canada goose The 20 colleges that have created the most millionaires and billionaires Tanza Loudenback May 17, 2017, 12:45 PM About 1,900 Harvard alumni have a net worth over $30 million. Jannis Tobias Werner/Shutterstock No college degree can guarantee you wealth, but a handful of schools have a proven track record of minting rich people, from billionaire founders and CEOs to investors to politicians. Wealth-X, a firm that does research and valuations on ultra-high net worth (UHNW) individuals, has revealed where the world’s wealthiest people — those with assets exceeding $30 million — went to college. In its tally, Wealth-X counted alumni with both undergraduate and graduate degrees, counting alumni of multiple institutions more than once, but left out those with diplomas, certificates, honorary degrees, and drop outs. Considering some of the world’s richest self-made billionaires dropped out of Harvard, Stanford, University of Chicago, and other schools on this list, the numbers of UHNW alumni could be even higher had they graduated. Of the top 20 colleges in the world that produce the wealthiest people, five are public universities, six are Ivy League, and only one is located outside of the US. By and large, Harvard University mints the highest number of millionaires and billionaires, which together command a net worth of $811 billion, more than twice that of the No. 2 school, University of Pennsylvania. Below, check out the top 20 colleges in the world that have produced the most rich people, along with the total known number of UHNW individuals with degrees from the institutions, and their combined wealth. 1/ 20. University of California, Los Angeles Larry Fink, cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, class of 1974 and 1976. Mat Szwajkos/Getty Images Known UHNW alumni: 235 Combined wealth: $63 billion 2/ 19. Boston University Radio host Howard Stern, class of 1976. Theo Wargo/Getty Images Known UHNW alumni: 241 Combined wealth: $62 billion 3/ 18. University of Cambridge Arianna Huffington, cofounder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post and founder and CEO of Thrive Global, class of 1972. Andrew Burton/Getty Images Known UHNW alumni: 271 Combined wealth: $69 billion 4/ 17. University of Michigan Larry Page, founder and CEO of Alphabet, class of 1995. Seth Wenig/AP Known UHNW alumni: 272 Combined wealth: $141 billion 5/ 16. University of Notre Dame NFL hall of famer Joe Montana, class of 1979. Business Insider Known UHNW alumni: 277 Combined wealth: $44 billion 6/ 15. University of California, Berkeley Cofounder and chairman emeritus of Intel Gordon Moore, class of 1950. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Known UHNW alumni: 290 Combined wealth: $125 billion 7/ 14. The University of Texas at Austin Rex Tillerson, US Secretary of State and former chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil, class of 1975. Reuters/Joshua Roberts Known UHNW alumni: 293 Combined wealth: $71 billion 8/ 13. University of Southern California Marc Benioff, founder and CEO of Salesforce, class of 1986. Salesforce Known UHNW alumni: 294 Combined wealth: $98 billion 9/ 12. University of Virginia Paul Tudor Jones, founder and CIO of Tudor Investment Corporation, class of 1976. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz Known UHNW alumni: 300 Combined wealth: $64 billion 10/ 11. Cornell University Hedge fund manager David Einhorn, founder of Greenlight Capital, class of 1991. Reuters Known UHNW alumni: 319 Combined wealth: $101 billion 11/ 10. Princeton University Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, class of 1986. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Known UHNW alumni: 330 Combined wealth: $188 billion 12/ 9. Yale University Former US Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton and her husband Former US President Bill Clinton, both class of 1973. REUTERS/Jim Young Known UHNW alumni: 360 Combined wealth: $156 billion 13/ 8. Northwestern University Ginni Rometty, chairman, president canada goose factory sale , and CEO of IBM, class of 1979. Mike Blake/Reuters Known UHNW alumni: 365 Combined wealth: $80 billion 14/ 7. University of Chicago Evan Sharp, cofounder and chief creative officer of Pinterest, class of 2005. Pinterest Known UHNW alumni: 371 Combined wealth: $93 billion 15/ 6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Drew Houston, founder and CEO of Dropbox, class of 2005. Steve Jennings / Getty Images Known UHNW alumni: 375 Combined wealth: $215 billion 16/ 5. Stanford University Peter Thiel, cofounder of PayPal and Founders Fund partner, class of 1989 and 1992. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for New York Times Known UHNW alumni: 466 Combined wealth: $404 billion 17/ 4. New York University Actress and philanthropist Angelina Jolie, class of 1993. Anthony Harvey/Getty Images Known UHNW alumni: 488 Combined wealth: $155 billion 18/ 3. Columbia University Warren Buffett st-edwards-cam.org.uk , investor, philanthropist, and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, class of 1951. Alex Wong/Getty Known UHNW alumni: 578 Combined wealth: $307 billion 19/ 2. University of Pennsylvania Elon Musk, cofounder of PayPal and founder and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, class of 1997. Getty/Kevork Djansezian Known UHNW alumni: 832 Combined wealth: $369 billion 20/ 1. Harvard University Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs chairman and CEO, class of 1975. John Moore/Getty Images Known UHNW alumni: 1,906 Combined wealth: $811 billion Previous 1/ Next SEE ALSO: 7 ways you're hurting your chances at building wealth, according to 2 self-made millionaires DON'T MISS: 15 habits of self-made millionaires, from a man who spent 5 years studying rich people canada goose parka
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