University of Chicago Booth School of Business
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| Type | Private graduate business school |
| Established | 1898 |
Parent institution | University of Chicago |
| Accreditation | AACSB |
| Endowment | $1.034 billion |
| Dean | Madhav V. Rajan |
Academic staff | ca 200 |
| Postgraduates | 3,297 |
| Location | , , USA |
| Colors | Maroon and Grey |
| Website | chicagobooth |
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (branded as Chicago Booth) is the graduate business school of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1898, Chicago Booth is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and is associated with 10 Nobel laureates in the Economic Sciences, more than any other business school in the world. Booth is part of the M7 group of business schools recognized as having strong MBA programs, that are often highly-ranked in US MBA rankings.
Notable Chicago Booth alumni include James O. McKinsey, founder of McKinsey & Company; Peter G. Peterson, co-founder of Blackstone; Susan Wagner, co-founder of Blackrock; Eric Kriss, co-founder of Bain Capital; Satya Nadella, current CEO of Microsoft; and other current and former CEOs of Fortune 500 companies such as Allstate Insurance, Booz Allen Hamilton, Cargill, Chevron, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Credit Suisse, Dominos, Goldman Sachs, IBM, Morgan Stanley, Morningstar, PIMCO, Reckitt Benckiser, and Starbucks.