Universities with the most graduates running companies- Wall Street Journal

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<p>“The universities associated with the greatest number of graduates running companies that field to go public in the first half of 2011.”</p>

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<ol>
<li>Stanford- 32</li>
<li>Harvard- 24</li>
<li>UC Berkeley- 23</li>
<li>Northwestern- 19</li>
<li>UCLA- 18</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania- 16</li>
<li>University of Texas- 13</li>
<li>Indiana University- 12</li>
<li>University of Chicago- 12</li>
<li>Duke University- 11</li>
</ol>

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<p>Apparently the OP doesn’t understand that this has nothing to do with the “Universities with the most graduates running companies”. LOL! Fail.</p>

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<p>A per capita analysis is most appropriate here, quite obviously.</p>

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<p>Or an actual study of “Universities with the most graduates running companies”. LOL.</p>

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<p>Perhaps this is a better listing:</p>

<p>[Where</a> the Fortune 500 CEOs Went to College - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2011/01/03/where-the-fortune-500-ceos-went-to-college?s_cid=related-links%3ATOP]Where”>http://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2011/01/03/where-the-fortune-500-ceos-went-to-college?s_cid=related-links%3ATOP)</p>

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<p>Considering the failing rates of private companies, it’s actually quite an accomplishment to put their companies in the position to file IPO, which in itself a pretty complicated process. I don’t know about you but to me, these young entrepreneurs are probably more impressive than a lot of these Fortune 500 CEOs who don’t seem to accomplish anything these days other than influencing the compensation schemes so their packages are much larger than they deserve.</p>

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<p>They’re the usual suspects, except for Indiana and UCLA.</p>