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Harvard vs. Stanford: Which Universities Have Produced The Most Billionaires, 2017 Study?

Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan DhirajProf. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan DhirajEducation and Career

Harvard University ranked number one college for producing most billionaires, according to the Wealth-X study, which ranked universities across the world by how many billionaire alumni they had produced.

Harvard has graduated some 131 billionaires, with a collective fortune of $528.7 billion, , to lead a global list of universities ranked by alumni worth $1 billion or more – in the so-called three commas club.

That’s more than twice as many as the No. 2 school, Stanford University, which has 50 billionaire alumni worth a collective $338.9 billion.

Also read: 20 Universities With The Highest Number of Richest Alumni In The World, 2017 Study

What is Three Commas Club?

Three Commas Club is an all exclusive club limited to those individuals whose net-worth is valued at a billion dollars or more.

To be in the three commas club is to be a billionaire = A billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) has 3 commas.

As the chart below shows, the University of Pennsylvania, has 77 billionaires to its credit,ranked No. 3 on the list.

So which universities are shelling out the most billionaires?

The top 10 universities with the most billionaire alumni:

  1. Harvard University
    Number of Billionaires: 131
    Combined wealth: $528.7 billion
  2. Stanford University
    Number of Billionaires: 50
    Combined wealth: $338.9 billion
  3. University of Pennsylvania
    Number of Billionaires: 47
    Combined wealth: $246.5 billion
  4. Columbia University
    Number of Billionaires: 38
    Combined wealth: $218 billion
  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Number of Billionaires: 26
    Combined wealth: $157.9 billion
  6. Cornell University
    Number of Billionaires: 23
    Combined wealth: $57 billion
  7. University of Southern California
    Number of Billionaires: 22
    Combined wealth: $51.3 billion
  8. University of Chicago
    Number of Billionaires: 21
    Combined wealth: $48.7 billion
  9. Yale University
    Number of Billionaires: 21
    Combined wealth: $99.2 billion
  10. University of California, Berkeley
    Number of Billionaires: 19
    Combined wealth: $83.7 billion
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Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj

Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj

Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj is a publishing executive and economist who is the CEO and editor-in-chief of The CEOWORLD magazine, one of the world’s most influential and recognized global news publications. Additionally, he serves as the chair of the advisory board for the CEOWORLD magazine. He received his Ph.D. in Finance and Banking from the European Global School, Paris, France. He earned his Doctoral Degree in Chartered Accountancy from the European International University Paris, France, and a Doctorate in Business Administration from Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design (KNUTD), Ukraine. Dr. Amarendra also holds a Master of Business Administration degree in International Relations and Affairs from the American University of Athens, Alabama, United States.

Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj is CEO and editor-in-chief of CEOWORLD magazine. You can follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter.
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