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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Agilent

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CEO BS UC Davis

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Albertsons

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CEO: Bachelor of Business, Stetson

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Allstate Corp

https://www.allstate.com/Media/Executive ... ormgrs.htm

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Chair/CEO: MBA George Washington, Bachelors Catholic University of America

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ALLTELL

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Altera

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American Electric Power

https://www.aep.com/about/leadership/default.asp

Utility

Chair/CEO: JD Detroit College of Law, MS Eastern Michigan Univ, BS Eastern Michigan

CFO: JD George Washington

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American Power Conversion

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Chair/CEO: MSEE Rhode Island, BSEE Brown

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Anadarko Petroleum

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Apache

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