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Harvard University has produced more billionaires than any other American university, according to Forbes. Anyone with a degree from University of Phoenix could have determined that. Forbes says 54 Harvard graduates need three commas to list their net worth. This translates to 5% of the world's billionaires. Ironically, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard and became the richest man in the world anyway. Stanford is second with 27 billionaires and Penn third with 18. MIT has produced 11 billionaires. more ›

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