<p>The usual suspects...</p>
<p>The-Billionaire-Universities:</a> Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance</p>
<p>Actually, this list is slightly innacurate. I went through the list about a month ago and posted the results. </p>
<p>Either way, it's fairly obvious that your chance of becoming a billionaire at non elite school is exponentially lower. People say as long as you work hard and do everything, you have a chance, even if you do not go to a top tier school..well, to tell you the truth EVERYONE has a chance, but the people that actually follow thorough on that chance ARE the people from Harvard, Stanford and so on.</p>
<p>Not a shock at all.</p>
<p>Again, in a bad economy, an elite university degree is a great hedge because people are always willing to hire you and your job is secure. Unless you do something really bad (like murder somebody or steal funds from the company), your job is safe with a top notch company even if the economy falls in a major recession or depression because they elite university degree is the SHIELD that will ensure your job security.</p>
<p>"your job is safe with a top notch company even if the economy falls in a major recession or depression because they elite university degree is the SHIELD that will ensure your job security."</p>
<p>Funny, my experience is that almost no job is ever safe, and that the best way to shield yourself from losing a job is to do an exemplary job at your job.</p>
<p>I think it would be interesting to see how many of the top billionaires never finished college at all. I really can't believe that the school makes the billionaire-- when you start with someone super motivated, highly intelligent, incredibly focused and determined, they become a billionaire no matter who gets in their way. What do you think the top ivies screen for? And of course, connections don't hurt, but if you're determined to do something, lack of immediate connections is not going to get in your way. And if you're not super determined? No amount of fabulous connections will make you a billionaire. I'm sure there are exceptions among the multi-millionaires-- friends of the super wealthy who were hired and taken along for the ride. But it probably doesn't happen as often as you think.</p>
<p>I believe people who have what it takes to become self made billionaires are the same people the elite schools are looking for. The elite schools didn't make them, they made themselves. The elite schools just recognized their potential.</p>
<p>Has Father been reading about the 1000's of Wall Street layoffs?? Is he living in a tent?</p>
<p>Lehman</a> shares fall on capital raising concern: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance</p>
<p>Many already stated this is not a good indicator of school quality, but I enjoyed the fact USC being a top 10 in the Forbes's list. As a later comer in the elite University arena, and known for the bad name during the past, USC did, and is doing some great things for its students. Being an international student here, I am truly amazed by the spirit and positive attitude this University has, and bestows on the students here. </p>
<p>Also, Alex may have done a wrong math in his list. USC has 11 undergrads and 2 grads as billionaires. Shouldn't that be 13 in total? Or Did I miss something here?</p>
<p>It's also important to realize that a lot of people who become billionaires had insane connections that had nothing to do with what college they attended. If anything, it's no surprise that people with such great connections would attend the most elite universities since great connections usually leads to family wealth which leads to SAT tutoring and I think we can all fill in the rest.</p>
<p>QW, you are quite correct. I have gone through my list again and cleaned it up. My list does not vary greatly from the Forbes list, but it is more accurate.</p>
<p>UNDERGRADUATE:
1. Harvard University 20
1. University of Pennsylvania 20
3. Yale University 19
4. Princeton University 13
5. Stanford University 12
6. University of Texas-Austin 11
7. New York University 10
7. University of Southern California 11
9. Cornell University 9
9. University of California-Berkeley 9
9. University of California-Los Angeles 9
9. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 9
13. Columbia University 8
13. Dartmouth College 8
13. Duke University 8
13. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 8
17. Michigan State University 5
17. Northwestern University 5
19. Baylor University 4
19. Claremont McKenna College 4
19. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign 4
19. University of Virginia 4
23. Amherst College 3
23. Babson College 3
23. Boston College 3
23. Georgetown University 3
23. Lehigh University 3
23. Louisiana State University 3
23. Syracuse University 3
23. Tufts University 3
23. University of Chicago 3
23. University of Oklahoma 3
23. University of Toronto 3
23. University of Utah 3
23. Williams College 3</p>
<p>GRADUATE:
1. Harvard University 47
2. Stanford University 27
3. Columbia University 12
4. University of Chicago 10
5. University of Pennsylvania 9
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6
6. New York University 6
6. Northwestern University 6
6. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 6
10. University of Virginia 4
11. University of California-Berkeley 3
12. Cornell University 2
12. Johns Hopkins University 2
12. University of California-Los Angeles 2
12. University of Southern California 2</p>
<p>TOTAL:
1. Harvard University 67
2. Stanford University 39
3. University of Pennsylvania 29
4. Columbia University 20
5. Yale University 19
6. New York University 17
7. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 15
8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 14
8. Princeton University 14
10. University of Chicago 13
10. University of Southern California 13
12. University of California-Berkeley 12
13. Cornell University 11
13. Northwestern University 11
13. University of California-Los Angeles 11
13. University of Texas-Austin 11
17. Duke University 9
18. Dartmouth College 8
18. University of Virginia 8
20. Michigan State University 6
21. Baylor University 4
21. Claremont McKenna College 4
21. Johns Hopkins University 4
21. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign 4
21. University of Utah 4
26. Amherst College 3
26. Babson College 3
26. Boston College 3
26. Fordham University 3
26. Georgetown University 3
26. Lehigh University 3
26. Louisiana State University 3
26. Syracuse University 3
26. Tufts University 3
26. University of Oklahoma 3
26. University of Toronto 3
26. Williams College 3</p>
<p>TOTAL NET WORTH OF ABOVE ALUMS BY INSTITUTION:
1. Harvard University $277,500,000,000
2. Stanford University $197,000,000,000
3. Columbia University $124,500,000,000
4. University of Pennsylvania $112,000,000,000
5. Yale University $79,000,000,000
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology $70,500,000,000
7. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor $57,000,000,000
8. University of Texas-Austin $53,000,000,000
9. University of Chicago $52,500,000,000
10. Princeton University $46,000,000,000
11. University of California-Berkeley $37,000,000,000
12. New York University $36,500,000,000
13. Northwestern University $28,500,000,000
14. University of Southern California $25,500,000,000
15. University of California-Los Angeles $25,000,000,000
16. Cornell University $21,500,000,000
17. University of Virginia $19,500,000,000
18. Johns Hopkins University $18,500,000,000
19. Dartmouth College $18,000,000,000
20. Duke University $17,500,000,000
21. Tufts University $15,500,000,000
22. Claremont McKenna University $15,000,000,000
23. Michigan State University $14,500,000,000
24. Syracuse University $12,000,000,000
25. University of Toronto $10,500,000,000
26. Fordham University $10,000,000,000
27. University of Utah $9,500,000,000
28. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign 8,500,000,000
29. Georgetown University $7,500,000,000
30. Amherst College $7,000,000,000
31. Baylor University $6,000,000,000
31. University of Oklahoma $6,000,000,000
32. Lehigh University $5,500,000,000
33. Boston College $5,000,000,000
33. Williams College $5,000,000,000
35. Louisiana State University $4,000,000,000</p>
<p>Sorry to go offtrack but I'd rather be a millionaire than a billionaire. A billionaire lifestyle is just so hectic and "out there" as in high-profile.</p>
<p>isn't this sort of meaningless since these lists don't account for size of institution? larger schools are likely to have more billionaires and almost by default, a greater net worth of alumni.</p>
<p>rd31. That is why it is really cool that Babson is on the list. Their undergraduate school has only 30,000 alumni since the foundation of the school, while some other schools on the list have 30,000 first year students each year.</p>