One chart shows how many millionaires and billionaires graduated from Harvard, Stanford, MIT, and 17 other top colleges

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May 29, 2017 7:30 PM

The richest of the rich have more in common than a risk-taking attitude and an early morning routine.

Society seems to be obsessed with rich people. We seek their advice, study their habits, and replicate their wealth-building strategies.

But the richest of the rich have more in common than a risk-taking attitude and an early morning routine.

Wealth-X, a firm that does research and valuations on ultra-high net worth (UHNW) individuals, recently revealed where the world's wealthiest people — those with assets exceeding $30 million — went to college.

Counting alumni with both undergraduate and graduate degrees and leaving out those with diplomas, certificates, honorary degrees, and drop outs, Wealth-X determined which alma maters the world's richest people share.

Harvard University is the former stomping ground to 1,906 millionaires and billionaires, which together command a net worth of $811 billion, more than twice that of the No. 2 school, University of Pennsylvania.

All together,

Check out the schools with the most millionaire and billionaire alumni in the chart below:

A few more insights from the Wealth-X report: