Introduction to the CEO Production Thread One of the most important questions of any business program is what types of positions do graduates of that program attain. Rather than rely one conventional wisdom regarding what types of degrees executives hold and where they received them, it made sense for us to engage in a more empirical, fact-based approach. While this thread will not provide a definitive answer, it does provide some insight into the education backgrounds of executives at major firms. This is only a small sample of the entire database I have collected over the years. This article states that University of Wisconsin and Harvard are two of the the largest CEO producers in the United States: https://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pi ... MI5Fx8d9sM Update: I have recently added some major firms outside of North America. I hope this additional information is helpful. Hjort

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Citigroup Mgmt Commtee Bios

https://www.citigroup.com/citigroup/fin/mgmt.htm

CEO: JD Univ Southern California, LLM Corporate Securities Georgetown, MA Intl Relations USC, BA USC

CFO: MBA Columbia

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Kellogg Bios

https://investor.kelloggs.com/bios.cfm

CEO: MBA Depaul, BS Marketing Depaul

CFO: BS Acctg, Michigan State, CPA

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AMD Bios

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Chair/CEO: Phd Electronics Rice

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Wells Fargo

https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/corpora ... ndex.jhtml

Chair/CEO: MBA Stanford

CFO MA Econ Ohio State

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JD Power

https://www.jdpa.com/company/executive/index.asp

Chair/CEO: MBA Penn Wharton

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Northwest Airlines

https://www.nwa.com/corpinfo/peopl/senior/senior.shtml

CEO: JD George Washington

CFO: MBA Cornell

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Bank of China (Hong Kong)

https://www.bochk.com/web/about/organiza ... ldr_id=297

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Whirlpool

https://www.whirlpoolcorp.com/governance ... m/exec.asp

Chair/CEO: MBA Indiana

CFO: BS Indiana, CPA, CMA

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Citizens Bank

https://www.citizensbank.com/aboutus/lea ... ership.asp

Chair/CEO: MBA Harvard, Bachelors Drake

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RBC Bios

https://www.rbc.com/newsroom/bios.html

CEO: Bachelor of Commerce Queen's

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Barclays

https://www.personal.barclays.co.uk/BRC1 ... &menu=2788

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Cendant

https://www.cendant.com/investors/corpor ... icers.html

Chair/CEO: JD Penn Law, Bachelors Williams

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Heineken NV

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https://www.heinekeninternational.com/ab ... /index.jsp

CEO: Commercial Law, University of Utrecht

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Molson Coors

https://www.molsoncoors.com/bios/index.html

Chair/CEO: MBA Penn Wharton

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Home Depot

https://ir.homedepot.com/leadership.cfm

CEO: MBA University of Louisville

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True Value

https://www.truevaluecompany.com/overview/mt.asp

Hardware stores c. 2 billion US in sales

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First American Corporation

https://www.firstam.com/faf/ir/fafquoted ... Highlights

Insurance and Real Estate Services

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Updated on: 07 Apr 2005, 17:02

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Fidelity National Financial

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Chair/CEO: JD University of Washington, MBA Seattle

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National Bank of Canada

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CEO: MBA University of Quebec Montreal

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