9 Companies You Didn't Know Were From NYU

Don graduated from Washington Square College (now CAS) in 1974. Fun fact: he was a writer for 20 years before building audible.com, the web's largest collection of audiobooks - who says writers can't be entrepreneurs?

Charlie got a masters degree in Computer Science from Courant before joining Mike Bloomberg (Hi, Mr. Mayor!) to build Bloomberg LP, a financial software, data, and media company

Scott graduated in 1998 with a degree in Communications. He worked as a nightclub promoter for 10 years and then founded charity:water, an innovative non-profit that aims to bring clean drinking water to people in developing nations.

He is the embodiment of awesome.

Dennis graduated from Tisch's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) in 2004. The idea for Foursquare, a location-based social networking app, was actually conceived for his thesis project.

Now, all you seniors, will you stop procrastinating and work on that thesis?

Chris, Haim, and Robert all attended Gallatin and created Etsy, an online marketplace for handicrafts. Individualized study, ftw.

Wait. Before you read this, just think about how much Seamless has changed your life.

Jason graduated in 1999 with a JD from NYU School of Law and MBA from NYU Stern. He went on to build Seamless, an online food ordering service that becomes your best friend when its snowing gross outside.

Herb graduated with a JD from NYU School of Law in 1956 and went to become the co-founder of Southwest Airlines, the world's largest low-cost carrier and one of the most profitable airline carriers in America.

Jack attended CAS and studied Computer Science. Just like many other great internet entrepreneurs, he then dropped out of college one semester short of graduating. In 2009, he founded Square - now one of the biggest merchant services company in the country.

Yes, we are still talking about the same Jack Dorsey. Twitter, one of the world's most popular social network, was actually Jack's first company and now it has the market cap of about $30 billion.

Y'all should follow him @jack - his tweets are amusing, in a mysterious way.

She technically is not a company, but she's too fabulous to ignore. And let's face it, she's as $$$-making as a successful company can be.

Lady Gaga attended Tisch but dropped out after a year to pursue full time career in music.