Pages

Friday, May 28, 2021

Ten Universities And/Or Colleges That Have Produced The Most Billionaire Alumni -- May 28, 2021

Forbes.  

I think these lists are useless but they are "entertaining." I would not post the list had it not included my alma mater. LOL. Nine of the ten universities/colleges are located in the US. Of the nine, only one is an "outlier" and a surprise. 

The biggest surprise:

  • neither UC San Francisco (Silicon Valley) nor UCLA (medical) made the list;
  • my hunch: they made the top 20

#9 (tie): UC Berkeley

  • number of billionaires: 11
  • location: Berkeley, CA
  • total net worth: $82.6 billion

#9 (tie): Princeton University

  • number of billionaires: 11
  • location: Princeton, NJ
  • total net worth: $288.4 billion
  • notable: Jeff Bezos

#8: MIT

  • number of billionaires: 14
  • location: Cambridge, MA
  • total net worth: $104 billion
  • notable: the Koch brothers

#7: University of Southern California

  • number of billionaires: 15
  • location: Los Angeles, A
  • total net worth: $58.5 billion
  • notable: George Lucas

#6: Cornell University

  • number of billionaires: 18
  • location: Ithaca, NY
  • total net worth: $65.1 billion

#5: Mumbai University

  • number of billionaires: 20
  • location: Mumbai, India
  • total net worth: $162.8 billion

#4: Yale University

  • number of billionaires: 21
  • location: New Haven, CT
  • total net worth: $140.8 billion
  • notable: Mars candy heirs; Bass oil heirs;

#2 (tie): Stanford University

  • number of billionaires: 28
  • location: Stanford, CA
  • total net worth: $124.4 billion
  • notables: founders of Carvana, DoorDash, Robinhood, Zillow

#2 (tie): University of Pennsylvania

  • number of billionaires: 28
  • location: Philadelphia, PA
  • total net worth: $284.8 billion
  • notables: graduates of Wharton School to include President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs;

#1: Harvard University

  • number of billionaires: 29
  • location: Cambridge, MA
  • total net worth: $207 billion
  • notable: Bitcoin twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein; Steve Ballmer;

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.