Stanford Graduate School of Business, also known as Stanford Business School or Stanford GSB, is one of the top business schools in the world, and part of Stanford University. It is well known for producing entrepreneurial business leaders who work well in teams. It is located in the state of California in the United States.
Stanford GSB has approximately 370 students in its full-time two-year MBA program. The school also offers a one-year MS in Business for accomplished mid-career executives, and a Ph.D. program.
The current Dean of the Business School is Robert Joss.
In North America a businessschool is often understood to be a university graduate school which offers a Master of Business Administration or equivalent degree.
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, founded in 1881 was the first undergraduate businessschool.
It claims to be the first businessschool to have a Nobel laureate on its faculty: George Stigler won the prize after retiring from the school in 1981.
The Stanford Graduate School of Business (also known as StanfordBusinessSchool or Stanford GSB) is one of the professional schools of Stanford University, in Stanford, California.
The school operates with an annual budget of $110 million, and is the second wealthiest businessschool in the nation with an estimated endowment of over $750 million, roughly tied with Harvard BusinessSchool in per capita endowment.
The school was ranked #2 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report in 2006, having spent most of the late 1990's and early 2000's at #1.