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1. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
8 STANFORD STUDENTS WHO
CHANGED THE WORLD

2. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
The QS Graduate
Employability
Rankings 2017 are
out now.

3. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
The world’s #1 for
graduate employability is
Stanford University.

4. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
Here are eight Stanford
students who went on to
change the world
in their field!

5. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
1. Rachel
Maddow

6. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
A California local, Rachel
Maddow graduated from
Stanford University in 1994.

7. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
She received a Rhodes
Scholarship and went on to
study at Lincoln College, at the
University of Oxford.

8. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
She was the first openly gay or
lesbian American to win a
Rhodes Scholarship.

9. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
A keen political commentator,
she now hosts The Rachel
Maddow Show nightly on
MSNBC.

10. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
2. Jerry Yang

11. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Jerry
Yang moved with his mother to
San Jose, California, in 1978.

12. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
He earned two degrees from
Stanford University in just four
years.

13. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
While studying at Stanford, he
and David Filo co-founded ‘Jerry
and David’s Guide to the World
Wide Web’.

14. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
They later renamed their young
company ‘Yahoo! Inc.’ – and
the rest is history!

15. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
3. Evan
Spiegel

16. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
Born in 1990, Spiegel is the
youngest person on our list, and
represents the next generation
of techpreneurs.

17. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
Spiegel is the co-founder and
CEO of instant messaging app
Snapchat, which he helped to
create when studying at
Stanford.

18. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
By 2016, the app had reached 10
billion video views per day.

19. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
4. Eileen
Collins

20. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
Born in 1956, Eileen Collins
graduated from Stanford in
1986, with a Master of Science
in operations research.

21. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
She was the first female pilot
and first female commander of
the Space Shuttle.

22. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
After retiring in 2006, she is now
an active board member of the
USAA.

23. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
5. Azim
Premji

24. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
Azim Premji is widely known as
the ‘Czar’ of the Indian IT
industry.

25. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
He has twice been listed in TIME
Magazine’s ranking of the
world’s 100 most-influential
people.

26. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
Premji studied at Stanford in
the 1960s.

27. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
6. Marissa
Mayer

28. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
Marissa Mayer is currently the
CEO of Yahoo!

29. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
She entered this role in 2012,
having previously served as an
executive and usability leader
at Google.

30. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
After graduating from Stanford
in 1997 with a Bachelor of
Science in symbolic systems,
she received 14 job offers,
before joining Google in 1999 as
their 20th employee.

31. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
7. Vint
Cerf

32. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
Credited as one of the ‘Fathers
of the Internet’, Vint Cerf has
won various awards for his work
on the internet protocol
concept.

33. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
After graduating from Stanford
with a Bachelor of Science in
mathematics, Cerf’s first job
was at IBM.

34. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
8. Steve
Ballmer

35. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
Steve Ballmer is an American
businessman who served as CEO
of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014.

36. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
He attended Stanford University,
but never completed his degree.

37. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
Ballmer dropped out of
university to join Microsoft,
becoming the company’s 30th
employee.

38. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
It now has 114,000+ employees
worldwide.

39. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
Aim High

40. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
Aim High
Which universities are
excelling in engaging
with employers?

41. Do you see yourself
as a high-flying
entrepreneur in the
making?
Explore the QS Graduate
Employability Rankings
2017 now