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Pauline from Uganda
Studying Accounting at Arizona State UniversityMy experience at ASU has been phenomenal. The campus is a global community. Engaging in student organizations, cultural events, and community service outings have helped me build a network of mentors and friends, learn about the world beyond my own, acquire new skills and improve my leadership skills.
Caio from Brazil
Studying Economics at Arizona State UniversityAt ASU, I have contact with multiple cultures on a daily basis, which is priceless. The opportunities that it opens up and the way it opens your mind has been amazing, and I am very glad to say that I have friends and professors from all over the world. I have made amazing friends from India, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Norway, France, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, and China so far.
Notable ASU alumni
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Kate Spade (USA)
Graduated:
In 1985 with a BA in Broadcasting
Lifetime achievements:
American fashion designer and businesswoman, she was the founder and former co-owner of the designer brand Kate Spade New York.
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Phil Mickelson (USA)
Graduated:
June 1992 from Arizona State University in Tempe with a BA in Psychology on a golf scholarship.
Lifetime achievements:
An American professional golfer. He has won 44 events on the PGA Tour, including five major championships: three Masters titles (2004, 2006, 2010), a PGA Championship (2005), and an Open Championship (2013).
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Reka Cseresnyes (Hungary)
Graduated:
In 1999 with a BS in Finance and Purchase/Logistic Management
Lifetime achievements:
Founder of SCR Sport in Budapest, Hungary and the first four-time All-American in Sun Devil women’s tennis history. In 2013, Cseresnyes was inducted into the Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Fame.
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Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori (UAE)
Graduated:
Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
Lifetime achievements:
An Emirati engineer and Minister of the Economy of the United Arab Emirates since 2008
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Ramon Laguarta (Spain)
Graduated:
In 1986 with a master’s degree in International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University
Lifetime achievements:
Became the chief executive officer (CEO) of PepsiCo on October 3, 2018.
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Venkat Nallapati (India)
Graduated:
In 2008 with an MBA in Global Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University
Lifetime achievements:
Founder & CEO of KryptoPal, KryptoPal is a blockchain-based platform / SDK, which can be integrated with different types of applications around the world to perform various cryptocurrency transactions.
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Ted Sarandos (USA)
Graduated:
A journalism major at Arizona State University in Tempe before leaving to pursue a film and television career.
Lifetime achievements:
Chief content officer for Netflix. Under his leadership, the company received 54 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations in 2016.
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Fatmir Sejdiu (Yugoslavia (now Kosovo))
Awarded:
The first recipient of the Arizona State University Distinguished Global Leadership Award from ASU’s Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement for his work in enhancing international and intercultural understanding through his professional endeavors.
Lifetime achievements:
The first President of Kosovo. Sejdiu was a professor of law at the University of Prishtina when he spent a semester in residence at ASU in 2003. He was among 17 participants from Kosovo who were part of an educational partnership administered by ASU’s Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies through a grant from the U.S. Department of State.
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Halla Tomasdottir (Iceland)
Graduated:
With an International Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University
Lifetime achievements:
CEO of The B Team, “a not-for-profit initiative formed by a global group of business leaders to catalyse a better way of doing business, for the wellbeing of people and the planet”.
