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Dean Biersch
Brewery executive
This international relations major parlayed his love for beer into
a successful business. He's co-founder and development VP for Gordon
Biersch Brewing Company. 
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Barry
Braverman
Theme park designer
Life after SF State has been an excellent adventure for this teaching-credential
recipient, the lead designer for California Adventure, Disney's newest
theme park. |
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Gregory
Fischbach
Video game executive
Video games were a slam-dunk for this one-time president of RCA Records
International. He went on to start Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., responsible
for bringing the top-selling NBA Jam to market. |
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Andreas
Glocker
Tech executive
After graduating with a degree in computer science, he founded Sirius
Connections, a Bay Area ISP that was top-rated for three years running
before its sale to Firstworld Corporation. |
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Mohan
Gyani
Telecommunications executive
He set out to become a petroleum engineer but found his true calling
in the business world. He played a key role in the IPO of AT&T
Wireless and went on to serve as president and CEO of the company's
Wireless Mobility Group. He's now CEO and chairman of Roamware. |
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Charles Hall
Inventor
When his master's project idea for a Jell-O chair flopped, he came
up with the idea for a water-filled vinyl mattress. Still popular
today, the waterbed is an indelible icon of the '70s. |
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Kishore Kripalani
Restaurateur
His new MBA in hand, he opened the Bay Area's first Gaylord India
Restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. The top-rated restaurant
now has locations worldwide.
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Chris
Larsen
Chairman and CEO
In 1993 this E-Loan co-founder was instrumental in passing California's
strong consumer financial privacy law. Today he is CEO of another
online lender, Prosper.com. |
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Paula
LeDuc
Business and community leader
After earning a master's degree in special education, she taught cooking
classes at the Living Skills Center for the Visually Impaired before
launching a second career, as head of Paula LeDuc Fine Catering. |
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Tom
Lehner
Director, public policy, association of chief executive officers
of leading U.S. companies
This political science grad served as Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator
Charles S. Robb of Virginia for seven years. Today he manages the
Corporate Governance Task Force and the Security Task Force for Business
Roundtable. |
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Yvonne
Lembi-Detert
Hotel owner
This owner of Personality Hotels on Union Square shocked her marketing
professor in the 1970s by inviting a major developer mentioned in
her textbook to speak to her class. |
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Stephen
Lincoln
Bakery owner/fitness instructor/actor
The high-protein/low-carb cookies and brownies produced at his New
York-based Protein Bakery are healthful as well as tasty, say fans
including Oprah Winfrey. |
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Gilman
Louie
Partner, Alsop Louie Partners
He was still finishing his bachelor's degree when he founded a successful
computer-game company responsible for some of the biggest games on
the market. Today he is helping other promising entrepreneurs develop
bright ideas. |
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Andrew
Ly
CEO
The head of the thriving Sugar Bowl Bakery sharpened his business
acumen at SF State, where he not only got a great education, but also
met his future wife, Cindy, when the two were assigned to work together
on a class project. |
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Kermit
Lynch
Wine merchant
Saveur magazine named this English major among its 100 favorite
food-related people in the United States. His popular Kermit Lynch
Wine Merchant is located in Berkeley. |
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George Marcus
Real estate broker
The founder of the Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage
Company has remained closely connected to his alma mater. In addition
to
lending support to the Modern Greek Studies program, he and his family
created the International Center for the Arts at SF State with a generous
gift. |
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Manny Mashouf
Clothing retailer
The CEO and founder of the bebe Inc. clothing line has dressed screen
sirens like Melrose Place's Heather Locklear and Ally McBeal's Calista
Flockhart.
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Jeff Sand
Industrial designer
In 1994, this industrial design major co-founded Switch Snowboard
Bindings, the first company to sell step-in binding for snowboards.
His work has since led to more than 12 utility and design patents.
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Jayshree Ullal
Tech executive
A senior vice president and general manager of security networking
at Cisco Systems, Inc., this electrical engineering major was named
one of Newsweek magazine's "20 Most Powerful Women to Watch"
in 2001. |
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Stephen
M. Wolf
Airline executive
Businessweek credited this SF State grad with helping pull
U.S. Airways out of a nosedive after he came on board as CEO in 1996.
Previously, he was head of United Airlines. |
