Is it true that 90% of Harvard Business Grads are unemployed?

Hey. New kid here.

Recently I was in an argument with a OWS'ER. We were discussing business related things. When I told him that getting into HBS was my primary goal and that most of the graduates successfully work on Wall Street, he said the following:

"Clearly your knowledge of education is a failure. 90 percent of Harvard Business grads are UNEMPLOYED."

I feel... "demotivated"... I went online and researched and found nothing related to this. But since he's with the OWS group, of course I don't believe him.

Your thoughts? Is there really a downside in business right now, or is this guy just an idiot?

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You want people to tell you if some anecdotal (clearly bullshit) comment by some moron is true when a simple google search could do that for you? Yea, Harvard is definitely on the horizon.

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"beautista" Maybe it's not that they're unemployed but unemployable because they end up going to start their own companies as entrepreneurs.

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