Most students dream of a prestigious Ivy League education and some parents invest heavily by hiring consultants to guide their child into an Ivy League university. The average acceptance rates for an Ivy league is just 4%. So the question here is, does one really require an Ivy League education to be successful in their career?
We compiled a list of 2019's Fortune 500 Top 20 CEOs and found out where they did their first degree. The result may be quite shocking for some as only one CEO started his first degree at an Ivy League university. Three of the CEOs did not obtain their first degree in the United States. Let's take a look at the list:
Doug McMillon
President and CEO, Walmart
First Degree: University of Arkansas - Business Administration
Graduate School: University of Tulsa - MBA
Darren Woods
CEO and Chairman, ExxonMobil
First Degree: Texas A&M University - Electrical Engineering
Graduate School: Northwestern University's Kellong School of Management - MBA
Tim Cook
CEO, Apple Inc.
First Degree: Auburn University - Industrial Engineering
Graduate School: Duke University's Fuqua School of Business - MBA
Warren Buffett
Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
First Degree: University of Nebraska - Business Administration
Graduate School: Columbia Business School - Economics
Jeff Bezos
Founder, CEO and President, Amazon
First Degree: Princeton University - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Davis S. Wichmann
CEO, UnitedHealth Group
First Degree: Illinois State University - Accounting
Bryan S. Tyler
CEO, McKesson
First Degree: University of California, Santa Cruz - Economics
Graduate School: University of Chicago - Ph.D and Masters
Larry J. Merlo
President and CEO, CVS Health
First Degree: University of Pittsburgh - Pharmacy
Randall L. Stephenson
Chairman and CEO, AT&T
First Degree: University of Central Oklahoma - Accounting
Graduate School: University of Oklahoma - Accounting
Steven Collis
Chairman and CEO, AmerisourceBergen
First Degree: University of Witwatersrand (South Africa) - Commerce
Mike Wirth
Chairman and CEO, Chevron Corporation
First Degree: University of Colorado Boulder - Chemical Engineering
James Hackett
President and CEO, Ford Motor Company
First Degree: University of Michigan - General Studies
Mary T. Barra
Chairman and CEO, General Motors Company
First Degree: General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) - Electrical Engineering
Graduate School: Stanford Graduate School of Business - MBA
W. Craig Jelinek
President and CEO, Costco Wholesale Corporation
First Degree: San Diego State University
Sundar Pichai
CEO, Alphabet Inc.
First Degree: Indian Institute of technology - BTech
Graduate School: Stanford University - M.S. Material Sciences and Engineering
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania - MBA
Mike Kaufmann
CEO, Cardinal Health
First Degree: Ohio Northern University - Business Administration
Stefano Pessina
Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Walgreen Boot Alliance
First Degree: Polytechnic University of Milan - Nuclear Engineering
Jamie Dimon
Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase
First Degree: Tufts University - Psychology and Economics
Graduate School: Harvard Business School - MBA
Hans Vestberg
Chairman and CEO, Verizon Communications
First Degree: Uppsala University (Sweden) - Business Administration and Economics
W. Rodney McMullen
Chairman and CEO, Kroger Co.
First Degree: University of Kentucky - Accounting
Graduate School: University of Kentucky - Accounting
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