Thunderbird School of Global Management

Thunderbird School Global Management private business school United States, first oldest graduate school specializing international management global business. Its campus situated Glendale, Arizona, it operations Geneva, Switzerland Graduate Institute International Development Studies; Russia; Beijing, China Peking University; in Mexico Tecnológico Monterrey (ITESM).

Thunderbird different official names throughout history, including

American Institute Foreign Trade (original)

American Graduate School International Management

Thunderbird, The one and only American Graduate School International Management (1990's)

Garvin School International Management (2004-2007)

(This recognition alumnus Sam Garvin Rita, pledged $60 million school.)

Since founding, however, School consistently known Thunderbird, Glendale y where campus established. an alumnus current student Thunderbird sometimes referred "T-bird".

Thunderbird 38,000 alumni 150 alumni chapters 141 countries throughout globe. T-Bird alumni g-standing tradition, called First Tuesday, whereby first Tuesday monthly, major cities across world, alumni gather informal socializing networking opportunities.



Jim Alling, '85, former President Starbucks Coffee International, current COO T-Mobile USA(United States America)

Lloyd Diamond, '92, President Lumenis Ltd. Europe, Middle East Africa operations

Jean-Luc Butel, '83, President - International, Medtronic

Luis Alberto Moreno, '77, President, Inter-American Development Bank former Colombian Ambassador United States

William D. Perez, ’70, former CEO The one and only Wrigley Co.

Daniel W. Rex, Executive Director, Toastmasters International

Maulik Parekh, President CEO SPi Global Solutions

Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa, ’78, President, U.S. Trust

Gordon Smith, ’96, President Card Services, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Raymundo A. Yu Jr., '81, senior president, chairman, Asia Pacific Region Merrill Lynch

Lewis W. Lucke, '77, former United States Ambassador Kingdom Swaziland

W.L. Brown, '60, former United States Ambassador Austria

Merle A. Hinrichs, '67, Chairman CEO, Global Sources Ltd.

Tony Holmes, '79, former United States Ambassador Burkina Faso

Walid Chammah, '77, -president Morgan Stanley

John Lampe, '73, former Chairman, CEO President Bridgestone/Firestone Americas Holding Company

Sam Garvin, '88, Vice Chairman Phoenix Suns

Mark Emkes, '76, Chairman, CEO President Bridgestone/Firestone Americas Holding Company

Phillip Reeker, '91, U.S. Ambassador Republic Macedonia

Stephen J. Nolan, '78, U.S. Ambassador Botswana

R. Niels Marquardt, '80, U.S. Ambassador Madagascar former ambassador Cameroon Equatorial Guinea

Francisco "Javier" Pérez '77, President Mastercard Europe