Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Stanford Graduate School of Business is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world, regularly competing with Harvard Business School and UPenn’s Wharton School for the No. 1 spot in most rankings.
Today it’s the most selective school in the U.S., with a 6.8% acceptance rate in 2013.
Its elite academic programs have produced some of the most prominent and innovative figures in their respective industries. Here’s a look at 25 of the most successful.
If his name doesn’t ring a bell, his company will: Joe Coulombe, MBA graduate of 1954, founded the grocery chain Trader Joe’s in 1967. Today Trader Joe’s is one of the top groceries in the U.S., bringing in $ 12 billion in annual revenue.
Charles Schwab graduated from Stanford in 1961. He founded his eponymous investment company 10 years later, and today he has an estimated net worth of $ 6.2 billion.
Phil Knight got his MBA in 1962 and went on to found Nike, which brought in $ 24 billion in revenue last year. Knight is worth an estimated $ 19 billion.
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