lecturer at Chicago University
1961- (63)
barackobama.com
Jim Balsillie living
Billionaire, entrepreneur, co-founder and formal of BlackBerry (Research-in-Motion)
1961- (63)
Jim Breyer living
Billionaire, founder of Breyer Capital, venture capitalist at Accel Partners, early investor in Facebook, Sports team owner, co-owner of the Boston Celtics (NBA)
1961- (63)
Jeff Vinik living
Private equity investor, hedge fund manager at Fidelity Investments, sports team owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL) hockey club via Vinik Sports Group (Tampa Bay Sports and Entertainment) bought the team for $170 million from Oren Koules and Len Barrie, minority co-owner of the Boston Red Sox (MLB) baseball team
1959- (65)
Dr. Paul Farmer living
Co-founder of Partners in Health, anthropologist, Kolokotrones University Professor, chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School
1959- (65)
pih.org
Scott Malkin living
Founder of Value Retail plc, sports team owner, co-owner of the New York Islanders (NHL) hockey club since 2016
1959- (65)
Robert Sapolsky living
Neuroscientist, philosopher who states freewill is nothing but illusion, neuroendocrinology researcher at the National Museums of Kenya, author of Behave
1957- (67)
thesapolsky.com
Steve Ballmer living
Xbox gaming consoles, Bing search engine, acquired Skype, former CEO of Microsoft, as its 30th employee he negotiated a sweet profit-sharing clause that netted him 8% of total shares, mathematician, economist, billionaire sports team owner of the LA Clippers (Los Angeles Clippers)
1956- (68)
britannica.com
Bill Gates living
billionaire financier, founder of Cascade Investment hedge fund, founder of Microsoft Windows, media mogul, owner of MSNBC, healthcare investor, Serene megayacht owner, island owner of Grand Bugue Caye in Belize
1955- (69)
gatesnotes.com
John Roberts living
17th Chief Justice of the US supreme court, judge, lawyer, attorney, jurist
1955- (69)
Nicholas Eberstadt living
Political economist, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), author of Poverty in China, The North Korean Economy, The End of North Korea, A Nation of Takers, The Tyranny of Numbers, The Poverty of Communism, Men Without Work
1955- (69)
Yo-Yo Ma living
Kristalina Georgieva living
CEO of the World Bank, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), economist, financier, VP of the European Commission (EC) from 2014-2016
1953- (71)
Francis Fukuyama living
Political scientist, economist, writer, author of The Last Man, The End of History, and The Origins of Political Order
1952- (72)
fukuyama.stanford.edu
Lee Hsien Loong living
Prime Minister of Singapore since 2004, People's Action Party politician, his father Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) is known as the father of Singapore and was its leader for 3 decades
1952- (72)
Mervyn Davies living
Businessman, co-chairman of LetterOne (L1), banker, former Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Small Business
1952- (72)
letterone.com
Hamilton E. James living
Billionaire, retailer, chairman of The Blackstone Group, chairman of Costco since 2017, author of Rescuing Retirement
1951- (73)
blackstone.com
Ángel Gurría living
Economist, diplomat, Institutional Revolutionary Party politician, Mexico Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1994-1997, secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (EOCD) from 2006-2021
1950- (74)
oecd.org
Charles "Chuck" E. Schumer living
US senator from New York since 1999, democratic politician, Majority Forward
1950- (74)
schumer.senate.gov
David Davis living
MP for Haltemprice and Howden, politician, UK Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Brexit) from 2016-2018
1948- (76)
gov.uk
Harold W. Rosenthal
Diplomat, aide to US senator Jacob Javits, killed in a terrorist attack in Istanbul
1947-1976 (29)
gogovernment.org
Michael Ignatieff living
Academic, author, politician, Liberal MP from 2006-2011, official leader of the opposition from 2008-2011, professor at Harvard University until 2005
1947- (77)
michaelignatieff.ca
Stephen A. Schwarzman living
Billionaire financier, hedge fund manager, partner at Lehman Brothers known for the merger sale of Tropicana, co-founder and CEO of Blackstone Group, bestselling author, What It Takes
1947- (77)
Don Berwick living
President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
1946- (78)
ihi.org
Tim O'Brien living
novelist, author of The Things They Carried
1946- (78)
britannica.com
Bob Sproull living
computer scientist, computer programmer, director of Oracle Labs, researcher at Sun Microsystems, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
1945- (79)
cics.umass.edu
Daniel P. Sheehan living
public interest lawyer aka Danny Sheehan, attorney, chief counsel at the Romero Institute, worked on cases for Iran-Contra, Pentagon Papers, educator, political activist
1945- (79)
danielpsheehan.com
Mary Robinson living
7th President of Ireland from 1990-1997, first woman to hold office
1944- (80)
Neva Goodwin living
Paul Singer living
Hedge fund manager, billionaire, activist investor in Start-Up Nation Central, startups, president and co-CEO of Elliott Management, known as a vulture capitalist for his role with EMC, LGBTQ activist investor, philanthropist
1944- (80)
elliottmgmt.com
Bill Drayton living
founder & CEO of Ashoka changemakers, father of social entrepreneurship (1970)
1943- (81)
David Bonderman living
Billionaire, hedge fund manager aka Bondo, founding partner and chairman of Texas Pacific Group (TPG Capital) private equity giant, Newbridge Capital, co-founder and co-majority owner of the Seattle Kraken via Seattle Hockey Partners in 2018, co-founder, sports team owner, part-owner of Boston Celtics (NBA)
1942- (82)
David Gergen living
Political commentator, politics, publicist, public relations for the White House, founder of With Honor Action (With Honor Fund)
1942- (82)
david-gergen.com
Paul Bremer living
Noel Ignatiev
Historian, co-editor of Race Traitor, anti-white racialist against whiteness, founder of the New Abolitionist Society, pioneer in critical race theory, political activist
1940-2019 (79)
Anthony Lake living
Business executive, Democratic politician, political strategist, US national security advisor from 1993-1997, executive director of UNICEF from 2010-2017
1939- (85)
Frederick P. Hitz living
Inspector General at the CIA, intelligence officer, espionage, spycraft, tradecraft, author of The Great Game
1939- (85)
penguinrandomhouse.com
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland living
29th Prime Minister of Norway (3x) in 1981 also from 1986-1989 and 1990-1996, creator of Agenda 21 for sustainability in 1987 via the Brundtland Report (Brundtland Commission) and ratified in 1992 at the Rio Earth Summit, eugenicist, environmentalist, climate change activist, former Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) from 1998-2003, Labour Party politician, author of Madam Prime Minister
1939- (85)
britannica.com
Martin Feldstein
Economist, Professor of Economics at Harvard, President of National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) from 1978-2008
1939-2019 (80)
Alan Dershowitz living
Lawyer, attorney, professor at Harvard Law School from 1964-2013, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus in 1993
1938- (86)
hls.harvard.edu
Klaus Schwab living
Engineer at Escher Wyss & Cie (Sulzer), economist, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 1971, author of Stakeholder Capitalism, COVID-19: The Great Reset, knighted in 2006
1938- (86)
Robert M. Rosenberg living
Business executive, former CEO of Dunkin' Donuts, director at Sonic Drive-In, Domino's Pizza
1938- (86)
Robert Rubin living
chairman emeritus, co-chair of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) from 2007-2017 with Carla A. Hills, banker, economist, 70th US Secretary of the Treasury, counselor at Centerview Partners in 2010
1938- (86)
cfr.org
Leslie H. Wexner living
billionaire founder of the Mega Group aka Leslie Wexner, chairman and former CEO of L Brands (Limited Brands) which owns Abercrombie & Fitch, Victorias Secret, Bath & Bodyworks since 1963, director at Banc One from 1986-1991, his financial advisor was Jeffrey Epstein in 1986
1937- (87)
wexnerfoundation.org
Wilbur Ross living
Lobbyist, former billionaire, investment banker at WL Ross & Co., US Secretary of Commerce from 2017-2021, financier for Donald Trump and Resorts International, Rothschild & Co., sold WL Ross & Co. to Invesco for $275 million in 2006
1937- (87)
Edward Jay Epstein living
investigative journalist, political science professor at Harvard University
1935- (89)
Jim Wolfensen
Economist, lawyer, banker, financier, 9th President of the World Bank Group from 1995-2005
1933-2020 (87)
worldbank.org
Peter Kenen
Economist, international economics, Walker Professor of Economics and International Finance at Princeton University
1932-2012 (80)
voxeu.org
Fred Brooks
Computer scientist, supercomputer engineer, IT architect for IBM, author of The Mythical Man Month
1931-2022 (91)
britannica.com
James Q. Wilson
Criminologist, behaviorist, political scientist, pioneer in criminology and the broken windows theory of civil disorder and anti-socialism
1931-2012 (81)
Jim Fleck living
Industrialist, businessman, founder of Fleck Manufacturing (NOMA Industries) lighting and electrical supplies
1931- (93)
Allan Gotlieb
Canadian Ambassador to the United States from 1981-1989, diplomat, civil servant
1928-2020 (92)
international.gc.ca
Chester M. Pierce
Psychiatrist, pioneer of the term microagressions, author of Basic Psychiatry, professor of psychiatry and education at Harvard Medical School, consultant for Sesame Street
1927-2016 (89)
mghglobalpsychiatry.org
Dick Bolles
career coaching, career counseling, life coaching, clergyman at the Episcopal church, pioneer in job hunting, author of What Color is Your Parachute?
1927-2017 (90)
jobhuntersbible.com
Samuel P. Huntington
American historian, academic scholar, advisor, professor, political scientist, author of political theory "The Clash of Civilizations", director of the Harvard Center of International Affairs, linked to PW Botha in the Apartheid of South Africa, coined the term the "Davos Men"
1927-2008 (81)
Charlie Munger
Billionaire, vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway since 1979, known for his Mungerisms; a dry sense of humor, dad, father of 8
1924-2023 (99)
Walter N. Rothschild Jr.
Business executive, President of Abraham and Straus (A&S) from 1963-1969, which is the 3rd largest store in New York City, military veteran
1920-2003 (83)
McGeorge Bundy
U.S. National Security Advisor to JFK and LBJ
1919-1996 (77)
britannica.com
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Art historian, speechwriter, social critic, literary critic, author of Disuniting of America
1917-2007 (90)
britannica.com
Donald Davidson
Cartesian philosopher, mathematician
1917-2003 (86)
britannica.com
J. Paul Austin living
Chairman, President and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company from 1962-1981, naval intelligence officer during WWII, crew rowing team at the 1936 Summer Olympics
1915- (109)
Ken Galbraith
Economist, liberal diplomat, ambassador to India, writer at Forbes, author of The Affluent Society, The Great Crash 1929, lecturer, Warburg professor of economics at Harvard, proponent of liberalism and realism, coined the phrase "progress is an innocent fraud", co-founder the European Management Symposium (now World Economic Forum or "WEF")
1908-2006 (98)
John F. Enders
Biomedical scientist, virologist, microbiologist, pioneer in physiology and medicine, known as the father of modern vaccines
1897-1985 (88)
nobelprize.org
Arthur Schlesinger Sr.
Progressive Era educator, progressivism, professor at Harvard University, pioneer in social and urban history
1888-1965 (77)
archive.nytimes.com
Charles Webster
Historian, foreign diplomat, member of the League of Nations (United Nations)
1886-1961 (75)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
32nd President of the United States from 1933-1945 aka Franklin Roosevelt, Democratic Party politician, pioneer of the New Deal, socialist lawyer, served as President during most of World War II era,
1882-1945 (63)
fdrlibrary.org
John "Jacob Astor" IV
Billionaire heir, businessman aka John Jacob Astor Jr., writer, investor, financier, invested $100K in Nikola Tesla's inventions in 1899 to become the majority shareholder in Nikola Tesla Company, real estate developer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish-American War, military veteran, he died on the RMS Titanic in 1912
1864-1912 (48)
John Jacob Astor IV living
Financier, investor, businessman, invested $100K in Nikola Tesla's inventions in 1899 to become the majority shareholder in Nikola Tesla Company, real estate developer, military veteran, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish-American War, he died on the RMS Titanic in 1912
1864-1912 (48)
Henry Cabot Lodge
Republican politician, US senator from Massachusetts from 1893-1924, statesman, historian
1850-1924 (74)
senate.gov
William James
Educator, known as the father of American psychology, first teacher of psychology in the United States, psychologist, philosopher, historian
1842-1910 (68)
psychology.fas.harvard.edu
Oliver Wendell Holmes
poet, writer of "The Breakfast Table" which started as The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, member of the fireside poets (household poets), humorist, medical researcher, doctor, physician, pioneer in sterilization and washing hands before childbirth, polymath
1809-1894 (85)
britannica.com
Samuel Adams
Political philosopher, politics, tax collector, revolutionary statesman, one of the founding fathers of the United States, cousin of John Adams
1722-1803 (81)
Andy Jassy
President and CEO at Amazon.com
linkedin.com
Ben Bernanke
Economist, cryptographer, financier, 14th chairman of the US Federal Reserve (the FED) from 2006-2014, author of The Courage to Act
twitter.com
Bill Elkus
co-founder and senior managing partner at idealab Capital Partners (ICP), early investor in PayPal with Goldman Sachs, angel investor at Park City Angels, founder of Clearstone Venture Partners (1997), crypto investor in Tether, early investor in GoTo.com, eToys.com, MP3.com, NetZero, Tickets.com, CarsDirect
linkedin.com
Dr. Burzynski
Biologist, pioneer of "The Cancer Cure" or antineoplaston therapy at the Burzynski Clinic in 1976
Dr. Carroll Quigley
professor of history at Princeton University, historian, Anglophile whisleblower, author of The Anglo-American Establishment, Tragedy and Hope
carrollquigley.net
Charles M. Lieber
Harvard professor, nanochemist, nanosciences, nanotechnology specialist, founder of Nanosys, leader of the Lieber Research Group, found guilty and convicted of bribery from Chinese nationals
chemistry.harvard.edu
Daniel Kammen
Scientist, renewable energy activist
kammen.berkeley.edu
Emma Rothschild
Economic historian, economist
history.fas.harvard.edu
Eric S. Lander
Founding director of the Broad Institute, professor of Systems Biology, geneticist, microbiologist, mathematician, co-founder of Neon Therapeutics, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Verastem
biology.mit.edu
George Kaiser
Billionaire, oil and gas, chairman of BOK Financial Corporation, his father founded the Kaiser-Francis Oil Company
Gerald Chan
Billionaire, his father started Hang Lung Properties, operates with his brother Ronnie Chan
James Loeb
US Federal Reserve, met at Jekyll Island, banker at Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Jared Kushner
Real estate investor, real estate developer for the Kushner company, newspaper publisher, his father owns the New York Observer, spouse to Ivanka Trump, senior advisor to US President Donald Trump, father donated $2.5 million to Harvard University
gov.uk
John W. Gittinger, MD
Clinical psychologist, scientist, medicine researcher, neuro-ophthalmologist, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, pioneer of the Personal Assessment System (PAS)
doctors.masseyeandear.org
Ken Hao
Financier, chairman and managing partner of Silver Lake since 2000
Ken Rogoff
Economist aka Kenneth Rogoff, professor of public policy and economics at Harvard University, chess grandmaster, Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund
scholar.harvard.edu
Lally Weymouth
journalist, senior associate editor at the Washington Post, former diplomatic correspondent for Newsweek magazine (owned by her mother), author of America in 1876
Larry Summers
US Treasury Secretary from 1999-2001, economist known for the revolving door project, banker, financier, former president at Harvard, director of the National Economic Council from 2009-2010, pioneer of the deregulation of derivatives which led to the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 (FDR New Deal), crypto enthusiast, director at Xapo Bank, Block, OpenAi
larrysummers.com
Lawrence Lessig
Patent holder and co-creator of Creative Commons, academic, attorney, political activist
lessig.org
Linda Rottenberg
founder & CEO of Endeavor Global (1997), venture capitalist aka La Chica Loca, entreprenur, crypto investor, co-founder and CEO of Endeavor Catalyst LP Funds, author of Crazy Is a Compliment, member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
endeavor.org
Michelle Obama
Educator, podcaster, author lawyer at Sidley & Austin, former First Lady of the United States, founder of The Girls Opportunity Alliance
Peter A. Sands
CEO of Standard Chartered from 2006-2015, vaccines, executive director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria since 2018
G. Stanley Hall
Psychologist, educational psychology, modern psychology, bells and whistles
britannica.com
Thornton Bradshaw
chairman of NBC, president of Atlantic Refining Co. (Atlantic Richfield) in 1964, professor at Harvard University until 1952, MI6 intelligence officer with NATO, director at RCA, Arco, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Ted Kaczynski aka "The Unabomber"
mathematics professor aka Uncle Ted Kaczynski, The Unabomber, geometric function theory, anit-technology, environmentalist, anarchist, domestic terrorist, anonymous killer, author of The Net, Unabomber Manifesto
fbi.gov
William B. Harrison Jr.
Vice chairman and CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank from 1991-1999 prior to the merger with JP Morgan & Co. when he became chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase from 2000-2006
William Hamilton
Philanthropist, wealthy collector in the Age of Enlightenment, botanist, classifying plants, fossils and learning about religions and cultures