Yale Made 93% a Year on Venture Capital in Past Two Decades

  • Original $2.7 million LinkedIn investment reaped $84.4 million
  • Endowment is second-largest in U.S. at $25.6 billion

The Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut.

Photographer: Craig Warga/Bloomberg
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Yale University’s original $2.7 million investment in LinkedIn Corp. produced $84.4 million in gains for the school’s endowment after the company went public in 2011.

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