<p>cmburns-</p>
<p>For Yale, too, you forgot Wilbur Ross, probably the king of vulture investors; Ted Forstman, of Forstman Little, who practically invented LBO/PE game in the 80s along with KKR; Jim Chanos is currently the leading “bear” investor on the street; throw in Bob Prechter, who is fairly prominent, too. </p>
<p>I’m a Yale undergrad and a Wharton MBA and work at a hedge fund. There are plenty of Yalies around in prominent positions. As you said, on a relative basis, Yale undergrads do just fine. </p>
<p>As a Wharton MBA I have witnessed how large the Wharton network is, but I would add that it is not particularly tight. Wharton itself is large, impersonal and competitive, and Whartonians don’t reach out to help other Whartonians with the same degree of vigor other schools do. Anybody who has worked in finance for any time will tell you that Dartmouth has the most intense network in terms of people energetically helping each other over the course of their careers. There may be fewer Dartmouth grads on the street than Wharton grads, but they are intensely devoted to the Green.</p>