Where The 25 Richest American Billionaires Went to College

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February 8, 2023 7:48 am

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Jim Simons
> Net worth as of 2022: $28.1 billion
> Resident state: New York
> Industry: Finance & Investments
> Higher education: MIT (Class of 1958); University of California, Berkeley grad school

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Stephen Schwarzman
> Net worth as of 2022: $29.1 billion
> Resident state: New York
> Industry: Finance & Investments
> Higher education: Yale University (Class of 1969); Harvard Business School

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Jeff Yass
> Net worth as of 2022: $30 billion
> Resident state: Pennsylvania
> Industry: Finance & Investments
> Higher education: SUNY Binghamton (Class of 1968)

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Len Blavatnik
> Net worth as of 2022: $30.7 billion
> Resident state:
> Industry: Diversified
> Higher education: Columbia University (Class of 1981) and Harvard Business School

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Ken Griffin
> Net worth as of 2022: $30.8 billion
> Resident state: Florida
> Industry: Finance & Investments
> Higher education: Harvard University (Class of 1989)

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