'Sconsin?? Harvard and Wisconsin Tie in Turning Out the Most CEOs in U.S.

Harvard and Wisconsin Tie in Turning Out the Most CEOs in U.S.

I thought it quite interesting that a state known for cheese, packers, and Eric Cox might also be regarded as a CEO-factory. Is Professor DeVaugn next?

Here is the article:
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=nifea&&sid=aIMI5Fx8d9sM

Interestin tidbits:
"There should be more respect for the kind of education you can get from a large public institution,'' says Sim Sitkin, founding director of the Center of Leadership and Ethics at the Fuqua School of Business, at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

MBA Matters:
For CEOs who did finish college, an MBA is the preferred graduate credential. More than a third of the 500 U.S. chief executives -- 37.5 percent -- earned their MBAs, and they were three times as likely to have gone to Harvard Business School in Boston than to any other school.

Interesting CEO stats:
Trying Harder
Equal Opportunity
Ambitious
Dropouts
MBA Preferred
Degree Importance Fades
Giving Back
Track Record


So what do you think? Is there a correlation of school to CEOship? Or is there a higher correlation to factors such as wealth/power/influence?

Either way, an interesting read.
Enjoy!