Chicago’s executive MBA program has a long and distinguished history. First created in 1943, its initial cohort consisted of 52 students who met two nights a week at a building on Michigan Avenue.

Sokolov’s $100 million gift is the largest ever made for Chicago Booth’s executive MBA program, the school said. The donation represents more than 10% of his net worth, Sokolov said.

Entrepreneur and investor Konstantin Sokolov, MBA’05, has made a $100 million gift to the University of Chicago, in support of the Executive MBA Program at the Booth School of Business. In honor of ...