Stanford University

is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad baron Leland Stanford (the eighth governor of and then-incumbent United States senator representing California) and his wife, Jane, in memory of their only child, Leland Jr.

Alumni

David SacksCofounder and Partner at Craft Ventures; PCAST Co-chairB.A. in Economics (1994)
Somesh DashGeneral Partner at IVPMBA
NiJaree CanadyElite softball pitcher for Texas Tech and the Texas Volts
Uche MedohPrincipal Investigator and Arc Science Fellow studying metabolism and age-related diseasePhD
Josh ElmanPartner at Andreessen Horowitz, Consumer and AI
Manan ShahFounder and CEO at Backbone Systems
Phoebe Adele GatesCo-founder of Phia and co-host of The BurnoutsBachelor of Science in Human Biology · 2024
Vita Salvioni GuttmannResearch Fellow at the Institute of Spatial PlanningBachelor of Arts and Science, Human-Computer Interaction and Classics · 2017
Muthu AlagappanFounder and CEO at Counsel Health
Sevahn VorperianPostdoctoral researcher at Genentech developing RNA-based diagnostics and therapiesPhD, Chemical Engineering