Overview

• Harvard leads with 104 billionaire alumni, with reports noting the figure excludes famous dropouts such as Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.
• Stanford counts 69 and the University of Pennsylvania 38, followed by Columbia at 32, MIT at 28, and Yale at 24.
• The University of Mumbai reports 22 billionaire alumni, tying Cornell at that total and ranking eighth as India’s only entry in the global top tier.
• Asian representation broadens in the rankings, with Tsinghua at 19, Peking at 14, and Seoul National and Zhejiang among institutions listed with 12.
• Outlets attribute the ranking to the Salas Díaz & Young 2024 dataset and cite alumni examples including Mukesh Ambani, Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, Jerry Yang, Andy Fang, and Robin Li.