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Yale University

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Founding Date
1701

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.

Andy Redleaf

Arthur Laffer

Barry Nalebuff

1989 - present

Ben Inker

Bruce Phelps

Cassie Chambers

Charley Ellis

Cheryl Contee

David Swensen

Eric Tyson

Frank Snowden

1991 - present

George Akerlof

Hal Brands

Irene Finel-Honigman

James Robinson

1993 - present

Jane Buchan

Janine Yorio

Jasmina Hasanhodzic

Jerry Hwang

Jim Chanos

Jim Leitner

Jim Litinsky

Jim Rogers

Joanne Lipman

John Templeton

Kenneth Rogoff

Larry Speidell

Mark Carhart

Martin Levin

Michael Anderson

Michael Lewitt

Michael Lind

Mickey Harley

Nicholas Christakis

2013 - present

Paul Kennedy

1983 - present

Paul Krugman

Rob Wallace

Robert Lovett

Robert Prechter

Robert Shiller

Roger McNamee

Roy Ballentine

Scott Bessent

Scott Moeller

Stephen Freidheim

2017 - present

Stephen Roach

2010 - present

Steve Schwarzman

Vikram Mansharamani

Wilbur Ross Jr.

Zhang Lei

Raluca Cherciu

2018 - 2019

Chris Miller

2015 - 2017

Jeff Zirlin

- 2015

Evin McMullen

2008 - 2012

Benoit Mandelbrot

2005 - 2010

Irshad Manji

2006 - 2009

Darius Dale

2005 - 2009

Aniket Shah

2005 - 2009

Howard Wang

2003 - 2007

Jonathan Goldberg

1999 - 2003

Sahm Adrangi

1999 - 2003

Soner Cagaptay

1996 - 2003

Nick Bostrom

2000 - 2002

Matthew Rothman

1996 - 2000

Eric Ries

1996 - 2000

Jay Van Sciver

1996 - 2000

Charlie McGarraugh

1996 - 2000

Ben Axler

1999 - 2000

Bill Nelson

- 1989

Ben Savage

1995 - 1999

Keith McCullough

1995 - 1999

John Mihaljevic

1996 - 1998

George Silva

1996 - 1998

Daryl Jones

1993 - 1998

Aaron Kennon

1993 - 1997

Charles Duhigg

1993 - 1997

Tom Trowbridge

1992 - 1996

Nouriel Roubini

1988 - 1995

Jakub Rehor

1991 - 1995

Alex Berenson

- 1994

Chris Rossbach

1990 - 1994

Reuben Advani

1990 - 1994

Ted Seides

1988 - 1992

Frank Partnoy

- 1992

JP Thieriot

1987 - 1991

Matthew Klein

1986 - 1990

William Goetzmann

1986 - 1990

Keith Rosenbloom

1986 - 1990

Andrew Silberstein

1985 - 1989

Gretchen Rubin

1984 - 1989

Chris Clark

1983 - 1987

Wayne Pacelle

- 1987

Fareed Zakaria

- 1986

David Warren

1982 - 1986

Jon Haidt

1981 - 1985

Greg Kidd

1982 - 1984

Bob Savage

1980 - 1984

Charles Lowrey Jr

1980 - 1982

Amity Schlaes

- 1982

Tad Rivelle

1977 - 1981

Neil Howe

1975 - 1979

Andrew Lo

1977 - 1980

George Noble

1974 - 1979

Barry Eichengreen

- 1976

David Rose

1976 - 1979

Philip Tetlock

1975 - 1979

Tom Steyer

1975 - 1979

Marc Mayer

1974 - 1978

Rebecca Goldstein

- 1977

Tom Ricks

1975 - 1977

Ed Yardeni

1972 - 1976

Ash Carter

1972 - 1976

Jay Newman

- 1973

Carol Dweck

- 1972

Janet Yellen

- 1971

Daniel Yergin

- 1968

Bob Rubin

- 1964

Sam Bowles

- 1960

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.