10 Universities That Have Produced Successful Tech Executives

By siliconindia  |   Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 02:28 IST
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Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. With its long hailing history, influence and wealth, this institution is undoubtedly one of the most prestigious universities in the world and certainly for the successful varsity for tech executives. The University has around 45 percent of its students coming from families who annually earn $200.000 or more, and has produced a total of 7 billionaire tech CEOs, according to Bloomberg.
Mark Zuckerberg launched facebook in the Harvard campus before dropping out of school in 2004. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is another famous Harvard dropout. Some of the other techies on the list include the Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh and Sun Microsystems cofounder Scott McNealy have all earned degrees from Harvard before going on to make major contributions to the tech industry.
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