Business Community
Access a thriving economy. The Northwest is a hotbed of innovators and big thinkers — Amazon.com, Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco, RealNetworks, Washington Mutual — and an incubation site for start-ups bound to be the next big thing. Regardless of the company size or sector, you can find UW MBA graduates at the center of the action. See UW MBA hiring firms in the Northwest and beyond.
Global opportunities abound in Seattle. Seattle’s Pacific Rim location offers an ideal setting to explore international business issues. Washington is headquarters for nine Fortune 500 firms and home to hundreds of diverse global companies — from aerospace and biomedical to technology, financial services, retail, and international trade. As the closest major U.S. port to Asia, Seattle is poised for future economic growth.
Meet influential leaders. You’ll find activities, speakers, forums, events, and seminars that enrich your connections to businesses and the community. Meet some of the 200 business executives and representatives from MBA employers who provide advice and direction through UW Business School’s 12 advisory boards.
Gain a leader’s view on business from CEOs and senior executives who participate in the UW MBA Mentor program.
Leverage alumni connections. The UW Business School has nearly 9,300 MBA alumni around the globe, with nearly 4,700 in the Seattle area alone. Across the entire UW Business School, alumni now number nearly 44,000 worldwide!
Many UW Business School alumni have become the presidents, CEOs, chairpersons, managing partners or directors of leading national and international organizations. Alumni know the way to grow the School’s reputation is to help other graduates succeed:
- After demonstrating the quality of the program at work, graduates often encourage their companies to hire other UW MBA interns and graduates
- Alumni connect with MBA students for mentoring, social networking, and access to career opportunities
- As alums attain higher levels of success and influence, they raise the status of the UW MBA degree for more recent graduates
Alumni build economies. Alumni of the UW Business School have made a powerful economic impact: they have founded 3,450 companies that employ more than 293,000 people nationwide (181,000 in Washington) and generate more than $82 billion in revenue [source: 2006 alumni survey].
