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10 Top Prep Schools That Have Produced Wall Street's Biggest Names

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10 Top Prep Schools That Have Produced Wall Street's Biggest Names

Deerfield Academy

Deerfield Academy

Notable Wall Street Alum: Chase Coleman (Tiger Global), John Weinberg (former Goldman Sachs chairman)

Location: Deerfield, Massachusetts

Enrollment: ~600

Fun Fact: Both Coleman and Weinberg played lacrosse at Deerfield Academy.

The Browning School

The Browning School

Notable Wall Street Alum(s): Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase CEO)

Location: 52 East 62nd Street, New York, NY

Enrollment: ~375 (all boys)

Fun Fact: Famed short-seller Jim Chanos (Kynikos Associates) is the president of the school's board of trustees. His three sons graduated from Browning.

Philips Exeter Academy

Philips Exeter Academy

Notable Wall Street Alum(s): Tom Steyer (former co-senior managing partner of Farallon Capital Management), Stephen Mandel ("Tiger Cub"/ Lone Pine) and Olivier Sarkozy (Carlyle Group's head of the global financial services)

Location: Exeter, New Hampshire

Enrollment: ~1,071

Fun Fact: Bloomberg TV anchor Trish Regan graduated from there, too.

Phillips Academy (Andover)

Phillips Academy (Andover)

Notable Wall Street Alum(s): Teddy Forstmann, Scott Mead (former Goldman partner/ dealmaker and founder of Richmond Park Capital), Oscar Tang (founder of Reich and Tang), Sandra 'Sandy' Urie (Cambridge Associates founder)

Location: Andover, Massachusetts

Enrollment: ~1,102

Source: Phillips

Ethical Culture Fieldston School

Ethical Culture Fieldston School

Notable Wall Street Alum(s): Leon Black (Apollo Management) and Thomas Strauss (former president of Salomon Brothers)

Location: New York, New York

Enrollment: ~1,600 (pre-K through 12)

Fun Fact: Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein's wife, Laura, is on the school's board of trustees. She graduated in 1971.

Lawrenceville School

Lawrenceville School

Notable Wall Street Alum(s): John Gutfreund (former CEO of Salomon Brothers), Glenn Hutchins (co-founder of Silver Lake), Seth Waugh (former Deutsche Bank CEO) and Meredith Whitney (CEO of the Meredith Whitney Advisory Group.

Location: Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Enrollment: ~809

Fun Fact: Glenn Hutchins was on the wrestling team and the football team in high school.

Milton Academy

Milton Academy

Notable Wall Street Alum(s): Richard Perry (Perry Capital)

Location: Milton, Massachusetts

Enrollment: ~675 (upper school)

Fun Fact: Perry (pictured second in the back row for the tennis team photo) worked at Milton's finance office part-time as a student. He also ran a real estate investment trust (REIT) for a school project, according to Fortune.

Loomis Chaffee School

Loomis Chaffee School

Notable Wall Street Alum(s): KKR's Henry Kravis (pictured front row center of the 1962 wrestling team), Chase Olcott Stevenson (former Goldman Sachs partner) and John D. Rockefeller III.

Location: Windsor, Connecticut

Enrollment: ~650

Source: Loomis Chaffee School

The Hotchkiss School

The Hotchkiss School

Notable Wall Street Alum(s): Shelby Bonnie (Allen & Company partner), Stephen Greenberg (Allen & Co. managing director), Raymond J. McGuire (Head Global Banking, Citigroup), Harold Stanley (founder of Morgan Stanley), Robert Lehman (Lehman Brothers)

Location: Lakeville, Connecticut

Enrollment: ~599

Source: Hotchkiss


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