13 Colleges That Have Produced Some Of The World's Best Hedge Fund Managers

You don't have to graduate from an Ivy League university with a degree in finance or economics to become one of the world's best hedge fund managers.

While a bunch of the top fund managers did just that, not everyone follows that path.   

We've included a roundup of the schools that have produced some of the world's most successful hedge fund managers. Some of them might surprise you. 

Williams College

Undergrad Hedge Fund Alum(s): Tiger Global's Chase Coleman (Spanish/economics)

Location: Williamstown, Massachusetts

National Ranking(s): The private liberal arts college ranked No. 2 in Forbes and No. 1 in U.S. News' liberal arts college rankings. Business Insiderranked the school No. 27.

Fun Fact(s): Coleman, who crushed it during a volatile 2011 and again in 2012, played on the lacrosse team.  His grandfather also went to Williams.  

Middlebury

Hedge Fund Alum(s): Moore Capital's Louis Bacon (American literature)

Location: Middlebury, Vermont

National Ranking(s): The liberal arts school was ranked No. 42 by Forbes, No. 4 in US News' list of liberal arts colleges and No. 42 by Business Insider.

Fun Fact(s): While at Middlebury, Bacon, a now big time conservationist and environmentalist, really developed his love of the great outdoors spending time hunting and skiing as an undergrad.

Stony Brook University

Undergrad Hedge Fund Alum(s): Co-founder of Highbridge Capital/founder of Talpion Fund Management Henry Swieca (economics and French) and co-founder of Highbridge Capital Glenn Dubin (economics)

Location: Stony Brook, New York

National Ranking(s): The school was ranked No. 230 in Forbes and No. 92 in US News' National Universities Rankings.

Fun Fact(s): Dubin, who was the first in his family to go to college, captained the football team as a running back and linebacker.

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