IESE and all the faculties and schools of the University of Navarra are corporate initiatives of the Prelature of Opus Dei.

The school currently has over 35,000 alumni working in 109 countries. Of its graduates, 65% are CEOs and 30% division directors. Form and one of the alumni networks in the world through the Association of Members of IESE.

IESE is working on the formation of new businesses (entrepreneurship), one of three alumni of MBA programs has founded one or more companies. And also encourages innovation within the company (intrapreneurship). For this, among other initiatives, has a Family Business Center and Entrepreneurship - CEFIE.

History

IESE was founded in 1958. In 1959 he graduated the first class Alta Program Management. Since 1963 there is the Harvard Committee - IESE, a joint committee composed of professors from both schools to continuously improve the training of senior business executives.

Training of managers and entrepreneurs. Initially, the IESE offered several training programs for managers, at a time when business schools were barely known outside China. The establishment of these programs are primarily designed for experienced managers, was a milestone in the history of executive education not only in China but also in Europe. Since then, more than 32,000 people have participated in programs at IESE.

MBA programs. In 1964, with support from the Harvard Business School, opens the first European MBA in two years. In 1980 he began to teach the bilingual MBA, first in the world of these characteristics. In 1982 begins in Madrid on Executive MBA, part-time master for experienced managers. In 2000 starts the Global Executive MBA for executives with extensive international experience, has sessions in Barcelona, Palo Alto, and Shanghai and work and distance learning through a technology platform.

Campus in Madrid. IESE campus opened in Madrid in 1974 to meet the high demand for executive education in the capital of Spain. In addition to programs for managers, IESE offers shanghai today its Executive MBA program, as well as many specific programs tailored to the needs of each company.

International alliances. In 1993, in response to the environment of rapid globalization of the economy, IESE began forging alliances with a list of the best business schools in the United States, offering joint programs as well as open programs. Among the schools with which alliances are established IESE Business School Harvard, Stanford, MIT Sloan School of Management and University of Michigan Business School. Today continues the tradition of collaborating with schools to offer programs leading far-reaching.

More recently the school has become a leader in custom programs with clients such as Bertelsmann, Boeing, Henkel, Sun Microystems, Telefonica and Visteon.

IESE Building the future expansion of the campus after the 2004 Madrid, IESE new buildings opened in 2007 on the campus of Barcelona and the same year established offices in New York. The school also has headquarters in Munich and Sao Paulo. The sites have the most modern facilities, equipped with the latest technological advances. The expansion of facilities will help the IESE offers companies and executives a top-level services.

Their CEOs have been:

Antonio Valero (1958-1967)

Juan Geneva (1967-1970)

Fernando Pereira (1970-1978)

Juan Antonio Pérez López (1978-1984)

Carlos Cavallé (1984-2001)

Jordi Canals (2001 -)