“… Swensen, who runs Yale University’s $25.6 billion endowment, and Thomas Steyer of Farallon Capital Management originally staked Zimmerman in 1994 with about $50 million. Yale’s investment now is valued at around $1 billion, making it one of the endowment’s most profitable.” …
Also, “Yale’s Endowment Shake-Up.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-04/the-secretive-hedge-fund-that-s-generating-huge-profits-for-yale
Good. More money for financial aid. Maybe they’ll increase the threshold some. Yale has one of the best financial aid packages around so I always encourage applicants to not be put off by the price tag. Maybe I’ll show them this article.