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Sorry, couldn't wait for your response so I figured I'd give you some more. Here's a list of notable businessmen and women who graduated from USC (please don't tell anyone else that USC doesn't have a college, I'd hate to see all of these very successful, very powerful people lose their incredibly well-paying jobs):
* Richard Allred (B.S.) - Founder and President of Toes on the Nose
* Dan Bane (B.S. 1969) - Chairman and CEO of Trader Joe's
* Thomas Barrack Jr. (B.A. 1969) - CEO of Colony Capital - "World's Best Real Estate Investor" (Fortune)
* Marc Benioff (B.S.B.A. 1986) - Founder and CEO of Salesforce.com
* David Bohnett (B.S.B.A. 1978) - Founder and former CEO of Geocities.com
* Stephen Bridge (M.S.) - CEO of Frontier Technology Inc.
* Jerry Buss (Ph.D. 1957) - Owner of Los Angeles Lakers
* Simon Cao (M.S.E.E. 1987, Ph.D. 1990) - Co-founder of Avanex
* Henry Caruso (B.S.B.A.) - Founder of Dollar Rent-A-Car
* Rick Caruso (B.S.) - CEO of Caruso Affiliated, "Developer of the Year" (LA Business Journal)
* Alan Casden (B.S. 1968) - Chairman and CEO of Casden Properties
* Yang Ho Cho (M.B.A. 1979) - President and CEO of Korean Airlines
* Richard W. "Dick" Cook (B.A. 1972) - Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios
* Scott Cook (B.A. 1974) - Co-founder and chairman of Intuit, Inc.
* Kenneth C. Dahlberg (M.S.E.E. 1969) - President and CEO of Science Applications International Corporation
* Feng Deng (M.S.C.E. 1993) - Co-founder of NetScreen Technologies, Inc. (acquired by Juniper Networks in 2004)
* Chris DeWolfe (M.B.A. 1997) - Co-founder of MySpace and current CEO
* Vic Edelbrock, Jr. (B.S.B.A. 1959) - President and CEO of Edelbrock Automotive
* Daniel Epstein (B.S. 1962) - Chairman and CEO of ConAm Management Corporation
* Larry Flax (J.D. 1971) - Co-founder of California Pizza Kitchen
* Carlo Gancia (M.A. in Economics) - Co-owner of the Forti Formula One team
* Steve Goodall (B.S., M.B.A.) - President of J.D. Power and Associates
* Stanley Gold (J.D. 1967) - President & CEO of Shamrock Holdings
* Ricardo Guise (B.S.B.A. 1982) - President of World Screen News Inc.
* Jerry Heller (B.S.B.A. 1963) - Co-founder and CEO of Ruthless Records
* Thomas Hicks (M.B.A 1970) - Partner at Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst. Part-owner of Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers.
* Ming Hsieh (B.S.E.E. 1983, M.S.E.E. 1984) - President and Founder of Cogent Systems
* Hyekyung "Shelly" Hwang - Founder of Pinkberry Yogurt Chain.
* Bradley Wayne Hughes (B.S.B.A. 1957) - Founder of Public Storage
* Ray R. Irani (Ph.D. 1957) - CEO of Occidental Petroleum
* James Jannard - Founder of Oakley Sunglasses
* Suzanne Nora Johnson (B.S. 1979) - Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs.
* Bruce Karatz (J.D. 1970) - Chairman and CEO of KB Homes
* Brian Kennedy - President of Regency Outdoor Advertising. Major USC Football donor (e.g. Brian Kennedy Field).
* Ken Klein (B.S.B.M., B.S.E.E. 1982) - Chairman, president and CEO of Wind River
* Richard Knerr (B.S.) - Co-Founder of Wham-O; the creators of the Hula Hoop, Frisbee, and Superball
* Terrence Lanni (B.S., M.B.A. 1967) - Chairman and CEO of MGM Mirage
* Jack Lindquist (B.A. 1950) - Former president of Disneyland
* Christopher D. Lischewski (B.S. 1982, M.B.A 1986) - President and CEO of Bumble Bee Foods
* Bryan Lourd - (B.A. 1982) - CAA agent
* General William Lyon - Chairman and CEO of William Lyon Homes
* Michelle Manning - President of Production Paramount Pictures
* Mike Markkula (B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E.) - Former CEO and angel investor of Apple Computer, Inc.
* Frank McCourt Jr - Owner of Los Angeles Dodgers
* Bob McKnight (B.S.B.A. 1976) - Founder and Chairman/CEO of Quiksilver
* Arthur Melin (B.S.) - Co-Founder of Wham-O
* Brian Mulligan - Former chairman of Fox Television
* Charles Ogilvie - Founder Virgin America / Chief Architect of Red, Virgin America’s award winning Inflight Entertainment System. Currently Executive Director China for Panasonic
* Igor Olenicoff - CEO of Olen Properties
* Paul Orfalea - Founder of Kinko's
* Andrall Pearson - Founder of Yum! Brands, Inc.
* Felipe Prestamo - Vice President of Goldman Sachs
* Sol Price (J.D. 1957) - Founder of Price Club (now Costco)
* Charles Prince (B.A. 1971, M.A. 1975, J.D. 1975) - Former Chairman and CEO of Citigroup
* Linda Johnson Rice (B.A. 1980) - President and CEO of Johnson Publishing
* D. Kenneth Richardson - President Emeritus, Hughes Electronics
* Jim Rogers (L.L.M. 1963) - Chairman and CEO of Sunbelt Communications
* Edward P. Roski (B.S. 1962) - Chairman and CEO of Majestic Realty Co., part owner of the Los Angeles Kings and Los Angeles Lakers
* Frank Rothman - Former chairman and CEO of MGM studios and nationally known trial attorney
* Alan Safahi - CEO and Founder of Card Express Inc. , a leading prepaid debit card processor and Zip Zap, Inc. , a pioneering online payment processor for digital contents.
* Rudi Schmidt (B.A. 1974) - CFO of Horizon Airlines
* Steve Saleen - CEO and Founder of Saleen Performance, Inc.
* Robert Selleck - Real Estate Developer and President of Selleck Properties
* Jeff Smulyan (B.S. 1969, J.D. 1972) - Founder and CEO of Emmis Communications
* Andrew Viterbi (Ph.D. 1962) - Co-Founder of Qualcomm
* Mark Stevens (B.S.E.E. 1981, B.A.ECON 1981, M.S.CENG 1984) - Partner at Sequoia Capital. Forbes Midas List member.
* Ronald Tutor - President/CEO of Tutor-Saliba Corp.
* Rick Wetzel - Co-Founder and President of Wetzel's Pretzels
* Craig Winn - Founder of the Dynasty and Value America companies. Author of the books Prophet of Doom and Tea With Terrorists
* Jon R. Winthrop - Chairman and CEO of The Air Group, Inc.
* Walter Zifkin (J.D. 1961) - CEO of William Morris Agency
* Richard Ziman (B.S. 1964, J.D. 1967) - Chairman and CEO of Arden Realty
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