University of Chicago Booth School of Business

University of Chicago
Booth School of Business
Former name
  • College of Commerce and Politics (1898–1916)
  • School of Commerce and Administration (1916–1932)
  • School of Business (1932–1959
  • Graduate School of Business (1959–2008)
TypePrivate graduate business school
Established1898
Parent institution
University of Chicago
Endowment$1.034 billion
DeanMadhav V. Rajan
Academic staff
ca 200
Postgraduates3,297
Location
Chicago
,
Illinois
,
United States
ColorsMaroon and White
   
Websitechicagobooth.edu

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. 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.

Notable Chicago Booth alumni include James O. McKinsey, founder of McKinsey & Company; 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.

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