# REVEALED: Top 50 Universities producing entrepreneurial talent Published: 2021-08-22 Category: News Category URL: https://wealthtribune.com/category/news/ Meta Title: Stanford University Produces Most Entrepreneurial Alumni Meta Description: Stanford University in California leads the way with 3,647 alumni founders, followed by MIT and UC Berkeley. Find out more here! URL: https://wealthtribune.com/revealed-top-50-universities-producing-entrepreneurial-talent/ ![undefined](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm5qso2qu002awirgzorggbnl/images/img9165-1248-sbi-300730709-1737035925785-compressed.jpg) **Stanford University in California produces the most entrepreneurial alumni** **Founding alumni include Peter Thiel, Kevin Hartz and Elon Musk** **UK’s Oxford & Cambridge rank in Top 20** American Universities produce the most entrepreneurial alumni in the world, a new study shows. Seeking to find universities with the highest number of alumni that have gone on to become start-up founders, research carried out by B2B advertising experts [N.Rich](https://74n5c4m7.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fn.rich%2F/1/0102017b585db8a8-e147135c-05a2-4489-8251-d2debaa519de-000000/pA_JVx0BJsojbqyOLYokimkAyVk=232) studied data drawn from Crunchbase to compile a global “Top 50” of the highest entrepreneur-generating universities. At the top of the list is Stanford University in California, best known for producing entrepreneurial figures such as **Peter Thiel** (co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies and Founders Fund), **Kevin Hartz** (co-founder and chairman of Eventbrite) and **Elon Musk**. N.Rich found that Stanford University registers 3,647 alumni that are founders of new organisations. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ranks second highest on the list for alumni that have become founders of new companies, with a total of **2,287 founding alumni.** Focusing on courses in science, technology, and engineering, the university has “given birth” to current **Google Vice President Bradley Horowitz**, **Andrew W. Houston** ( co-founder and CEO of **Dropbox**) and **Nat Friedman**, co-founder of both Ximian and Xamarin – the latter of which was acquired by **Microsoft** in 2016. Friedman is the current CEO of **GitHub**. In fact, a total of **37 American universities** feature in the Top 50 database. The sole exception within the Top 10 of the list is Israel’s **Tel Aviv University**, which gave birth to **Eran Zinman**, founder of the cloud-based sales and CRM solution, **Monday.com**. Within the United Kingdom, the prestigious universities of Oxford and Cambridge rank 12th and 14th respectively. 1,117 of Oxford’s alumni have later become founders of new businesses. The educational establishment has generated entrepreneurial individuals such as **Monzo founder Tom Blomfield**, and indeed, despite studying his undergraduate Bachelor’s degree of Arts and Science at Stanford, **Kevin Hartz** also studied a Master’s degree in British History at Oxford University. Slack founder **Stewart Butterfield** studied at Clare College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, which has garnered 1,064 alumni that have gone on to create new businesses. The University itself has also generated the likes of Nickyl Raithatha – founder of the popular personalised greeting card and gift store **Moonpig**. Speaking of the research, a representative of N.Rich comments: “America has always been an enviable “factory” that creates a wealth of successful individuals with entrepreneurial aspirations. One hopes that the next generation of young founders will find their way to such lucrative educational establishments as those featured in this list.” The study was conducted by N.Rich, which offers a rich array of intent data and ad inventory that enable marketers to drive awareness and lead generation effectively. **Top 20 Universities creating entrepreneurial talent** **University Name**Location**Number of Alumni****Number of Founders**Stanford UniversityCalifornia, United States6,7223,647Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts, United States4,0442,287University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, California, United States4,6922,253Harvard Business SchoolBoston, Massachusetts, United States5,3412,230Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts, United States4,3432,063Wharton School of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States3,4061,429Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York, United States2,8951,303Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel2,1951,230University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States2,7531,171Stanford Graduate School of BusinessStanford, California, United States2,3051,150Columbia UniversityManhattan, New York, United States2,5801,148University of OxfordOxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom2,3631,117University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California, United States2,2911,093University of CambridgeCambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom2,2751,064University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles, California, United States2,288990Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States1,870975University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan, United States2,076949New York UniversityNew York, New York, United States2,127938Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut2,016 --- This blog is powered by Superblog. 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