List of companies founded by Harvard University alumni
Company Region Fortune Global 500 ( 2017 ) Revenue in US $ millions ( 2016 ) Type Category Year founded
1 CVS United States 14 177,526 Public Health care 1963
2 Cardinal Health United States 35 121,546 Public Pharmaceuticals 1971
3 Microsoft United States 69 85,320 Public Computer software 1975
4 Citigroup * United States 74 82,386 Public Banking 1812 ( Citibank / Citicorp )
5 Morgan Stanley * United States 267 37,949 Public Finance 1935 ( the original Morgan Stanley )
6 Gilead Sciences United States 358 30,392 Public Biotech 1987
7 TSMC Taiwan 369 29,388 Public Semiconductor 1987
8 Facebook United States 393 27,638 Public Social networking 2004
Top companies by revenues -- Fortune Global 500 ( 2017 )
This list shows companies in Fortune Global 500 founded or co-founded by Harvard alumni . The cut-off revenue for 2017 Fortune Global 500 companies is $ 21,609M in 2016 . [ 7 ]
This is a list of companies founded by Harvard University alumni, including attendees who enrolled in degree programs at Harvard University but did not eventually graduate. Companies founded by alumni of Radcliffe College (Harvard Annex, 1879-1999) are not included in this list. This list is not exhaustive, as it only includes notable companies of which the founding and development history is well recorded by reliable sources. In particular, subsidiaries are listed with their owners in parentheses. Harvard University is a highly successful university in attracting funding for start-up companies, and its alumni have created a large number of companies. According to PitchBook, from 2006 to 2017, Harvard produced 844 company founders as alumni or current students, creating 750 companies, fourth most among all universities in the world. In this list, founders of a company which merged with other companies to form a new company are counted as founders of the new company. However, founders of a company which later dissolved into several successor companies are not counted as founders of those successor companies; this same rule applies to spin-off companies. Finally, a defunct company is a company that had stopped functioning completely (e.g., bankrupt) without dissolving, merging or being acquired.