Feb 27, 2023
Ravi Shankar
Billionaires at Glance
The 2,755 people on Forbes' 2021 World's Billionaires list got their undergraduate degrees around the world, from Harvard University in Massachusetts, US to the Zhejiang University of Technology in China.
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List of Colleges
Check out the list of 10 colleges here that have the most billionaire alumni.
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1. Harvard University
The University produced 29 billionaires till 2021, of these 17 amassed their fortunes in the finance and investment industry. Some of them are Bitcoin twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, and Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer.
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2. University of Pennsylvania
This University has produced 28 billionaires. Some of them are former US president Donald Trump and CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk.
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3. Stanford University
Just like the University of Pennsylvania, the Stanford University has also 28 billionaire alumni. Some of these billionaires are the founders of Carvana, Nubank, DoorDash, Robinhood and Zillow.
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4. Yale University
Yale University has 21 billionaire alumni. This include Alibaba cofounder and Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai and Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of Blackstone, an investment firm.
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5. Mumbai University
With 20 billionaires, Mumbai University also comes in the Top 5 universities/colleges to produce the most billionaire alumni. It has given Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and his brother Anil Ambani.
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6. Cornell University
A total of 18 billionaires were alumni of Cornell University till 2021 World's Billionaires list of Forbes. These billionaires include Citigroup head Sandy Weill and software entrepreneur David Duffield.
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7. University of Southern California
It has produced 15 billionaires including Star Wars creator George Lucas and Brazilian director Walter Salles.
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8. Masschusetts Institute of Technology
14 billionaires have come out of this Institution including Koch Industries CEO Charles Koch, brother William Koch and BeiGene CEO John Oyler.
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9. Columbia University
This university has given a total of 11 billionaires till 2021. This includes hedge fund managers Daniel Loeb and Noam Gottesman.
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10. Princeton University
Same as Columbia University, this University also have 11 billionaire alumni. These billionaires include Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott.
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