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Which Universities Produce The Greatest Number Of Billionaires
Forget the biased and manipulated US News and World Report ranking of top US colleges, when it comes to college reputation ranking, only one thing really matters: success, which for better or worse in our day and age is measured, with apologies to all the emotional romantics, by money. So courtesy of the most recent Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census for the year 2014, here are the universities who undergraduate ranks have spawned the highest number of billionaires. Sorry Harvard.
From the report:
Pursuing higher education is not a prerequisite for attaining billionaire status: 35% of the world’s billionaires do not have a bachelor’s degree and some even dropped out of high school. Nonetheless, of the 65% who have been awarded a bachelor’s degree, many go on to pursue further studies. For example, 21% of “educated” billionaires have an MBA and 11% of “educated” billionaires hold a Ph.D.
Of the top 20 most popular schools for billionaires – in terms of the number of billionaires who have obtained their bachelor’s degree at these institutions – 16 were in the United States. The United States is the country with the largest number of billionaires, however that fact alone does not fully explain the disproportionate representation of American universities in this list. At the undergraduate level, more than a quarter of the students who obtained their bachelor’s degrees from these American institutions were born outside of the United States. It is apparent that these institutions top the ranking not just because of the United States’ large number of billionaires, but also because they have strong international reputations, which attract students from around the globe. This is particularly true beyond the bachelor’s degree: more than 39% of students who attended these top American institutions for postgraduate studies were born outside the United States.
And yet: "Despite the international repute of these top-ranking higher education institutions, it is worth noting that only 16% of the world’s “educated” billionaires attended these schools; 84% did not. Today’s billionaires were awarded their bachelor’s degrees from over 700 different universities around the world."
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If I would have wanted to make money I would have stayed in Pennsylvania. My college certainly isn't on that list.
What about the University of Zimbabwe???
That one's for the trillionaire list.
Hook 'em horns bitchez!!
To which universities do rich people send their kids?
Same fucking list.
And how many billionaires didn't go to college or dropped out?
And which universities have the most alumni? I'd bet the list looks similar.
Billionaires divided by the alumni population is the appropriate measure, and I bet you would learn some interesting things from it.
When I grow up, I'm going to Bovine University.
Billionaires are over-rated anyway.
Nah, it's not numbers. If that were the case then Penn State would be on the list. Something like one out of every one hundred PA residents has a bachelors from Penn State.
Kaiserhoff has it right, I think. It's biased in favor of the colleges that the rich and super rich send their kids to. (and I think that even my mom would have gotten that one right ;-)).
I once had a visiting prof from Penn in my business school (which shockingly is not on the list) who, in response to a comment I made, asked if I was a mathemetician. When I answered "no," he said, "So you are a clear thinker," and proceeded to tell me about a student (Mike Milken) who had a thesis that roughly aligned to the point I made. Leading-edge thought is scattered around the key institutions, but it is also found in lesser places; the headlines will always attribute the insight to the mainline institution, and the money will always follow it.
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Or the Scoundrels, which schools for them
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Bernie Madoff - Hofstra University, Brooklyn Law School,
Jeffrey Skilling - Southern Methodist University
Kenneth Lay - University of Missouri, PhD economics University of Houston
Sandy Weill - Cornell university
Leo Dennis Kozlowski - Seton Hall University, a Catholic university
Hank Greenberg - University of Miami, New York Law School
Richard S. Fuld - University of Colorado, New York University
Jon Stevens Corzine - University of Illinois, University of Chicago
Chris Christie - University of Delaware, Seton Hall University
Hillary Rodham Clinton - Wellesley College, Yale
Bill Clinton - Georgetown, Oxford, Yale
George W. Bush - Yale, Harvard
George H. W. Bush - Yale
Dick Cheney - Yale
Paul Wolfowitz - University of Chicago, Cornell
Donald Rumsfeld - Princeton, Georgetown
Frank Carlucci (Rumsfelds Collge Buddy, CIA, State Dept) Princeton, Harvard
Caspar Weinberger (Sec State) Harvard
George P. Shultz - Princeton, MIT
Gerald Ford - U of M, Yale
John Kerry - Boston College, Yale
Susan Rice - Stanford, New College, Oxford
Condoleezza Rice - University of Denver, Notre Dame
Sandy Berger - Cornell, Harvard
Stephen Hadley - Cornell, Yale
James L. Jones - Georgetown
Thomas E. Donilon - Catholic University of America, University of Virginia
Denis McDonough - St. John's University, Georgetown University
Jack Lew - Carleton College, Harvard, Georgetown University
William Colby - Princeton, Columbia
William J. Casey - Fordham University, St. John's University
William H. Webster - Amherst College, Washington University
Robert Gates - College of William & Mary, Indiana University, Georgetown University
R. James Woolsey, Stanford, St John's College, Oxford, Yale
John M. Deutch, Amherst, MIT
George Tenet, Georgetown, Columbia
Porter Goss, Yale
Quill and Dagger - is a senior honor society at Cornell University. It is often recognized as one of the most prominent and legendary collegiate societies of its type, along with Skull and Bones of Yale University.[1][2][3]
So, Yale = Evil.
See Plato's Republic for a fuller discussion on good and justice.
My schools are on that list. I am not a billionaire.
One of my kids, possibly two, will attend as well. Shoot me for hoping for the best.
What about the "U of Mao"?
I'm pretty sure they produced a lot more billionaires than most/any of these.
Good Point. Do we all measure success in terms of Money. Could be each of these Billionaires is an Anti-Christ(if you go for that sort of thing).
I guess we have to question or define our values. Do I want to squash people during my lifetime? Do I want to extract people's money through a position of power. Do I want to bankrupt other businesses to gain market share. Do I want to use government money or subsidies to build profit margins. Do I want to lay people off to avoid paying their benefits or providing them a pension.
I guess Billionaires are leveraging our Business Culture.
U of P? Reallynow. So who has the most felons? Penn state made a couple new ones.
I guess it doesn't count much. The better the university the better they protect their own. SO they increase the spending in the law college.
Damn i feel like i have to be a billionaire to pay off this fucking loan. This article doesn't make me feel better about being first.
EzeKILL Emanuel went to Penn!
So did Trump and his spawn.
Interesting the relationship between these ultra-left universities and the fact they're pumping out the left's most-hated billionaire.
YALE.
Without reading, am I right?
YALE is Skull & Crossbones, CIA etc
Bankers are the original spies. They probably funded the Skull & Bones and many Mason Lodges.
CIA was put together by wealthy families with Bankers for sure.
Someone said Henry Kissinger came from John D. Rockefeller's farm... meaning he schooled or mentored with the Rockefeller group. International Relations is a business school that prepares students to be a Neocon, Work for State Department, or become a spy.
So, it offers... a job, job security and lifestyle?
The PRIVATE Sector used to have that, when it was still USA. Now, in USSA, with GDP.gov being~ 25% (guessing), the place to be seems Jobs.gov or Welfare.gov. That, or be part of (or start) some so-called "Non-Profit" org, that avoids taxes and gets handouts.
"Study and Work hard" and "What you know" seem to matter less than "Who you know, and who you blow", and what Special Interest Group you belong to. E.g., Non-Aligned people, especially Non-Aligned Euro-White people are... hosed. They lose job competitions to those who are part of an Organized Group, and therefore keep sliding down the Foodchain. Something's gotta change: The Worldview, the Paradigms have to change, since the old ones have outlived their Useful Shelf Life.
Moral: Join a Tribe and be active, or be pushed/left out in the cold. Lone Wolves are the modern equivalent of Bush Hermits of Pioneer days. Running away or hiding won't slow or stop the Parasites, the Usurpers.
Very True. You have to network these days.
Ivy Leaguer's probably get reinforcement that there will be "Winners and Losers". By joining Ivy League you are associating with a winning group.
I think our churches have a similar meme about Education. Anglo or Catholic church will reinforce the idea that success takes work, work takes discipline, be part of the Tribe, learn the Doctrine to prepare for life.
Anyway, FUCK THE IVY LEAGUE.
And to think I almost voted for horseface as the "lesser" of two evils in 2004.
University of Greed
School of Wall Street
Here is a story that has been out there.
Operation Choke Point.
http://dailysignal.com/2014/09/25/gun-shop-owners-longer-hip-square/
In the context of Billionaires... maybe Choke Point was Lobbied by Big Interests at Gander Mtn or another big Sports Corporation.
We have assumed that it is Eric holder, Obama, the Gun Control Groups, the Progressives... and yet the competition that gets lost goes to the Big Box Sporting Stores.
Yeah, great, but what about their football teams?
Heaven knows that they haven't been winning many games lately, but the University of Michigan has won more football games than any other college in history. I think Yale comes in at #2 in most wins. Both of these schools are on billionaires list.
MIT another YALE
Why Shouldn't I Work for the NSA? (Good Will Hunting)
I'm born and raised USA of European extraction with a degree from a university in Asia in which I enrolled myself and completed despite being the sole foreigner in my class. 20+ years ago. Take that to the bank put it in your pipe and smoke it.
Most people ask if I was military but the answer is NO I saved $4500 bought a ticket paid first semester tuition got a $125/mo student apartment learned the language got a job and finished on time with everyone else. Brought home a stunner exotic wife who has been at my side raising our kids all along. Education has been good to me.
Listen Magnum,
Let me be clear.
You sound like the only one smoking the pipe.
OH!
Magnum; Hey would you do the same thing today?
The world has changed, but seems like there are good people and simple lifestyles in Asia. 20 years ago I would have thought Japan the only choice. Japan seems expensive now and actually I think it is hard to fit in there.
Any suggestions on a country you think today it would still work out well?
I've been around Asia, but I'm no the most outgoing type. Maybe Thailand still interests me, but getting old I am harder to please, harder to get comfortable. And lots of money, people and growth in Asia. Maybe Myanmar is the new big thing.
I really don't know. I'm encouraging my son to study at a university in central China. Thanks for the thoughtful questions. In terms of my own situation, it's Always strange arriving there because I immediately understand nearly everything people say. I learned in academia how to speak politely and clearly, so I have a special connection there being a blue eyed foreigner speaking local dialect.
Will I go back and retire there? Maybe not. Getting older I value environmental health. Clean air and access to (expensive) organic foods. I get all that here in USA but I detest how my taxes are spent on military adventures around the globe.
Where I went to school in Asia is really a dump environmentally and people are getting lots of cancers. My father in law, super guy and I loved him dearly. Dead before 60, liver cancer probably the environment.
I am sitting on some decent assets and running a company. If I decide to liqidate, it depends on new opportunity. I like Sweden, of all places. Would enjoy relocating there but yes, expensive. They have surprising offers though, read the fine print. Pretty much an open door there. I am just a few generations removed from Scandinavia. I feel a draw there. Swedes though, I tried to do business there and I get the feeling that they are fixed in believing that they already have every opportunity covered. New business is not created. Old existing business makes rules to protect themselves against new entry!
Aside from that, within Asia I can't say what's best. You might consider Fiji. There, you are welcome, I've heard. You can go, then sell and leave. Personally I've had some issues with sun exposure and I'm not into sand beaches as much as others. I do like tropical jungles though. Indeed my wife is a jungle bunny. I never forget meeting her mother for the first time and feeling like I didn't care which one I'd take either. Now my wife is in her 40s and somehow looks as good or better than her mom all those years ago. I suppose someday we may return to the jungle area she comes from. Tons of family there.
Thanks. Some good thoughts there. Yeah, Heard that Szechuan is the least polluted region of China.
I'll look a little about Fiji. Thanks. I have a block on most of Europe due to higher costs of living. I've looked a little at Central American but still not sure of the heat & sun. South America has cooler temperatures, but think there are a lot of changes in lifestyle.
How bout going to Ukraine or Russia. IF you want more exotic go to the Russian far East. Lots of pretty girls. Area around Lake Baikal is cool, if you want to shag down in the cold climate go to Yakutsk. Pretty mountains in Altai and Tuva etc.
Ukraine would be super easy to go to. Hot women and milder weather. Heck, get a job with a slimball NGO and the whole thing is paid for, probably including your university time there, not to mention your bar tabs for all the vodka as you tell the local girls what a wonderful life is to be had joining the EUSS or USSA. They hot chicks always buy that bullshit, including how wonderful they are.
cosmos, check out abchasia you can ski in winter and go for an afternoon swim in the sea, almost like lebanon but much safer and cheaper.
it is yet an undiscovered jewel!
And how many times have you sniffed your own rosey smelling poop in the 20+ years since?
Got any Vagabond tales?
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x61gjo_i-ve-been-everywhere_music
You get out of something what you put into it. Well done.
Cool story. Good for you.
Ivy League schools should be razed, the ground salted, their progeny banned from public life.
Which Universities create the greatest number of Keynesians?
probably Brown.
Many of the dumbest smart people you could ever meet went to Brown.
Like Joe Paterno. He was so dumb he didn't realize what was going on.
how about some other categories?
decent human beings, perhaps?
biggest assholes?
Find yourself a broken down snow bunny. Put her threw college, get married, and lose 50% of what you own.
Stay out of the system! True story BTW. I love my wife of 9 years. We aren't married, but we are husband and wife..Comically, we both got burnt twice in past marriages. The court system is a joke. These walking assholes get 50% without lifting a finger. We both have lost large sums of money, somehow we always rebound.
Mrs Atomizer and I own a small empire. We never worry about money.
We just bicker like Richard and Hyacinth from Keeping up Appearances. Old BBC TV show.
Listen.
See you in Mumbai bitchez!
Jolly ol' Bombay?
I guess there are some nice colonial cities in India. But they are aging. English, French, Portuguese...
Do you suggest retiring to a coastal city or town in India?
I guess you like working and are a businessman, so maybe you don't think about retirement lifestyle. knew a guy that stays in India 6 month of the the year and does stuff on the internet. Apparently he uses a water filter system all the type and never swims in the Ocean.
He says the food is good.
Listen 88.
Here's the deal. I have a private well. It's deep. Very deep.
Water is very good. Then I pass it through a R/O system.
Guess what? No "FLUORIDE" in my water and it's clean and drinkable.
I travel for work, mostly. 2 residence one in the "CITY", one at the beach. You can swim in the ocean here.
The food is good and so are the Bitches!
Hamburger U anyone?.
Is that the one in Germany near the Red Light District?
I think Stanford is definitely higher...
http://worthly.com/news/10-colleges-produce-millionaires/3/
Disappointed not to see Annapolis on the list.
John McCain is an alum. I would be embarrassed based on that.
last in his class, tho'.
McCain is a failure among many who are not. Plenty more alums to be proud of. Nimitz, Halsey, Spruance, Moorer, Stockdale, just to name a few. Don't know how many billionaires we've produced though.
It's your own darn fault you're not a billionaire, because of the school you attended! Muppets!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yJl0XuDKSjc
The Billionaires school to skim ponzi moniez.
Enjoy.
What would Penn's # be ex-wharton?
Good article ZH.
How many went to these .edu for-profit schools the Republitards like to support (bc the .edus support their campaign$)? COCO, ESI, EDMC, STRA, APOL, etc....? I'm betting none, wanna take the over?
Ask Jack Welch (former GE CEO), he seems to be running the educational sheep parade.
Hey!!!! I went to Penn. Mechanical engineering '79. I am not a bi$$ionaire - yet.
But you know who is/was? Mike Milken. Bill Clinton goes to Mike Milken's conference every year. I bet Milken evolved .... have.....have not......have.
Sooooooooo....like....Dude....are we talking convicted billionaires or unconvicted? It makes a big difference.
Lots of scum and Goldmanites went went to Penn. Major feeder channel. Electives I took in Wharton undergrad were full of dumbs*&ts.
Mort Zuckerman went to Wharton Grad/MBA. Also law degree. He has a gigabuck. Real estate. You can see him on the McLaughlin Report. He excoriates Obama. Never been in jail.
I was beaucoup POed when I learned last week that PlayBoy Mag ranked Penn #1 amongst party schools. Post Trayvon, one of the professers proclaimed that God was a white rayciss. Back in '93 they gave Hillary an honarary doctorate. You know - just the way Obama got a Nobel. They sure don't know how get me to open my checkbook.
You mean how these firms tout they hire the best and the brightest from Ivy League and still didn't see the crash coming...
Why would anyone down arrow Magnum?
His personal life story was interesting and informative. I loved his use of "Stunner" to describe his wife.
I DO UNDERSTAND why people might have down-arrowed my "Fuck The Ivy League" remark. It was uncalled for, so I will clarify it.
FUCK YALE - school of Bush, Clinton, Kerry et all.
You should have stuck with your gut.
Beat the University system by becoming smarter .
See https://www.academia.edu/8491490/Prodigy_Update_I
Yeah yeah yeah....
How many were already well on their way to billionaire status before attending??
Ivy league is the Kentucky of the 1%ers. Fucking rich inbreeders.
"Based on overall results on both a national and global scale, I'd have to give these bastions of enlightenment an F."
-Professor Nomas Caca, Dept. of Logic and Horsesense, Universidad de la Libertad, South America
Vaguely interesting, and just for fun I'd like to see the numbers of billionaires for graduate degrees by school, but if this only covers 16% of the billionaires is doesn't much matter.
That's a lot of freakin' billionaries, ain't it?
I guess more got there by smuggling drugs than going to class anyway.
Sandusky abused and trained?
Working hard to make daddy proud.
Crazy sick shit.
Penn State isn't on there.