Opinion

March 23, 2022

Europe needs its own alumni founder myths

Everyone can name alumni of Harvard and Stanford who have gone on to found famous startups. Why isn't that true in Europe?


Jack Chong

4 min read

The University of Oxford

Silicon Valley has the Paypal “Mafia", the Stanford “Mafia" and the Berkeley “Mafia”. On the East Coast, there's a Harvard “Mafia”. It’s well known that these clusters have supported founders of world-leading startups. 

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