Where the Fortune 50 CEOs Went to College

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 doesnt 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