<p>@Post#91: “Outside of academia, its most recent graduates are still nowhere as impressive compared to graduates from Columbia, Duke, and Dartmouth.” </p>
<p>Just off the top of my head,</p>
<p>Evan Sharp, a recent Chicago alum, is a co-founder of Pinterest whose company recently secured a Series D round funding of $200 million on a $2.5 billion valuation. I’d say it’s not too shabby for a young Chicago alum. By the way, I don’t believe Evan Sharp got an engineering degree, but he managed to become a co-founder of one of the fastest growing social networking companies in history. [Exclusive:</a> Pinterest Complete $200M Funding at $2.5B Valuation - Kara Swisher - Commerce - AllThingsD](<a href=“http://allthingsd.com/20130220/exclusive-pinterest-complete-200-million-funding-at-2-5-billion-valuation/]Exclusive:”>Exclusive: Pinterest Complete $200M Funding at $2.5B Valuation - Kara Swisher - Commerce - AllThingsD)</p>
<p>Nate Silver, a Chicago alum, who did petty well on the latest Presidential Election forecast. [url=<a href=“Businessweek - Bloomberg”>Businessweek - Bloomberg]Nate</a> Silver-Led Statistics Men Crush Pundits in Election - Businessweek
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1413513-uchicago-alum-nate-silver-has-media-buzzing.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1413513-uchicago-alum-nate-silver-has-media-buzzing.html</a></p>