Claim: Private University, Stanford which was founded in 1885 and had it's first students in 1891, has had numerous famous companies founded by its alumni including Zillow and WhatsApp.
Evidence: Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university located in Stanford, California. Stanford was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who had died of typhoid fever at age 15 the previous year. The school admitted its first students on October 1, 1891, as a coeducational and non-denominational institution. WhatsApp Zillow