View From The Top
Be Inspired.
Supported in part by the F. Kirk Brennan Speaker Series Fund, View From The Top, the Dean’s premier speaker series, brings well-respected leaders from a variety of business, government and social sectors, and from around the world to share their personal reflections and insights on effective leadership with the Stanford Graduate School of Business community. Speakers typically discuss their personal core values, share their lessons learned and their recipe for effective leadership, including reflection on career and life choices.
Event Information
Dates: various dates throughout the academic year
Time: noon-1:00 p.m. (unless indicated)
Location: CEMEX Auditorium, Knight Management Center (unless indicated)
Admission: Free and open to the Stanford community, no tickets required unless specified
Questions: Contact leadership@gsb.stanford.edu
Past Speakers
2013-2014
- Richard Fairbank, Capital One (10/7)
- Carlos Brito, Anheuser-Busch InBev (11/7)
- Carlos Ghosn, Renault-Nissan Alliance (1/7)
- General Stanley McChrystal (1/28)
- Marc Andreessen, Andreessen Horowitz (3/4)
- Thomas Friedman, New York Times (3/13)
- Anne Sweeney, Disney-ABC Television Group (4/8)
- Oprah Winfrey (4/16)
- Ajay Banga, MasterCard (4/24)
- Mary Barra, General Motors (5/1)
- Mindy Grossman, HSN, Inc. (5/13)
- Ron Johnson, JCPenney & Apple (5/19)
2012-2013
- Andrew Mason, Groupon (10/4)
- Millard Drexler, J.Crew (11/12)
- Steve Ballmer, Microsoft (11/15)
- Ratan Tata, Tata Group (2/4)
- Arthur Levinson, Genentech, Apple (2/19)
- John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (3/7)
- Jeff Smisek, United Continental Holdings, Inc. (3/11)
- Thomas Keller, Chef, Restaurateur, Writer (4/8)
- Al Gore (4/23)
- Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell, WME (4/25)
- Jack Dorsey, Twitter, Square (5/2)
- Michelle Rhee, StudentsFirst (5/6)
- Kenneth Chenault, American Express, Roanak Desai Memorial (5/14)
2011-2012
- Richard Fairbank, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Capital One, (10/4)
- Bill George, former Chairman & CEO, Medtronic (11/14)
- Kent Thiry, Chairman & CEO, Davita Inc., (11/17)
- Ian Davis, former Managing Director, McKinsey & Company (12/5)
- Alvaro Uribe, Former President of Colombia (2/14)
- Stanley McChrystal, General, US Army, Ret (2/16)
- Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Chairman, Ferrari (4/24)
- Vikram Pandit, CEO, Citigroup Inc. (4/30), Roanak Desai Memorial
- Thomas Friedman, Foreign Affairs Columnist, NY Times, (5/10)
- Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey, (5/23)
- Doug Oberhelman, Chairman and CEO, Caterpillar, (5/24)
- Khalid A. Al-Falih, President and CEO, Saudi Aramco (6/1)
2010-2011
- Don Valentine, Founder, Sequoia Capital (10/5)
- Peter Löscher, President and CEO, Siemens AG (11/2)
- Carlos Brito, CEO, Anheuser-Busch InBev (11/4)
- Duncan Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext (12/2)
- Alan Mulally, President and CEO, Ford Motor Company (2/3)
- Jeff Smisek, President and CEO, United Airlines (4/26)
- Meg Whitman, Former CEO, eBay (5/5)
- Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO, Disney (5/24), Roanak Desai Memorial
2009-2010
- Richard Fairbank, Chairman and CEO, Capital One (10/16)
- Richard Kovacevich, Chairman, Well Fargo (11/5)
- Andrea Jung, Chairman and CEO, Avon (11/9)
- John Doerr, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers (11/19)
- Carlos Ghosn, President and CEO, Nissan and Renault (1/12)
- John Mackey, Chairman and CEO, Whole Foods (1/26)
- Condoleeza Rice, Former U.S. Secretary of State (2/18)
- Kenneth Chennault, Chairman and CEO, American Express (3/1)
- Ted Turner, Chairman, United Nations Foundation (4/21)
- Jonathan Reckford, CEO, Habitat for Humanity (4/27)
- Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO, GE (5/25), Roanak Desai Memorial
Contact: If your organization's most senior-level leader would like to participate in the series, please contact Liz Walker.
Pictured above (left to right): Ken Mehlman, Meg Whitman, Carlos Guitterez, Jack Welch, Anne Mulcahy, and Al Gore.