April 21st, 2011
Members of the list of the Wealthiest College
Graduates saw their stock portfolios jump by 14.94%
over 2010, impressively outpacing the Dow Jones
Industrial Average, which gained 10.70% over the
course of the year. The annual list of the Wealthiest
College Graduates, which is compiled by Donor
Watch, includes 180 wealthy individuals
who had nearly $120 billion in their SEC filed
stock portfolios as of 12/31/2010. During the
first quarter of 2011, their stock portfolios
jumped another 5.41%, representing $6.47 billion
in new wealth.
According to Donor Watch,
the 180 wealthy individuals on the list have a
total 292 undergraduate and advanced degrees from
leading colleges and universities. Notably, 35%
of the list's members had MBAs and 9% had JDs.
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The top individuals on the list include: Jeff
Bezos, CEO & founder of Amazon.com (AMZN),
graduate of Princeton University Harold Hamm,
CEO of Continental Resources Inc's (CLR), graduate
of Phillips College and Northwestern Oklahoma
State University (MA) Steve Ballmer, CEO
of Microsoft Corp (MSFT), graduate of Harvard
College Phil Knight, Chairman of Nike Inc
(NKE), graduate of University of Oregon and Stanford
University (MBA) Pierre Omidyar, founder
of Ebay Inc (EBAY), graduate of Tufts University
Rupert H Johnson Jr., Vice-Chairman of Franklin
Resources (BEN), graduate of Washington and Lee
University.
The top ten schools with the highest number of
undergraduate alumni on the list include: Harvard
College, Princeton University, Yale University,
University of Pennsylvania, University of California
Berkeley, University of North Carolina, Stanford
University, New York University, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and University of Minnesota.
Some other notables include University of Kansas,
UCLA, University of Arkansas and Lehigh University,
all of which had at least three alums make the
list.
81% of the individuals on the lists saw their
stock portfolios increase in value over 2010.
Notably, fifty of the gainers saw their portfolios
increase by over $100 million each, making them
key targets for prospect researchers.
One of the $100 million plus gainers is Tracy
W. Krohn, the Chief Executive Officer and founder
of W&T Offshore (WTI). W&T Offshore's stock has
nearly doubled since November of 2010, a trend
that has increased Mr. Krohn's holdings in the
company by more than $242 million. Similarly,
University of California, Berkeley graduate David
Schwartz saw his stock portfolio jump by $156
million. Schwartz, who co-founded Bio-Rad Laboratories
(BIO) with his wife Alice Norman Schwartz, benefitted
from the strong performance of BIO's stock over
2010.
However, things are not all bad for the executives
who saw their stock portfolios decrease over 2010.
One such example is Manny Mashouf, the Chief Executive
Officer and founder of Bebe Stores, Inc (BEBE).
While BEBE's stock underperformed during 2010,
Mr. Mashouf still managed to sell off 550,000
shares of the company, netting the San Francisco
State University alumnus more than $4.5 million
in cash. Donor
Watch's list of Wealthiest College
Graduates is used by prospect researchers and
development officials at leading colleges, universities
and non-profits to track the wealth of their alumni
and top donors. Beyond the Wealthiest College
Graduate list, Donor Watch compiles various custom
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and metro-areas. Donor Watch's prospect research
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