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ENGINEERING
 Engineering has a wide application across many profitable industries
 Often the type of engineering studied seem to drive successful people into one
particular industry
ENGINEERING MAJORS
 Charles Koch
 Koch Industries
 Net worth $41.3 billion
 General Engineering - MIT
 David Koch
 Koch Industries
 Net worth $41.3 billion
 Michael Bloomberg
 Bloomberg L.P.
 Net worth $35.4 billion
 Electrical engineering- Johns Hopkins University
 Larry Page
 Google/ Alphabet Inc.
 Net worth $31.5 billion
 Computer Engineering- University of Michigan
 Jeff Bezos
 Amazon
 Net worth $30.4 billion
 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science-
Princeton University
ECONOMICS
 Many times economics majors pursue some type of grad school degree
 Seems to help a lot of successful people make connections and understand financial areas of
business
ECONOMICS MAJORS
 Steve Ballmer
 Microsoft/ LA Clippers
 Net worth $20.8 billion
 Applied mathematics and economics- Harvard
 Jorge Paulo Lemann
 3G Capital
 Net Worth $22.8 billion
 Economics - Harvard
 Masayoshi Son
 SoftBank
 Net Worth $18.2 billion
 Economics- UC Berkeley
 Tadashi Yanai
 Fast Retailing
 Net Worth- $16.4 Billion
 Economics and Politics- Waseda University
 Laurene Powell Jobs
 Emerson Collective
 Net worth 16 billion
 Economics – University of Pennsylvania
BUSINESS AND FINANCE
 People who work their way up in the business world often come from an entrepreneur or
sales background
 Often business related majors have the highest salary post graduation among other types of
majors
BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAJORS
 Warren Buffet
 Berkshire Hathaway
 Net worth $66 billion
 Business administration- University of Nebraska
 Aliko Dangote
 Dangote Group
 Net worth $26.6 billion
 Business at Al-Azhar University, Cairo
 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
 Kingdom Holding Company
 Net worth $21.1 billion
 Business administration – Menlo Unversity
 Susanne Klatten
 Altana/BMW
 Net worth 18.4 billion
 Business finance – International Institute for
Management Development
 Charles Ergen
 Dish Network
 Net worth $17 billion
 Business administration- University of Tennessee at
Knoxville
OTHER
 There are also plenty of successful people that majored in more unconventional areas
 Often people may start in a different major and then work their way into one of the majors
discussed above in a grad school environment
OTHER
 Sergey Brin
 Google/Alphabet Inc.
 Net worth $31.1 billion
 Computer Science and mathematics- University of
Maryland
 Anada Krishnan
 MAI Holding
 Net worth $11.8 billion
 Political science- University of Melbourne
 Carl Icahn
 Icahn Enterprises
 Net worth 23.9 billion
 Philosophy - Princeton
 George Soros
 Soros Fund Management
 Net worth $23 billion
 Philosophy- London School of Economics
 David Thomson
 Thomson Reuters
 Net worth $24.1 billion
 History- Cambridge University

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College Majors of Billionaires

  • 1. COLLEGE MAJORS OF BILLIONAIRES HTTP://WWW.VISTACOLLEGE.EDU/BLOG/RESOURCES/COLLEGE-MAJORS-OF-BILLIONAIRES
  • 2. ENGINEERING  Engineering has a wide application across many profitable industries  Often the type of engineering studied seem to drive successful people into one particular industry
  • 3. ENGINEERING MAJORS  Charles Koch  Koch Industries  Net worth $41.3 billion  General Engineering - MIT  David Koch  Koch Industries  Net worth $41.3 billion  Michael Bloomberg  Bloomberg L.P.  Net worth $35.4 billion  Electrical engineering- Johns Hopkins University  Larry Page  Google/ Alphabet Inc.  Net worth $31.5 billion  Computer Engineering- University of Michigan  Jeff Bezos  Amazon  Net worth $30.4 billion  Electrical Engineering and Computer Science- Princeton University
  • 4. ECONOMICS  Many times economics majors pursue some type of grad school degree  Seems to help a lot of successful people make connections and understand financial areas of business
  • 5. ECONOMICS MAJORS  Steve Ballmer  Microsoft/ LA Clippers  Net worth $20.8 billion  Applied mathematics and economics- Harvard  Jorge Paulo Lemann  3G Capital  Net Worth $22.8 billion  Economics - Harvard  Masayoshi Son  SoftBank  Net Worth $18.2 billion  Economics- UC Berkeley  Tadashi Yanai  Fast Retailing  Net Worth- $16.4 Billion  Economics and Politics- Waseda University  Laurene Powell Jobs  Emerson Collective  Net worth 16 billion  Economics – University of Pennsylvania
  • 6. BUSINESS AND FINANCE  People who work their way up in the business world often come from an entrepreneur or sales background  Often business related majors have the highest salary post graduation among other types of majors
  • 7. BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAJORS  Warren Buffet  Berkshire Hathaway  Net worth $66 billion  Business administration- University of Nebraska  Aliko Dangote  Dangote Group  Net worth $26.6 billion  Business at Al-Azhar University, Cairo  Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud  Kingdom Holding Company  Net worth $21.1 billion  Business administration – Menlo Unversity  Susanne Klatten  Altana/BMW  Net worth 18.4 billion  Business finance – International Institute for Management Development  Charles Ergen  Dish Network  Net worth $17 billion  Business administration- University of Tennessee at Knoxville
  • 8. OTHER  There are also plenty of successful people that majored in more unconventional areas  Often people may start in a different major and then work their way into one of the majors discussed above in a grad school environment
  • 9. OTHER  Sergey Brin  Google/Alphabet Inc.  Net worth $31.1 billion  Computer Science and mathematics- University of Maryland  Anada Krishnan  MAI Holding  Net worth $11.8 billion  Political science- University of Melbourne  Carl Icahn  Icahn Enterprises  Net worth 23.9 billion  Philosophy - Princeton  George Soros  Soros Fund Management  Net worth $23 billion  Philosophy- London School of Economics  David Thomson  Thomson Reuters  Net worth $24.1 billion  History- Cambridge University