INSEAD has more than 60,000 alumni worldwide across its degrees, comprising more than 150 nationalities.
The MBA program has produced the second-highest number of Financial Times Global 500 CEOs, behind Harvard Business School. It is amongst the largest 20 producers of ultra high-net-worth individuals across all educational institutions, and is also amongst the top 10 producers of billionaire alumni amongst global MBA programs. INSEAD's MBA alumni are fourth worldwide in terms of capital raised, founder count, and company count (only behind Harvard’s, Stanford’s, and Wharton’s).
This list shows 17 INSEAD alumni as billionaire, 7 as head of government/state, 30 as minister or cabinet member, 16 as member of legislation of countries around the world.
Academia William, Lord Hague (MBA 1986), 106th Chancellor of University of Oxford, Former Leader of Conservative Party (UK), Former First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs of the UK. Helen Alexander (MBA 1984), former Chancellor of the University of Southampton (2011–2017), former CEO of The Economist Group (1997-2008), first female President of Confederation of British Industry. Julie Battilana (MSc in Management 2004 and PhD in Organizational Behavior 2006), the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School. Ian Goldin (AMP), Professor and Founding Director at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford. Jean-Claude Larreche (MBA 1970), Emeritus Professor, Alfred H. Heineken Chair of Marketing at INSEAD. Yoshihiro Kawai (MBA) Professor at University of Tokyo, Chairman of OECD Insurance and Private Pension Committee, Secretary General of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (2003-2017) Ludovic Phalippou (PhD 2004), Professor of Financial Economics, University of Oxford. Christian Terwiesch (PhD 1997), Andrew M. Heller Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Miklos Sarvary (PhD 1996), the Carson Family Professor of Business and the faculty lead for the Media and Technology Program at Columbia Business School Raghavendra Rau (MSc in Management 1993, PhD in Management 1997), Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Professorship of Finance at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge Soumitra Dutta (Professor), Dean of Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford (2022-now), founding dean of SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University (2012-2018) António Borges (Dean), Director of the European Department of the International Monetary Fund, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs International, Vice Governor of Banco de Portugal John Pollaers (MBA), Chancellor of Swinburne University of Technology (since 2019)
Finance Tidjane Thiam (MBA 1988), Former CEO at Credit Suisse and Prudential. Paul Marshall (MBA), co-founder and chairman, Marshall Wace. António Horta Osório (MBA 1991), Former CEO at Lloyds Banking Group and Former Chairman at Credit Suisse. Henry Engelhardt (MBA 1988), Billionaire Founder of Admiral Group Susumu Fujimoto (MBA 1976), Vice president Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. and MS&AD Insurance Group Andrea Rossi (MBA), CEO of AXA Investment Managers (2013-now) Gonzalo Gortázar (MBA), CEO of Caixabank. Hoi Tung (MBA), Chairman/CEO at China Ping An Insurance Overseas Holdings Lin Lily (MBA 2006), Board of Directors member at Vanke, Former executive director, Vanke Overseas Investment Holding Charlie Nunn (MBA 2000), CEO, Lloyds Banking Group. Nathalie Rachou (MBA), Board member of UBS and Euronext. Bernard Brenninkmeijer (MBA), Board member of Vatican Bank Shanu S.P. Hinduja (IEP), Chairperson of Hinduja Bank, Chair of the Hinduja Foundation, and Co-Chair and Director of Hinduja Global Solutions Inc. Claire Dumas (IEP), Group CFO of Société Générale Andrew Sillitoe (MBA), Partner, co-CEO, Apax Partners (2014-now) David Morin (MBA), Managing Director, Head of North America, Private Equity at PSP Investments. Andrea Scerch (MBA), President of Latin America and the Caribbean of Mastercard, Member of Management Committee Eimear Creaven (MBA), Co-President, Global Partnerships of Mastercard, Member of Management Committee Meyrick Douglas (MBA), Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Prudential Financial Sandeep Dadlani (MBA), Executive Vice President, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, UnitedHealth Group Meera Sanyal (MBA 1983), Former CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland, India. Roberto Buaron (MBA), Chairman and CEO of First Atlantic Capital Philip Hampton (MBA), Former Chairman, J Sainsbury; Royal Bank of Scotland Group Huw van Steenis (MBA), Vice Chair of Oliver Wyman, Former Head of European Financials Services Research, Morgan Stanley Driss Ben-Brahim, Special Situations, GLG Partners Andrea Orcel (MBA), Former CEO, Banco Santander, CEO, UniCredit Anne Richards (MBA), CEO, Fidelity International Kenneth Courtis (MBA), former Vice-Chairman Asia, Goldman Sachs, former Chief Economist Deutsche Bank Lucy Quist (MBA), Head of Change Leadership, Morgan Stanley Wiebe Draijer (MBA 1991), CEO, Rabobank Federico Burgoni (MBA), Head, Group Strategy and Transformation of UOB Joshua Oigara (IEP), CEO of KCB Group. Breon Corcoran (MBA), CEO of IG Group. Lee Eun-ho (MBA), CEO of Lotte Insurance. Hussein Nagaty (CGM 2026), CMU Head at CIB Egypt.
Healthcare and biotech André Hoffmann (businessman) (MBA 1990), Swiss billionaire businessman, vice chairman of Roche Holding. Wolfgang Marguerre (MBA 1972), German billionaire founder and chairman of Octapharma. Helge Lund (MBA 1991), chairman of BP, chairman of Novo Nordisk Yvonne Greenstreet (MBA 1992), CEO of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Franz Humer (MBA 1973), former chairman of Roche and Diageo Bernard Broermann (MBA), billionaire founder of Asklepios Kliniken. Said Darwazah (MBA), CEO and chairman of Hikma Pharmaceuticals. Claus Zieler (MBA 1991), President of Established Markets at Astellas Pharma Roch Doliveux (MBA), CEO of UCB Flemming Ørnskov (MBA), CEO of Galderma. Stefan Willich (MBA 1995)- Professor, Director of Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics at Charité, Founder and conductor of the World Doctors Orchestra. Jean-Marc Huët (MBA) Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lonza Group, former CFO Unilever. Elcin Barker Ergun (MBA), CEO of Menarini Group Philippe Drouet (Executive MBA), Chief Commercial Officer of CRISPR Therapeutics Que (Thanh) Dallara (MBA), Member of Executive Board, Executive Vice President and President for the Diabetes Operating Unit, Medtronic Carlos Jaureguizar (MBA), CEO of Sanitas and Bupa Europe&LatinAmerica
Energy and Mining Helge Lund (MBA 1991), Chairmand of BP, Chairman of Novo Nordisk Jessica Uhl (MBA 1997), President of GE Power, Former CFO of Royal Dutch Shell. Roustam Tariko (MBA 2000), billionaire Founder & President of Russian Standard Corporation. Satoshi Koyama (MBA 2003), CEO of Mineral Resources Group of Mitsubishi Corporation. Marius Kloppers (MBA), Former CEO of BHP (2007–2013). Jérôme Tolot (MBA), Executive Vice President (Deputy CEO) of Engie Francesco Caio (MBA), CEO and Chairman of Saipem, CEO of Poste Italiane (2014-2017) Noel Aoun (MBA), Chief Strategy Officer, TAQA Nabil Almessabi (Executive MBA), Chief Corporate Officer of TAQA Stanley Huang Tian Guan, (IEP 2008), CEO of Singapore Power Group Sam Laidlaw (MBA), Former CEO of Centrica Bernard Pinatel (MBA) Member of Management Committee and President Downstream and President Marketing & Services, TotalEnergies Cedrik Neike (MBA) Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO Siemens Digital Industries Ernestina Benedetto (MBA), EVP Strategy and Transformation, Member of Executive Board at Varo Energy Christoph Brand (AMP), CEO Axpo Group Josephine Wapakabulo (Executive MBA), Former CEO of Uganda National Oil Company (2016-2019) Mikkel Seidelin (Executive MBA), Chief Commercial Officer of Teekay Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz (MBA'94J), former Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Mirvac Group (2012–2023), non-executive director of Rio Tinto and Macquarie Group.
Automotive and Transport Yasuhisa Fujita (MBA), President, Toyota Finance Corporation Robert Peugeot (MBA), Billionaire Vice Chairman of Stellantis Sébastien Jacquet (Executive MBA 2016), Chief Quality Officer at Stellantis Adam Chilinski (Executive MBA 2014), Chief Finance Officer of SAIC-GM, $20bn revenue JV between SAIC and General Motors Noel Tata (IEP), billionaire Chairman of Tata Trusts, which holds a 66% stake in Tata Sons, the parent company of the Tata Group. Heung-Soo Kim (MBA 2005), Executive Vice President and Head of the Global Strategy Office of Hyundai Motor Group Nicolas Maure (MBA), EVP, Renault Group Nicolas Wertans (MBA), Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Renault Group Jasmmine Wong (Tsinghua-INSEAD Executive MBA), Vice President, Mobility Abdul Latif Jameel/CEO Jameel Motors Yousef Hussein (MBA), Chief Commercial Officer Jameel Motors Dominique Signora (MBA), 5th CEO of Renault Samsung Motors Stephane Deblaise (MBA) 6th CEO of Renault Samsung Motors Rahil Ansari (MBA): Head of Volkswagen Group Taiwan
Defense and Aerospace Jean-Loïc Galle (MBA 1991), COO and CPO Thales Group, former CEO of Thales Alenia Space Philippe Harache (MBA), Former Deputy CEO of Eurocopter/ Airbus Helicopters, largest helicopter manufacturer globally. John Holland-Kaye (MBA), CEO, Heathrow Airport Holdings (2014-2023) Dominik Asam (MBA), CFO of SAP, Former CFO Airbus Eva Berneke (MBA 1995), CEO of Eutelsat Tony Wood (MBA), former CEO Rolls-Royce Aerospace, former CEO of Meggitt, Board member of Airbus Khalid Al Kaf (Executive MBA), COO Yahsat Benoît Habert (MBA 1996), Deputy CEO of Dassault Group (2000-now) Michael Wee (Executive MBA), Group President of Asia Pacific, Parker Hannifin Corporation Philip Chen (IEP), former CEO of Cathay Pacific, CEO of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines
Chemical and other industrial Jean-Pierre Berghmans, INSEAD MBA, CEO of Lhoist Group Michael Pragnell (MBA), founder and CEO, Syngenta (2000-2007), Former CEO of Zeneca Agrochemicals (1995-2000) Cees van Lede (MBA), former chairman and CEO, Akzo Nobel Mikael Staffas (MBA 1992), CEO Boliden (2018-current) Benoit Potier (AMP), CEO of Air Liquide Nicolas Changeur (MBA), CEO for services & solutions and chief marketing officer, member of executive committee, Aperam
Corporate services Charles Alexander Portes (MBA), Founder of ESR Group Raj Singh (MBA), Managing Partner, JLL Spark Mark Read (MBA 1993), CEO of WPP Arthur Sadoun (MBA 1997), CEO of Publicis. Colin Dyer (MBA), former CEO of JLL Rui Bastos (MBA) Ernst & Young Global Risk Leader Josep M. Gascón, Generalitat of Catalonia, Business Ambassadorddg, barcelona | (2012-04-21). "Ambaixadors per posicionar l'economia catalana al món". Diari de Girona
Consumer goods and services Reinold Geiger (MBA 1976), Austrian billionaire and Chairman of L'Occitane en Provence Patrick Cescau (MBA), Former CEO of Unilever, Chairman of InterContinental Hotels Group. Antoine Arnault (MBA), billionaire CEO of Christian Dior SE. Lindsay Owen-Jones (MBA), Chairman of L'Oréal Adam Goldstein (MBA), Former CEO of Royal Caribbean International, President and COO of Royal Caribbean Group. Grégoire de Spoelberch (MBA), Board member of Anheuser-Busch InBev Niels B. Christiansen (MBA 1991), CEO of The Lego Group. Barbara Martin Coppola (MBA 2005), CEO of Decathlon Jan Derck van Karnebeek (MBA), CEO of FrieslandCampina Emma Adamo (MBA), Director of Associated British Foods. Eugene Willemsen (Executive MBA), Chief Executive Officer, Africa, Middle East, South Asia and International Beverages, PepsiCo Finn Rausing (MBA), billionaire Co-Owner of Tetra Laval. Roland Krueger (MBA 1998), CEO of Dyson Hubert Sagnières (MBA), former CEO of Essilor, Vice-chairman of EssilorLuxottica