Schools with affluent alumni

MASTERS previously shared a number of successful entrepreneurs who decided to quit their education early. However, a piece of paper from the world's leading universities will get you there. This time we list a number of schools that can count their alumni among the wealthiest in the world. 

Harvard University

Harvard is known as the world's most prestigious universities with very high admission requirements for (prospective) students, high tuition fees, high salaries for professors - including several Nobel Prize winners - and a high chance of an excellently paid job after graduation. The university has reportedly produced 29 billionaires to date. Some alumni include Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft and businessman Jorge Paulo Lemann.  

Columbia University

Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in New York State and has approximately 27.000 students on two campuses, both located in Manhattan. The university has a great reputation in many branches of science. Columbia University has an acceptance rate of 5.6%. For example, a well-known former student who made it through the selection is billionaire Warren Buffet. After the University of Pennsylvania, he attended Columbia University Business School. The businessman's fortune is now estimated at approximately €98 billion. Henry Kravis also graduated from college in 1969. He founded the American investment company Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. on.

Mumbai University

Founded in 1857, this is one of the oldest universities in India. The university is also one of the largest in the world in terms of number of graduates. 20 billionaires also graduated there. Of these twenty billionaires, sixteen inherited their wealth from family. One of them is Mukesh Ambani, the owner of Reliance Industries. But Uday Kotak is also one of the alumni. In 1985, he started a finance company that grew into India's top bank. In 2014, he took over ING Bank's Indian activities. His net worth is estimated at around €13.6 billion.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a university in the English city of Cambridge and, together with Oxford, is one of the most famous and oldest universities in the United Kingdom. Famous names who trained or taught here include Isaac Newton, James Watson, Charles Darwin and 14 Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom. Four of the former students are now billionaires. Under which Andrew Christopher, owner of INEOS Pharmaceuticals. Another billionaire alumnus is Mark Coombs, CEO of the Ashmore Group.