Yale University
Chartered in 1701, Yale University is one of the world’s most prestigious, elite universities in the United States. It has the second lowest admission rate among the Ivy League schools. It offers thousands of courses in its 14 schools. The most sought-after major is History, followed by Political Science, Biology, English and Economics.
Associated People
Art Laffer
Bruce Phelps
Cassie Chambers
Charley Ellis
Daniel Yergin
David Swensen
Eric Tyson
Frank Partnoy
Frank Snowden
1991 - present
George Akerlof
James Robinson
1993 - present
Jim Rogers
Jim Chanos
Jim Litinsky
John Templeton
Kenneth Rogoff
Martin Levin
Michael Lewitt
Michael Lind
Neil Howe
Paul Kennedy
1983 - present
Paul Krugman
Robert Lovett
Robert Prechter
Robert Shiller
Scott Moeller
Steve Schwarzman
Tad Rivelle
Vikram Mansharamani
Wilbur Ross Jr.
Benoit Mandelbrot
2005 - 2010
Darius Dale
2005 - 2009
Sahm Adrangi
1999 - 2003
Jay Van Sciver
1996 - 2000
Keith McCullough
1995 - 1999
John Mihaljevic
1996 - 1998
Daryl Jones
1993 - 1998
Nouriel Roubini
1988 - 1995
Reuben Advani
1990 - 1994
William Goetzmann
1986 - 1990
Gretchen Rubin
1984 - 1989
Wayne Pacelle
- 1987
Bob Savage
1980 - 1984
Amity Schlaes
- 1982
Charles Lowrey Jr
1980 - 1982
Andrew Lo
1977 - 1980
Philip Tetlock
1975 - 1979
Ed Yardeni
1972 - 1976
Janet Yellen
- 1971
Bob Rubin
- 1964
Harald Malmgren
1954 - 1957
- Four Yale graduates signed the American Declaration of Independence, and the university has educated five US presidents: William Howard Taft, Gerald Ford, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
- Twenty Yale alumni have won Nobel prizes, including economist Paul Krugman, while 32 have won the Pulitzer Prize.
- Other notable alumni include US secretaries of state Hillary Clinton, 19 U.S. Supreme Court Justices, Morgan Stanley founder Harold Stanley, billionaire Blackstone Group founder Stephen A. Schwarzman, Boeing and United Airlines founder William Boeing, FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith, 23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki, and Pinterest cofounder and CEO Ben Silbermann, John Kerry, and actress Meryl Streep.