The Yale School of Management Leaders Forum brings together current leaders in the private, public, and nonprofit world and Yale SOM students in discussions on the challenges and opportunities facing business and society today.

You can listen to or download discussions from past speakers below.

2007-2008
2006-2007
2005-2006
2004-2005
2003-2004
2002-2003
2001-2002
2000-2001

 

2007-2008

Verne O. Sedlacek
President & CEO
Commonfund
April 1, 2008

John F. (Jack) Perkowski YC ’70
Chairman & CEO
ASIMCO Technologies
March 26, 2008

George Green YC '60
President & CEO
Hearst Magazines International
February 12, 2008

David L. Calhoun
Chairman of the Executive Board & CEO
The Nielsen Company
January 29, 2008

Video
MP3

Richard L. Kauffman YC '79, '83
CEO & President
Good Energies, Inc.
November 27, 2007

Video
MP3

Robert Simonds '85
Founder & Producer
The Robert Simonds Company
October 16, 2007

David Jackson '93
Chief Executive Officer
Istithmar
September 25, 2007

Video
MP3

Laura S. Scher YC '80
Chairman & CEO
Working Assets
Confirmed

2006-2007

Gary Loveman
Chairman, CEO & President
Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.
May 1, 2007

Richard L. Sandor
Chairman & CEO
Chicago Climate Exchange Inc.
February 22, 2007

DSL/Cable/LAN
Dial-up Modem
MP3

Frederick W. Smith
Chairman, President &CEO
FedEx Corporation
December 5, 2006

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Carlos Ghosn
President & CEO
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
President & CEO
Renault S.A.S.
November 28, 2006

DSL/Cable/LAN
Dial-up Modem
MP3

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.
Chairman & CEO
WL Ross & Co., LLC
November 21, 2006

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MP3

2005-2006

Bruce Wasserstein
CEO
Lazard LLC
September 29, 2005

DSL/Cable/LAN
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MP3

Roland Betts
Chairman
Chelsea Piers Management, Inc.
November 2, 2005

DSL/Cable/LAN
Dial-up Modem
MP3

William Parrett
CEO
Deloitte
December 8, 2005

Craig R. Barrett
Chairman of the Board
Intel Corporation
February 22, 2006

DSL/Cable/LAN
Dial-up Modem

Herbert M. Allison
Chairman, President & CEO
TIAA-CREF
March 23, 2006

DSL/Cable/LAN
Dial-up Modem
MP3

David Wessel
R. Peter Straus ’44 Lecturer
Deputy Washington Bureau Chief & Columnist
The Wall Street Journal
April 18, 2006

DSL/Cable/LAN
Dial-up Modem
MP3

 

2004-2005

David Sanger
R. Peter Straus ’44 Lecturer
White House Correspondent
The New York Times

Alan G. Lafley
Chairman, President &CEO
The Procter & Gamble Company

DSL/Cable/LAN - Real / Windows Media
Dial-up Modem - Real / Windows Media
MP3

Stephen A. Schwarzman
President & CEO
The Blackstone Group L.P.
Chairman
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

DSL/Cable/LAN - Real /Windows Media
Dial-up Modem - Real / Windows Media
MP3

Ian Davis
Managing Director
McKinsey & Company

DSL/Cable/LAN - Real / Windows Media
Dial-up Modem - Real / Windows Media
MP3

Millard S. Drexler
Chairman & CEO
J. Crew Group, Inc.

Anne M. Mulcahy
Chairman & CEO
Xerox Corporation

DSL/Cable/LAN - Real / Windows Media
Dial-up Modem - Real / Windows Media
MP3

Michael H. Jordan
Chairman & CEO
Electronic Data Systems Corporation

DSL/Cable/LAN - Real / Windows Media
Dial-up Modem - Real / Windows Media
MP3

Susan V. Berresford
President
The Ford Foundation

DSL/Cable/LAN - Real / Windows Media
Dial-up Modem - Real / Windows Media
MP3

 

2003-2004

Reuben Mark
Chairman & CEO
Colgate Palmolive
September 25, 2003

DSL/Cable/LAN
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MP3

Ellen Futter
President
American Museum of Natural History
September 30, 2003

DSL/Cable/LAN
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MP3

Ronald Williams
President
Aetna, Inc.
October 9, 2003

DSL/Cable/LAN
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Carlos Ghosn
President & CEO
Nissan
November 12, 2003

DSL/Cable/LAN
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MP3

Thomas Friedman
Foreign Affairs Columnist
The New York Times
December 2, 2003

DSL/Cable/LAN
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MP3

Debra Lee
President & COO
Black Entertainment Television
December 4, 2003

DSL/Cable/LAN
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MP3

Raymond Gilmartin
President, Chairman, & CEO
Merck & Co., Inc.
January 29, 2004

DSL/Cable/LAN
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Eugene O’Kelly
Chairman & CEO
KPMG LLP
February 4, 2004

Kenneth Chenault
Chairman & CEO
American Express
February 10, 2004

DSL/Cable/LAN
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MP3

Jeffrey Immelt
Chairman & CEO
General Electric Company
February 17, 2004

DSL/Cable/LAN
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MP3

Douglas Daft
Chairman & CEO
The Coca Cola Company
Coca-Cola World Fund Lecture
Joint with the Yale Center for
International and Area Studies
March 31, 2004


2002-2003

Indra Nooyi, Yale SOM '80
President & Chief Financial Officer
PepsiCo, Inc.
September 12, 2002

DSL/Cable/LAN
Dial-up Modem
MP3

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe
Vice Chairman & CEO
Nestlé S.A.
October 9, 2002

DSL/Cable/LAN
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Dennis Archer
President-Elect
American Bar Association
October 29, 2002

DSL/Cable/LAN
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Roland W. Betts
Chairman
Chelsea Piers Management, Inc.
October 30, 2002

DSL/Cable/LAN
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Ewald Kist
Chairman
ING Group
November 14, 2002

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Shelly Lazarus
Chairman & CEO
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
March 26, 2003

2001-2002

Ellen Hancock
Former Chairman & CEO
Exodus Communications
September 26, 2001

Eric Benhamou
Chairman of the Board
3Com Corporation
October 3, 2001

Audio

Earl Graves
Chairman & CEO
Earl G. Graves, Ltd.
October 24, 2001

Audio

Sir Martin Sorrell
Group Chief Executive
WPP Group
November 6, 2001

Audio

Ralph Shrader
Chairman & CEO
Booz Allen & Hamilton
November 13, 2001

Audio

Stephen Butler
Chairman & CEO
KPMG
November 15, 2001

Audio

David Komansky
Chairman & CEO
Merrill Lynch
November 28, 2001

Audio

Peter Bell
President & CEO
CARE
January 24, 2002

Audio

Thomas Friedman
Foreign Affairs Columnist
New York Times
February 21, 2002

Audio

Jim Wolfensohn
President
The World Bank
April 3, 2002

Audio

 

2000-2001

Sir Leon Brittan
Vice President, UBS Warburg
Former Vice President, the European Commission
October 3, 2000

Audio

George Soros
President & Chairman
Soros Fund Management LLC
October 10, 2000

Audio

Harvey Golub
Chairman & CEO
American Express Company
October 11, 2000

Audio

William C. Ford, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
Ford Motor Company
November 29, 2000

Audio

Raymond Gilmartin
Chairman, President & CEO
Merck & Company, Inc.
November 30, 2000

Audio

Candice Carpenter
Co-founder & Chairperson
iVillage.com
February 20, 2001

Audio

Michael Dell
Chairman & CEO
Dell Computer Corporation
April 6, 2001

Audio