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Where S&P 500 Directors Went to School
S&P 500 directors with a degree from each university, latest year
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where a new leader takes first place.
S&P 500 members on 1 July of each year, from their proxy statements (SEC EDGAR). Counts people whose filings name a school; many proxies print none, so the coverage chart goes with this one. Schools matched to ROR; business, law and medical schools count toward their university.
The schools behind the boards of the largest U.S. companies, from the director biographies in their proxy statements.
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- S&P 500 directors with a degree from Harvard Universityas “Harvard University”latest 2026-07-01
- S&P 500 directors with a degree from Stanford Universityas “Stanford University”latest 2026-07-01
- S&P 500 directors with a degree from University of Pennsylvaniaas “University of Pennsylvania”latest 2026-07-01
- S&P 500 directors with a degree from Northwestern Universityas “Northwestern University”latest 2026-07-01
- S&P 500 directors with a degree from Columbia Universityas “Columbia University”latest 2026-07-01
- S&P 500 directors with a degree from University of Michiganas “University of Michigan”latest 2026-07-01
- S&P 500 directors with a degree from University of Chicagoas “University of Chicago”latest 2026-07-01
- S&P 500 directors with a degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technologyas “Massachusetts Institute of Technology”latest 2026-07-01
- S&P 500 directors with a degree from Princeton Universityas “Princeton University”latest 2026-07-01
- S&P 500 directors with a degree from University of California, Berkeleyas “University of California, Berkeley”latest 2026-07-01
- S&P 500 directors with a degree from Georgetown Universityas “Georgetown University”latest 2026-07-01
- S&P 500 directors with a degree from Duke Universityas “Duke University”latest 2026-07-01
- S&P 500 directors with a degree from University of Virginiaas “University of Virginia”latest 2026-07-01
- S&P 500 directors with a degree from Yale Universityas “Yale University”latest 2026-07-01
- S&P 500 directors with a degree from The University of Texas at Austinas “University of Texas at Austin”latest 2026-07-01
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S&P 500 directors with a degree from Harvard University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.
S&P 500 directors with a degree from Stanford University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.
S&P 500 directors with a degree from University of Pennsylvania. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.
S&P 500 directors with a degree from Northwestern University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.
S&P 500 directors with a degree from Columbia University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.
S&P 500 directors with a degree from University of Michigan. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.
S&P 500 directors with a degree from University of Chicago. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.
S&P 500 directors with a degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.
S&P 500 directors with a degree from Princeton University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.
S&P 500 directors with a degree from University of California, Berkeley. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.
S&P 500 directors with a degree from Georgetown University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.
S&P 500 directors with a degree from Duke University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.
S&P 500 directors with a degree from University of Virginia. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.
S&P 500 directors with a degree from Yale University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.
S&P 500 directors with a degree from The University of Texas at Austin. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.
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