Surprisingly, Ivy League graduates do not dominate the top fifty Fortune 500 Companies. When measuring CEO undergraduate education, the University of Texas system has just as much representation as Harvard: a total of 3 CEOs. What does this mean for students? An elite career doesn’t always stem from an elite education.
| COMPANY |
CEO |
COLLEGE |
| Exxon Mobil |
Rex Tillerson |
University of Texas at Austin |
| Wal-Mart Stores |
H. Lee Scott |
Pittsburg State University in Kansas |
| General Motors |
Rick Wagoner |
Duke University |
| Chevron |
David O'Reilly |
University College, Dublin |
| Ford Motor |
William Ford, Jr. |
Princeton University |
| ConocoPhillips |
James Mulva |
University of Texas |
| General Electric |
Jeff Immelt |
Dartmouth College |
| Citigroup |
Charles Prince |
University of Southern California |
| American Intl. Group (AIG) |
Martin J. Sullivan |
N/A |
| Intl. Business Machines |
Samuel J. Palmisano |
Johns Hopkins University |
| Hewlett-Packard |
Mark V. Hurd |
Baylor University |
| Bank of America Corp. |
Ken Lewis |
Georgia State University |
| Berkshire Hathaway |
Warren Buffett |
University of Nebraska |
| Home Depot |
Robert Nardelli |
Western Illinois University |
| Valero Energy |
Bill Klesse |
University of Dayton |
| McKesson |
John Hammergren |
University of Minnesota |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. |
Jamie Dimon |
Tufts University |
| Verizon Communications |
Ivan Seidenberg |
City University of New York |
| Cardinal Health |
Robert D. Walter |
Ohio University |
| Altria Group |
Louis Camilleri |
University of Lausanne (Switzerland) |
| Kroger |
David Dillon |
University of Kansas |
| State Farm Insurance Cos. |
Edward B. Rust, Jr. |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
| Marathon Oil |
Clarence Cazalot, Jr. |
Louisiana State University |
| Procter & Gamble |
Alan G. Lafley |
Hamilton College |
| Dell |
Kevin Rollins |
Brigham Young University |
| Boeing |
W. James McNerney, Jr. |
Yale University |
| AmerisourceBergen |
R. David Yost |
U.S. Air Force Academy |
| Costco Wholesale |
James Sinegal |
San Diego State University |
| Target |
Robert Ulrich |
University of Minnesota |
| Morgan Stanley |
John J. Mack |
Duke University |
| Pfizer |
Henry A. McKinnell |
University of British Columbia |
| Johnson & Johnson |
William Weldon |
Quinnipiac College |
| Sears Holdings |
Alan J. Lacy |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Merrill Lynch |
Stan O'Neal |
Kettering University |
| MetLife |
Rob Henrikson |
University of Pennsylvania |
| Dow Chemical |
Andrew N. Liveris |
University of Queensland |
| UnitedHealth Group |
William W. McGuire |
University of Texas at Austin |
| Wellpoint |
Larry C. Glasscock |
Cleveland State University |
| AT&T |
Edward Whitacre, Jr. |
Texas Tech University |
| Time Warner |
Richard D. Parsons |
University of Hawaii |
| Goldman Sachs Group |
Lloyd Blankfein |
Harvard University |
| Lowe's |
Robert Niblock |
University of North Carolina |
| United Technologies |
George David |
Harvard University |
| United Parcel Service |
Michael L. Eskew |
Purdue University |
| Walgreen |
David Bernauer |
North Dakota State University |
| Wells Fargo |
Richard Kovacevich |
Stanford University |
| Albertson's |
Larry Johnston |
Stetson University |
| Microsoft |
Steve Ballmer |
Harvard University |
| Intel |
Paul Otellini |
University of San Francisco |
| Safeway |
Steven Burd |
Carroll College |
