The Billionaire Universities

The List of American Universities which have produced Billionaires

Let us today discuss about the various Billionaire Universities in USA. We will start from each and every university and how many Billionaires it has.

01) Harvard University – 50 Billionaires

Yes, Harvard tops the Rank. It has 50 Billionaires in its Alumni. Bill Gates from the Harvard drop out student. Another famous personality is Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

02) Stanford University – 30 Billionaire

Second is the Stanford University. The famous Stanford Billionaire Alumnis are Google’s Sergey Brin and Larry Page.Stanford University was founded by the wealthy railroad tycoon Leland Stanford after the death of his son because of Typhoid fever in 1892.

03) University of Pennsylvania – 27 Billionaires

This success of this university is because of Wharton Business School. Wharton graduates include junk bond king Michael Milken and SAC Capital founder Steven Cohen.

04) Yale University – 19 Billionaires

Billie Yalies include private equity whiz Stephen Schwarzman and Sears Chairman Eddie Lampert.

05) Columbia University – 15 Billionaires

Columbia has awarded 17 degrees to future billionaires. Best known is Warren Buffett; the world's richest man attended Columbia Business School to study under legendary investor Benjamin Graham.

06) Princeton University – 13 Billionaires

Princeton's 13 billionaire alumni include financier Carl Icahn, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former eBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman.

07) Ney York University – 10 Billionaires

The school has five dropouts who have gone on to become billionaires. One is Carl Icahn. After receiving a degree in philosophy from Princeton, Icahn enrolled in NYU's medical school. Bored by all the memorization required, he jumped ship to be a stockbroker.

08) University of Chicago – 10 Billionaires

Notable University of Chicago billionaire grads include Morningstar founder Joseph Mansueto.

09) Cornell University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Northwestern University; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Los Angeles; University of Southern California (tie)

Nine billionaire graduates each

Six schools tie for ninth with nine billionaire graduates each. The most famous wealthy alum of any of these schools might be USC's George Lucas. He directed his first film, THX 1138, while he was still a student there. The Star Wars creator is now worth $3.9 billion.

Nine billionaire graduates each

Six schools tie for ninth with nine billionaire graduates each. The most famous wealthy alum of any of these schools might be USC's George Lucas. He directed his first film, THX 1138, while he was still a student there. The Star Wars creator is now worth $3.9 billion.