Warren Buffett| Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway;
Jack Cole|Founder of Cole Information Services;
Harry Culver| Founder and namesake of Culver City;
Vinod Gupta |Founder and Chairman of info GROUP/founder and namesake of Vinod Gupta School of Management at IIT Karagpur;
C. Edward McVaney |Founder of JD Edwards Corporation;
David Boles|author and blogger;
Willa Cather|novelist;
 Catherine Kidwell|novelist;