Top Feeder Companies To StanfordA new Poets&Quants analysis finds that six elite firms in consulting and investment banking accounts for over a third of Stanford’s Class of 2013 by: John A. Byrne on May 15, 2012 | 7 minute read May 15, 2012 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Top Feeder Companies for Stanford’s Class of 2013 Top Feeder OrganizationsTo Stanford GSB Estimated % of Class of 2013 Estimated Number inClass of 2013 Number Found in LinkedIn* 1. McKinsey & Co. 10.0% 40 27 2. Boston Consulting Group 7.8% 31 21 3. Bain & Co. 5.0% 20 20 4. Goldman Sachs 4.8% 19 13 5. J.P. Morgan/Chase 3.7% 15 10 6. Morgan Stanley 2.6% 10 7 6. Citigroup 2.6% 10 7 8. Lehman Brothers 2.2% 9 6 9. Merrill Lynch 1.9% 8 5 9. Deloitte 1.9% 8 5 11. Carlyle Group 1.5% 6 4 12. Barclays 1.1% 4 3 12. TPG Capital 1.1% 4 3 12. Warburg Pincus 1.1% 4 3 12. Schlumberger 1.1% 4 3 12. U.S. Navy 1.1% 4 3 17. BlackRock 0.7% 3 2 17. Blackstone 0.7% 3 2 17, Caribou Coffee 0.7% 3 2 17. Credit Suisse 0.7% 3 2 17. Deutsche Bank 0.7% 3 2 17. Evercore Partners 0.7% 3 2 17. Gates Foundation 0.7% 3 2 17. Golden Gate Capital 0.7% 3 2 17. KKR 0.7% 3 2 17. Lazard 0.7% 3 2 17. LEK Consulting 0.7% 3 2 17. PriceWaterhouseCoopers 0.7% 3 2 17. U.S. Army 0.7% 3 2 17. Ziff Brothers 0.7% 3 2 Source: These numbers for Stanford’s Graduate School of Business’ Class of 2013 are calculated from LinkedIn, Facebook and other online sources, including employer websites. The work backgrounds of 269 of the 397 enrolled students, roughly 68% of the entire class, were confirmed by Poets&Quants using Internet searches. The estimate of students with work experience at a specific firm is based on the percentage of the confirmed sample who have worked for that employer. Related Reading: Top Feeder Schools Top Feeder Colleges to Harvard Business School Top Feeder Colleges to the Wharton School of Business Top Feeder Colleges to Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business Top Feeder Colleges to Columbia Business School Top Feeder Colleges to the Johnson School at Cornell University Top Feeder Colleges to Chicago Booth Related Reading: Top Feeder Companies Top Feeder Companies to Harvard Business School Top Feeder Companies to the Wharton School of Business Top Feeder Companies to Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business Top Feeder Companies to Columbia Business School Top Feeder Companies to Cornell’s Johnson School of Business Previous PagePage 3 of 3 1 2 3 © Copyright 2026 Poets & Quants. All rights reserved. This article may not be republished, rewritten or otherwise distributed without written permission. To reprint or license this article or any content from Poets & Quants, please submit your request HERE.