Stanford is the winner by a mile, with 51. Harvard comes in a distant second, with 37. The University of California with its 10 campuses, trails in third place with 17, and the Indian Institute of Technology, at 13, comes in fourth.
Why care about unicorn founders? Since November 2013, when venture capitalist Aileen Lee coined the term in a TechCrunch article, the business world has come to see a $1 billion valuation as a benchmark for breakout success in the growing field of venture-backed startups.
Source: The Schools That Graduate The Most Billion-Dollar Startup Founders