List of entities founded by University of Michigan alumni

Entity	Logo	Ticker	Co-Founder	School
American Management Systems, Inc.	In 2002, AMS had approximately 6300 employees, 986 million in revenue and 21 million in income and 51 offices worldwide.		Patrick Gross	COE
Anixter International and Equity Office Properties	Anixter International (NYSE: AXE) is a Fortune 600 (#509, Fortune 2006) company. In 2005, the company had $3.8 billion in revenue with a global presence that includes 200 locations in 45 countries (180 different cities).Equity Office Properties represented the 2nd largest aggregretion of property in the US...second only to the U.S. government.	.	Sam Zell	LAW
American Basketball Association		NA	Richard Tinkham	LAW
Avis Rent a Car		CAR	Warren E. Avis
Borders Books		BGP	Louis Borders and Tom Borders	LS&A
Cushman & Wakefield	75_Rockefeller_Plaza_by_David_Shankbone.jpg	Private	Louis Cushman
Fred Alger Management	The firm has some $10 billion in assets under management. Fred Alger Management was founded in 1964 by Fred Alger, class of 1958.	Private	David Alger	BUS
Devon Energy			J. Larry Nichols	LAW
Domino's Pizza			Tom Monaghan	MDNG
DoubleClick		Acquired by Google	Kevin O’Connor	COE
eGroups		Acquired by Yahoo in 2000 for $413 million in Yahoo Stock	Carl Page	COE
Esquire Magazine		*	Arnold Gingrich	LS&A
Federal Express			Roger Frock	BUS
GeoCities		Acquired by Yahoo! in 1999 for $3.57 billion	David Bohnett	BUS
Google		,	Larry Page	COE
Guardian Industries	With more than 60 facilities on five continents, Guardian primarily produces float glass and fabricated glass products for the automobile and construction markets. It also makes architectural glass, fiberglass, and automotive trim parts.	Private	William Davidson	BUS
H&R Block			Henry Bloch	LS&A
Helzberg Diamonds	One of the largest national jewelry chains, the company operates more than 260 stores in 37 states.	Acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in 1995	Barnett Helzberg	BUS
Juniper Networks Inc.	A computer networking entity with a $14 billion market capitalization JNPR	*	Sreeram Veeragandham	BUS
Landmine Survivors Network	Member of coalition which won 1997 Nobel Peace Prize	Not for Profit	Jerry White	BUS
Leo Burnett Company	Worldwide, it handles 8 of the top 10 consumer brands. In 2002, Leo Burnett became part of the Publicis Groupe, the fourth largest communications company in the world.	Acquired by Publicis PUB	Leo Burnett	LS&A
Lilly Endowment Inc.	Lilly Endowment Inc., headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana is one of the world's largest private philanthropic foundations and the third largest such endowment in the United States.	Not for Profit	Josiah K. Lilly Jr.
Loews Corporation		(	Preston Tisch	LS&A
The Mayo Clinic		Not for Profit	William James Mayo	MED
Merrill Lynch			Charles Merrill	LAW
NASA		Not for Profit	William G. Dow	COE
New Line Cinema		NYSE: TWX	Robert Shaye	BUS
ProQuest	ProQuest still publishes so many dissertations that its digital dissertations collection has been declared the official U.S. off-site repository of the Library of Congress.	Acquired by Bell & Howell	Eugene B. Power	BUS
Robertson, Stephens & Company	Robertson Stephens was founded in 1978, and grew to become a leading, international major-bracket investment banking firm. As of 1998, the firm had raised $40 billion for growth companies in over 700 public equity and convertible transactions, and advised companies on over 270 merger and acquisition transactions worth over $29 billion. The firm's 50 equity research analysts provide coverage of 592 public companies.	Acquired by Bank of America in 1997 for $540 million	Sanford Robertson	BUS
Science Applications International Corporation			John Robert Beyster	COE
Scientific Games Corporation	*		John Koza	COE
Skunk Works	Skunkworks-logo.jpg‎	LMT	Clarence “Kelly” Johnson	COE
Skype		Acquired by eBay in 2005 $2.6 billion	Niklas Zennstrom	COE
Stryker Corporation			Dr. Homer Stryker	MED
Sun Microsystems			Bill Joy	COE
Syntel			Bharat Desai	BUS
Taubman Centers	Taubman was founded in 1950 by real estate pioneer A. Alfred Taubman. The company stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in 1992 (NYSE:TCO) as a Real Estate Investment Trust.		Alfred Taubman	MDNG/ARCH
Tishman Realty & Construction	The company is managed by John Tishman of whom it was said: "...we take note that he is the first and only builder in history to head the teams that constructed three 100-story towers—indeed, the first three supertall buildings in history: the John Hancock Building in Chicago and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.”	Private	John Tishman	COE
United Talent Agency	Located in Beverly Hills, California, it is considered one of the "big five" talent agencies in Hollywood along with the Creative Artists Agency, International Creative Management, Endeavor Agency, and William Morris Agency.	Private	Peter Benedict	LS&A
The Upjohn Company	In 1995, Upjohn merged with Pharmacia AB, to form Pharmacia & Upjohn. Today, through a series of mergers, the remainder of Upjohn is owned by Pfizer.	Acquired by Pfizer PFE	Dr. William E. Upjohn	MED
United Nations	Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg	Not for Profit	Arthur H. Vandenberg	LAW
Walgreen's		WAG	Charles Walgreen	PHARM
Wasserstein Perella & Co.	Bruce Wasserstein left the firm in 2002 to head Lazard.	Acquired by Dresdner Bank in 2000 for $1.5 billion	Bruce Wasserstein	LS&A
Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (or The WELL)		Not for Profit	Larry Brilliant	SPH
World Wide Web	200	Not for Profit	Robert Cailliau while at CERN	COE

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