Here’s a partial list of notable creations by GSB alums, including DoorDash, crash carts, a giant truck, and Two-Buck Chuck.

63 innovations and the Stanford GSB alums behind them

Air Jordans
Phil Knight, MBA ’62, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike

Chevy Bolt
Mary Barra, MBA ’90, chair and CEO of GM, drove the company’s EV strategy.

24/7 mutual fund orders
Charles R. Schwab, MBA ’61, founder and former chairman of Charles Schwab ­Corporation

Kiva
Jessica Jackley, MBA ’07, co-founder of Kiva microlending

Trader Joe’s
Joe Coulombe, MBA ’54, founder and former CEO of Trader Joe’s

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Micheline Chau, MBA ’76, oversaw the show’s development as CEO of Lucasfilm.

Capital One credit card
Richard Fairbank, MBA ’81, founder, CEO, and chairman of Capital One

OkCupid
Sam Yagan, MBA ’05, co-founder and former CEO of OkCupid

Progresso Light soup
Kendall J. Powell, MBA ’79, former CEO and chairman of General Mills

400-ton payload truck
Glen Barton, SEP ’77, ­spearheaded the development of the Caterpillar 797 truck.

DoorDash
Tony Xu, MBA ’13, co-founder and CEO of DoorDash

OpenAI
Vinod Khosla, MBA ’80, founder of Khosla Ventures, an early and significant investor in OpenAI

TRX Suspension Trainer
Randy Hetrick, MBA ’03, founder and CEO of TRX

Sustainable homes in East Africa
Gayatri Datar, MBA ’14, co-founder and CEO of EarthEnable

Spell-check
Denis Coleman, PhD ’75, developed the first spellchecker for a microcomputer.

Acquired
David Rosenthal, MBA ’14, co-founder of the podcast Acquired

The $1.50 Costco hot dog
Richard Galanti, MBA ’82, former CFO of Costco, credited for its hot dog and roast chicken prices

SkinSpirit
Lynn Heublein, MBA ’91, co-founder and CEO of medspa SkinSpirit

Invisalign
Kelsey Wirth and Zia Chishti, both MBA ’97, co-founders of Align Technology

Minted
Mariam Naficy, MBA ’98, founder and CEO of Minted

The Bachelor
Andrea Wong, MBA ’93, developed The Bachelor as executive vice president at ABC.

DIY estate planning
Jennifer Xia Spradling and Patrick Schmitt, both MBA ’18, co-founders of FreeWill

Workday
Aneel Bhusri, MBA ’93, co-founder and executive chair of Workday

Corvette C7 Stingray
Tadge Juechter, MBA ’86, Corvette chief engineer

The HELOC
Barry Abbott, MBA ’77, helped develop the first home equity line product.

Portable infant incubators
Jane Chen, MBA ’08, co-founder of Embrace Global

The Beanie Babies craze
Jeffrey Skoll, MBA ’95, first president and full-time employee of eBay, which sold $500 million of the stuffed toys

John Madden Football
Trip Hawkins, MBA ’78, founder of Electronic Arts

Match.com
Gary Kremen, Simon Glinsky, Fran Maier, and John Neill, all MBA ’89, co-founders of Match.com

LA Opera
Warner Henry, MBA ’63, and his wife were key to the opera’s founding.

Liquid nitrogen–fueled ice cream machine
Robyn Sue Fisher, MBA ’07, founder and CEO of Smitten Ice Cream

Priority Mail
Ira D. Hall, MBA ’76, served as a United States Postal ­Service governor, where his model of customer offerings led to the creation of Priority Mail.

The first hospital “crash cart”
Elliott C. Farnsworth, MBA ’51, co-founder of a medical device company that made the first defibrillators, pacemakers, and heart monitors

StubHub
Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr, both MBA ’01, co-founders of StubHub

Leadership tips from Martha Stewart
David Rogier, MBA ’11, founder and CEO of MasterClass

M80 Stiletto stealth ship
Charles W. Robinson, MBA ’47, designed the M80, named the “Best Military Invention of 2006” by Time.­

Youku
Victor Koo, MBA ’94, CEO and co-founder of the “YouTube of China”

BabyCenter
Matt Glickman and Mark Selcow, both MBA ’93, co-founders of BabyCenter

2028 Los Angeles Olympics and Paralympics
Gene Sykes, MBA ’84, CEO for the LA bid committee and organizing ­committee for the ­Olympic and ­Paralympic Games

Coinstar
Jens Molbak, MBA ’90, founder of Coinstar

California’s largest shopping mall
Henry Segerstrom, MBA ’48, created South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa.

PayPal
Roelof Botha, MBA ’00, CFO of PayPal when it IPOed

Two-Buck Chuck
Charles Shaw, MBA ’71, creator and namesake of the fan-favorite Trader Joe’s wine

An early internet browser
Neil Larsen, MBA ’69, created the browser that morphed into Lynx, then Netscape, then Internet Explorer.

Blavity
Aaron Samuels, MBA ’18, co-founder of Blavity

Jell-O Jigglers
Dana Gioia, MBA ’77, created while vice president of marketing at General Foods.

Pocket Naloxone
Ashanthi Mathai, MBA ’04, co-founder and CEO of Pocket Naloxone

The first rotating baby car seat
Vivian Chang, MBA ’04, founder of Orbit Baby

Disneyland’s prime location
Harrison “Buzz” Price, MBA ’51, ­research economist who guided Walt Disney to pick locations for his theme parks

Sex and the City and The Sopranos
Jeffrey L. Bewkes, MBA ’77, headed HBO when it pioneered prestige TV.

Pringles
Arthur Rosenblum, Sloan ’69, helped launch ­Pringles in the U.S.

Victoria’s Secret
Roy Raymond, MBA ’71, co-founder of Victoria’s Secret

Mercado Libre
Marcos Galperin, Hernan Kazah, and Stelleo Tolda, all MBA ’99, co-founders of the Latin American e-commerce site

The AIDS Quilt
Mike Smith, MBA ’86, co-founder of the AIDS Memorial Quilt
 
Off-grid milk refrigerators
Jacqueline Novogratz, MBA ’91, founder of Acumen, an impact investing fund that backed this project in India

Defender video game
Eugene Jarvis, MBA ’86, designed the arcade games Defender and Robotron: 2084.

Xiaohongshu (RedNote)
Charlwin Mao, MBA ’13, co-founder and CEO of the Chinese social media and e-commerce platform

Bain & Company
Patrick Graham, MBA ’64, co-founder of Bain & Company

CEMEX
Lorenzo Zambrano Treviño, MBA ’68, former CEO and chairman of CEMEX

Peer-to-peer boat rentals
Jaclyn Baumgarten, MBA ’05, co-founder of Boatsetter

Joie de Vivre hotels
Chip Conley, MBA ’84, founder and former CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality

Trulia
Pete Flint and Sami Inkinen, both MBA ’05, co-founders of Trulia

The end of the Golden State Warriors’ 40-year championship drought
Joe Lacob, MBA ’83, co–executive chairman and CEO of the Golden State Warriors