the elite

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But the elite cohort features almost as many financial company CEOs.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

He studied at the elite Buckley School and Philips Exeter Academy before attending college at Yale University, where he captained the men’s soccer team and graduated in 1979.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Like much of Boston, it goes back to the Brahmins, the elite caste of the city, among whom, according to the doggerel, “The Lowells talk only to Cabots, and the Cabots talk only to God.”

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

He said the elite race was a "bit of an experiment" but was a success.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Vivek Paul is the president of Wipro Technologies, another of the elite Indian technology companies, but he is based in Silicon Valley to be close to Wipro’s American customers.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman