Who Wants To Be A Centi-Millionaire? Attend These 8 College To Improve Chances

A new wealth report by consultancy firm "Henley & Partners" found more than a third of US centi-millionaires graduated from eight universities. 

The report found 9,630 centi-millionaires living in the US as of December. Of that, 35% of them graduated from just eight schools:

• Harvard

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Stanford

• University of Pennsylvania

• Columbia,

• Yale,

• Cornell, and

• Princeton.

"Nonetheless, a premium education undeniably improves the chances of achieving success, influence, and wealth," Henley & Partners said. 

The report noted an exception: 

"Education is not the only route to phenomenal financial success though, with two notable examples being Bill Gates, who left Harvard to start Microsoft, and Mark Zuckerberg, a fellow Harvard drop-out and the poster boy of Facebook, now Meta, both of whom went on to become billionaires." 

And for those aspiring to become a centi-millionaire one day, choosing the right industry is important. The report found the top industries in which centi-millionaires have acquired their wealth:  

• Financial and professional services

• Technology 

• Real Estate

• Media and entertainment 

• Energy and basic materials 

• Retail

• Healthcare 

• Hotel and leisure 

• Manufacturing

• Transport 

Unsurprisingly, a handful of Ivy League universities have a monopoly on churning out centi-millionaires.