Billionaire League Table

Just read this article and thought id share.

1) Harvard University - 2,964 alumni worth a total of $622bn
2) University of Pennsylvania - 1,502 alumni worth $242bn
3) Stanford University - 1,174 alumni worth $171bn
4) Columbia University - 889 alumni worth $116bn
5) New York University - 828 alumni worth $110bn
6) University of Chicago - 658 alumni worth $144bn
7) Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 581 alumni worth $172bn
8) Yale University - 568 alumni worth $125bn
9) Cornell University - 528 alumni worth $60bn
10) Princeton University - 508 alumni worth $70bn
11) University of Virginia - 499 alumni worth $31bn
12) Boston University - 291 alumni worth $38bn
13) Northwestern University - 451 alumni worth $36bn
14) University of California, Berkeley - 447 alumni worth $72bn
15) University of Michigan - 410 alumni worth $70bn
16) University of Oxford - 401 alumni worth $51bn
17) University of Southern California - 374 alumni worth $66bn
18) University of Mumbai - 372 alumni worth $37bn
19) University of Cambridge - 361 alumni worth $93bn
20) Brown University - 349 alumni worth $23bn

* The list was compiled by counting up the number of former students from each college who are believed to be worth at least $200million, taking into account their earnings, properties and other assets

*17 of the top 20 wealth creators are U.S colleges.

* Wealth source analysis shows the University of Virginia has the highest percentage of self-made graduates at 78 per cent

- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/22/billionaire-u-richest-alumni_n…

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* Wealth source analysis shows the University of Virginia has the highest percentage of self-made graduates at 78 per cent

All you need to know right there. If they're not self made, I could give a shit where a billionaire went to school.

MM IB -> Corporate Development -> Strategic Finance
 
SECfinance

* Wealth source analysis shows the University of Virginia has the highest percentage of self-made graduates at 78 per cent

All you need to know right there. If they're not self made, I could give a shit where a billionaire went to school.

I still don't think it matters either way. The name of your college isn't going to determine your chances at self-made success. You're born with it.

See: Mark Cuban

 
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BTbanker SECfinance:

* Wealth source analysis shows the University of Virginia has the highest percentage of self-made graduates at 78 per cent

All you need to know right there. If they're not self made, I could give a shit where a billionaire went to school.

I still don't think it matters either way. The name of your college isn't going to determine your chances at self-made success. You're born with it.

See: Mark Cuban

I'd disagree because of the difference a professor, class, or surrounding classmates can have on an 18-22 year old person.

MM IB -> Corporate Development -> Strategic Finance
 
SECfinance

* Wealth source analysis shows the University of Virginia has the highest percentage of self-made graduates at 78 per cent

All you need to know right there. If they're not self made, I could give a shit where a billionaire went to school.

PTJ is responsible for a good chunk of it.

Please don't quote Patrick Bateman.
 
DBCooper SECfinance:

* Wealth source analysis shows the University of Virginia has the highest percentage of self-made graduates at 78 per cent

All you need to know right there. If they're not self made, I could give a shit where a billionaire went to school.

PTJ is responsible for a good chunk of it.

because 1 person accounts for 78% of the self-made graduates..

 
DBCooper SECfinance:

* Wealth source analysis shows the University of Virginia has the highest percentage of self-made graduates at 78 per cent

All you need to know right there. If they're not self made, I could give a shit where a billionaire went to school.

PTJ is responsible for a good chunk of it.

I'd like to prove my point a bit further, while PTJ was attending HBS he said this,

"This is crazy, because for what I'm doing here, they're not going to teach me anything. This skill set is not something that they teach in business school."

 

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