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U-M also maintains close relationships with its 450,000 member alumni network and engages a number of U-M alumni in businesses, venture firms and other organizations around the world. Some examples include:
*'''Larry Page''', co-founder and CEO of search engine giant '''Google''', earned a B.S. degree in engineering with a concentration in computer science from U-M in 1995. '''Google AdWords''' has an office in Ann Arbor;*'''Eric Lefkosfsky and Brad Keywell''', founders and founding investors in '''Groupon'''. Both earned undergraduate degrees in 1991 and Law School degrees in 1993 from U-M. Lefkofsky founded a business while still a U-M undergrad;*'''Thomas Bumol, '''VP Biotechnology and Autoimmunity Research for Eli Lilly in San Diego, CA, earned a B.S. degree in microbiology from U-M in 1975. Tom sits on the U-M Tech Transfer National Advisory Board. *'''Bill Joy''', co-founder of '''Sun Microsystems''', earned a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering in 1975. He currently is a partner in the venture firm '''Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byer’s Green Tech Practice.;'''*'''Tony Fadell''', a key initiator of the '''iPhone and the iPad products at Apple''', started three companies before graduating from U-M with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering in 1991; and *'''John Denniston '''is a partner in Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a leading venture capital firm. John has a B.A in Economics and a J.D. from U-M and also serves on the U-M Tech Transfer National Advisory Board.
=Regional and Local Economic Development=