Andrew W. “Drew” Houston is an American Internet entrepreneur who is best known for being the founder and CEO of Dropbox, an online backup and storage service. According to Forbes magazine, his net worth is $1.39 billion. Drew had a knack for how the world works. He constructed ideas and started writing the first lines of code while at a train station in Boston in 2007. He and friend, Arash Ferdowsi, decided they were sick of emailing files to themselves in order to work from another computer. He claimed existing services at the time “suffered problems with Internet latency, large files, bugs, or just made me think too much.” He realized he was not the only one who suffered these problems, leading to the Dropbox solution.

Dropbox is a free service allowing anyone to upload photos, documents, and videos wherever they please. There are also share options, making it easier to work in groups or collaborate with partners. People can now always have their work at hand, share with family and friends, and work as a team. This is an idea for the future in productivity and accessibility. Nationwide, more than 25 million people use Dropbox, and the number continues to grow.

Before working on Dropbox, he worked on other startups including Bit9, Accolade and Hubspot. Drew is constantly thinking of new ideas, and is usually found out and about running Dropbox’s business affairs. He still contributes to the client software and has compiled a team of hard workers to continue in building the concept.

Ray Hunt is the heir to Hunt Oil Company. He was also the owner of the Southwest Media Corporation, which was the publisher of: D Magazine, Houston City Magazine, Texas Homes and Sport Magazine. Hunt served as a member of President George W. Bush’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and is on the Board of Trustees at Southern Methodist University.

Mark Hurd served as the former president and recruitment chair of the Texas Lambda Chapter at Baylor University. As CEO of Oracle Corporation and a member of Oracle’s board of directors, Mark Hurd remained an active supporter of Phi Delta Theta. Mark Hurd was honored with the Phi Delta Theta Nance-Millett Free Enterprise Award in 2010 for his contributions to the free enterprise system. Additionally, he regularly met with the Texas Lambda Chapter at his alma mater, Baylor University, to share leadership lessons from his experiences in business.

In his role as CEO, Mark Hurd was responsible for overseeing the corporate direction and strategy for Oracle’s global field operations, including marketing, sales, consulting, and alliances. He focused on strategy, leadership, innovation, and customer experience. Mark Hurd played an instrumental role in driving the transition of Oracle’s 430,000-plus worldwide customers from on-premises software and hardware deployments to Oracle Cloud services.

Mark Hurd graduated from Baylor University in 1979, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He attended the university on a tennis scholarship and credits his leadership position within the fraternity with helping him hone his time management skills.

Following graduation from Baylor, Mark Hurd continued to support his alma mater, especially through its tennis program. He helped fund the renovations to the Baylor tennis facility which was later renamed the Hurd Tennis Center in honor of his family’s generosity to the tennis program. Mark Hurd regularly contributed to the Baylor Bear fund and the Men’s Tennis Excellence Fund, and he and his wife Paula contributed the lead gift to the Baylor Give Light initiative. Their donation aided in the creation of a new welcome center on campus. Upon completion, the facility will be named the Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Center. Mark Hurd was a member of the Baylor Board of Regents and was honored with the 2012-2013 Baylor Meritorious Achievement Award in recognition of his extraordinary service to Baylor.

As a former tennis player, Mark Hurd was passionate about supporting Baylor’s tennis program as well as all up-and-coming tennis players. Mark Hurd played an important part in Oracle Corporation’s support of American tennis. He helped to create the Oracle Tennis Awards, a $100,000 award given to one male and one female professional tennis player each year to help them transition from collegiate tennis to the professional tennis circuit. Mark Hurd also led the development of the Oracle Challenger series, a competition aimed at helping young tennis players gain experience and recognition in the professional realm, as well as Oracle’s partnership with the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

In addition to his support for Baylor University and American tennis, Mark Hurd created the Oracle “Class of” program which was designed to help promising recent grads learn the fundamentals of business outside of the college campus and prepare for a job at Oracle.

With more than 40 years of experience, Mark Hurd was regularly recognized for his accomplishments as a technology industry leader. He was included in Forbes’ Market’s Best Managers for 2009 and named one of Fortune magazine’s 25 Most Powerful People in Business in 2007. Mark Hurd frequently shared his perspectives on business and technology. In 2004, he published The Value Factor with Lars Nyberg, a book that shared advice on how companies and individuals can set themselves apart from the competition and succeed in the business world.

Mark Hurd, a renowned business leader, father and husband, died Oct. 18, 2019.

Budge Huskey is president and chief executive officer of Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC  and also served as president and chief operating officer. As chief executive officer, Huskey oversees marketing, operations, learning and field services supporting more than 84,000 Coldwell Banker sales associates. Prior to joining Coldwell Banker Real Estate, Huskey had spent the previous 12 years in several executive positions with NRT, the nation’s largest residential real estate brokerage.

Well regarded in the real estate industry, Huskey served as president of the Orlando Association of Realtors, where he was honored as Realtor of the Year, and director and committee chairperson for the Florida Association of Realtors. Huskey currently serves as a National Association of Realtors Director and serves on the Strategic Planning Committee. He won the 2006 Coldwell Banker Chandler Barton Award representing dedication and service to the Coldwell Banker brand. He is routinely recognized by Inman News as one of the Most Influential People in Real Estate.

Austin Igleheart was the director emeritus and chairman of General Food Corporation. He became the executive vice president of General Foods in 1938 and was named president in 1943. Austin retired 1954 and became director emeritus in 1961.

Edward Roberts Johnson was a director and chairman of the executive committee of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company. He was elected international President of Rotary International (1935). Johnson also served the Roanoke chapter of the American Red Cross and president of its Chamber of Commerce and was an officer of the French Legion of Honor.

Frederick Ross Johnson, OC is a Canadian businessman, best known as the chief executive officer of RJR Nabisco in the 1980s. Johnson began his career working as an accountant for Canadian General Electric and as a vice-president of merchandising for the T. Eaton Company before being named president of Standard Brands Ltd. In 1981, Johnson negotiated the merging of Standard Brands and Nabisco. A few short years after, Jonson became CEO of Nabisco. He then went into a series of talks that led to the Nabisco-RJ Reynolds merger in 1985. He was soon appointed President and CEO of RJR Nabisco.

After his service as CEO, RJR Nabisco was bought out by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, and Johnson opened a private investment company, named RJM Group, Inc. After his retirement in 2009 he served on a multitude of boards including Bentley Pharmaceuticals and Power Corporation of Canada. He also served as a trustee of Duke University, and was awarded a multitude of awards including the United States Silver Medal of Patriotism.

Tio Kleberg is the owner of King Ranch in Kingsville, Texas. For over 150 years, King Ranch has been on the forefront of innovation in cattle and horse breeding and large-scale range management techniques. In addition to its large-scale ranching and farming operations, King Ranch is active in industries as diverse as publishing, retail and eco-tourism.

Tio credits Phi Delt as the place he learned to be a leader and first aspired to make a difference. In 2012, Tio and Janell made Phi Delt history by giving $1 million in support of the Emerging Leaders Institute. In gratitude for their generosity, ELI was renamed the Kleberg Emerging Leaders Institute in 2012.

Kenneth “Hap” Klopp acquired The North Face in 1968 – then two small stores, one in San Francisco and one in the Old Barn at Stanford- and turned it into a global apparel business that he ran for 20 years. He also became the executive chairman of Cocona, a nanoparticle company that makes fibers, fabrics, and laminates for active apparel companies, and Obscura Digital, a digital communications business.

Today, the MBA ’66 graduate of Stanford Graduate School of Business continues his board roles while also mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs. “It’s very inspiring to be around young people,” he says. “Older people don’t have the optimistic curiosity of younger people. I get enthused by the can-do attitude.” He talks with us about the importance of infusing your values into your brand, the virtues of influencer marketing, and the benefits of interdisciplinary design teams.

Wesley Lambert, CPA, is an American/Australian entrepreneur & restaurateur and current CFO of the Velocity Group, a group of retail, wholesale, manufacturing, property, hospitality consulting, & pharmaceutical companies.

Lambert joined the United States Army as a Medic (1995), served as a United Nations Peacekeeper in the Republic of Macedonia, recipient of a Good Conduct Medal, ARMY Achievement Medal, AF Service Medal, and UNPREDEP Medal. Upon returning to Atlanta on a US Army Green-to-Gold ROTC scholarship he pursued his business degree at Goizueta Business School at Emory University where he became a member of Phi Delta Theta. He later served as Chapter Adviser for Phi Delta Theta chapter and served on the Goizueta Business School Alumni Board.

He worked for several years as an investment banker for a restaurant capital group.  From their he moved to hospitality operations. After moving to Australia in 2007, he helped form and lead the IPO of Pacific Restaurant Group, then partnered with Jamie Oliver to add Jamie’s Italian restaurants to the group. Lambert was granted Australian Citizenship for his contribution to the Australian economy, and is now a Dual Citizen of the USA and Australia.