The MBA-to-VC Pipeline remains a real thing. But that road is a small shakier than before, according to Reporting the Pitchbook and new academic research.
Harvard placed 50 of 1,004 MBA graduates in VC Peles in 2024, with a median that began to pay $ 177,500. Stanford was placed about 30 from a small class. Over 10,000 Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton MBA Alumni currently hold senior positions of VC companies, displayed in PitchBook data data.
The MBA rod of capital capital is to recover, though, according to Stanford that Professor Ilya Strebulaev, found 44% of mow-care vicure professionals in early 2000s, compared to 32% today.
What is driving to change? VC has developed traditional AI and hardware sectors, where technical experience has been stressing business school credentials, so scan companies from liking companies Openi and Excoke Instead of elite MBA programs. “There is less MBA’s appetite,” Executive Recruiter will say to Champagne.
Students have not yet obtained the memo; VC Club is still proud of Stanford 600 members from about 850 MBA students on campus. They also pay a steep price. The arrest of an MBA in a top program can cost more than $ 200,000.







