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
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.