page_title: List of University of Birmingham alumni
section_title: Business and entrepreneurship
hierarchical_section_title: List of University of Birmingham alumni / Business and entrepreneurship
caption_attribution_description: English: Mo Ibrahim, Sudanese-born British mobile communications entrepreneur, billionaire and founder of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, at the 2007 World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town
context_page_description: This is a list of notable alumni related to the University of Birmingham and its predecessors, Mason Science College and Queen's College, Birmingham. Excluded from this list are those people whose only connection with Birmingham University is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
context_section_description: Chris Banks, Managing Director of Coca-Cola Great Britain
  Mike Coupe, CEO of J Sainsbury plc
  George Davis, fashion designer and retailer, founded Next, George at Asda and Per Una
  Mark Edwards, CEO of Mformation
  Mo Ibrahim, Sudanese-British mobile communications entrepreneur, founder of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation (PhD and later research fellow)
  Sir Alex Jarratt, Chairman and CEO of Reed International Limited, Chairman of Smiths Industries plc, the fifth Chancellor of Birmingham University (BComm)
  Sir John Jennings, Chancellor of Loughborough University, Chairman of the Shell Transport and Trading Company plc 1993-97
  Gerald Rusgrove Mills, publisher who established the publishing company Mills & Boon
  Adam Osborne, founder of the Osborne Computer Corporation
  Keith Palmer, leader in public and private partnerships in international development (BSc Geology, 1968; PhD, 1971)
  Sir Ian Prosser, British businessman
  Jim Ratcliffe, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of the Ineos chemicals group
  Jim Reid-Anderson, Chairman, President and CEO of Six Flags
  Amanda Ross, Joint Managing Director of Cactus TV
  Michael Acton Smith, CEO, Creative Director and founder of online games developer and entertainment company Mind Candy
  Cilla Snowball, Group Chairman and Group Chief Executive of AMV BBDO
  M.V. Subbiah, former executive chairman of the Murugappa Group, Chairman National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) of India
  Sir Clive Thompson, former President of the Confederation of British Industry
  Sir George Turnbull, UK automobile executive
  Mary Turner, CEO of Koovs
  Sir Peter Walters, CEO and chairman of British Petroleum
  Sir Hossein Yassaie, Chief Executive of Imagination Technologies (BSc 1979; PhD, 1983)
caption: Mo Ibrahim
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