New York University Stern School of Business
The Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University (often referred to as NYU Stern, The Stern School of Business, or just Stern) is the business school of New York University, which is a private research university with its main campus located in New York City. Stern School of Business, which began operations in the year 1900, is recognised as one of the world's oldest and most distinguished institutions of its kind. It may be found on Gould Plaza, right near to the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the economics department of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Stern was one among the first institutions to join the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Originally known as the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, the institution changed its name in 1988 to honour Leonard N. Stern, an alumnus of the school as well as a benefactor of the institution. At the undergraduate level, students may earn a Bachelor of Science in Business degree, and at the postgraduate level, they can earn a Master of Business Administration degree. Stern University accounted for 3.9 percent of hiring made by major investment banks in 2018, placing it first among US colleges for jobs in finance on Wall Street. In addition to this, the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) issued its worldwide rankings for the years 2017-2021, and Stern was placed first in the world for finance each and every year (ARWU).
Alumni of Stern include former Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States, Alan Greenspan; former CEO and current Chairman of Nasdaq, Robert Greifeld; Iceland's "first billionaire," Thor Bjorgolfsson; former CEO and Chairman of MetLife, John J. Creedon; former CEO of Viacom, Thomas E. Dooley; CFO of Pfizer, Alan Levin; President of DC Comics, Paul Levitz; and the founding financier of The Home Depot, Kenne Alumni of Stern include current and former CEOs of Fortune 500 companies such as American Express, the Berggruen Institute, Griffon Corporation, Wynn Resorts, the New York Stock Exchange, Lehman Brothers, Lord Abbett, Barnes & Noble, W. R. Berkley Corporation, McKinsey & Company, Chase Manhattan Bank, and CBS.