The document profiles the educational backgrounds of CEOs from the top 100 Fortune companies. It finds that most have undergraduate degrees in business, engineering, or economics from prestigious universities. The vast majority also have graduate degrees, most commonly MBAs, from top business schools like Harvard, Wharton, and Stanford. A few CEOs have additional law or other advanced degrees. Overall, the profiles show these CEOs have achieved high levels of education from respected institutions.
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1. The Education of Fortune 100 CEOs, February 2014
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Name
BA/
BS*
Undergraduate Institution
Major
1 Wal-Mart Stores
Michael T. Duke
BS
Georgia Institute of Technology
Industrial
Engineering
2 Exxon-Mobil
Rex W. Tillerson
BS
The University of Texas at
Austin
Civil
3 Chevron
John S. Watson
BA
University of California, Davis
4 Phillips 66
Greg C. Garland
BS
Texas A&M University
5 Berkshire Hathaway
Warren E. Buffett
BS
University of Nebraska
Economics
6 Apple
Timothy D. Cook
BS
Auburn University
Industrial
Engineering
7 General Motors
Daniel F. Akerson
BS
United States Naval Academy
Engineering
8 General Electric
Jeffrey R. Immelt
AB
Dartmouth College
Applied
Mathematics
9 Valero Energy
William R. Klesse
BS
University of Dayton
Chemical
Engineering
University of
Kansas
University of
Oklahoma
COMPANY
Agricultural
Economics
Chemical
Engineering
10 Ford Motor
Alan R. Mulally
BS
University of Kansas
Aeronautical
&Astronautical
Engineering
11 AT&T
Randall L.
Stephenson
BS
University of Central Oklahoma
Accounting
Graduate
Institution
University of
Chicago
Duke
University
Columbia
University
London School
of Economics
Harvard
Business
School
West Texas
A&M
University
Subject/
Degree
Additional
Graduate
School
MBA
MBA
MS Economics
MS Economics
MBA
MS Finance
MS
Aeronautical
&Astronautical
Engineering
Master of
Accountancy
SM MIT Sloan
School of
Management
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12 Fannie Mae
13 CVS Caremark
14 McKesson
Name
Timothy J.
Mayopoulos
Larry J. Merlo
John H.
Hammergren
BA/
BS*
Undergraduate Institution
Major
BS
Cornell
University of Pittsburgh
University of Minnesota
Business Admin
JD New York
University
School Of Law
Pharmacy
BA
Subject/
Degree
English
BS
Graduate
Institution
Additional
Graduate
School
15 Hewlett-Packard
Margaret C.
Whitman
BA
Princeton University
16 Verizon
Lowell C. McAdam
BS
Cornell University
BBA
BS
Tufts University
Economics and
Psychology
George S. Barrett
BA
Brown University
Music
MBA
Fordham University
James Dimon
Xavier
University
Harvard
Business
School
University of
San Diego
17 UnitedHealth Group Stephen J. Hemsley
18
J.P. Morgan and
Chase Co
19 Cardinal Health
Engineering
Harvard
Business
School
New York
University
MBA
MBA
MBA
MBA
International
20
Business Machine
Virginia M. Rometty
BS
Northwestern University
Computer
Science and
Electrical
Engineering
21 Bank of America
Brian T. Moynihan
BA
Brown University
History
JD Notre Dame
Law School
22 Costco Wholesale
W. Craig Jelinek
BA or BS
San Diego State University
23 Kroger
David B. Dillon
BS
University of Kansas
Accounting
Methodist
University JD
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3. The Education of Fortune 100 CEOs, February 2014
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Name
BA/
BS*
Undergraduate Institution
Major
Graduate
Institution
Subject/
Degree
Additional
Graduate
School
Southern
Express Scripts
24
Holding
George Paz
BBA
University of Missouri
Business
Administration
and Accounting
25 Wells Fargo
John G. Stumpf
BBA
St. Cloud University
Finance
26 Citgroup
Archer Daniels
27
Midland
Michael L. Corbat
AB
Harvard University
Economics
Patricia A. Woertz
BS
Penn State University
28 Procter & Gamble
A.G. Lafley
AB
Hamilton College
29 Prudential Financial
John R. Strangfeld,
Jr.
BS
Susquehanna University
30 Boeing
W. James McNerney
Jr.
BA
Yale University
31 Freddie Mac
Donald H. Layton
BS
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
32 AmerisourceBergen
Steven H. Collis
BA
University of the
Witwatersrand
Gary R. Heminger
BA
Tiffin University
Francis S. Blake
BA
Harvard University
33
Marathon
Petroleum
34 Home Depot
Business
Administration
Economics
University of
Minnesota
Harvard
Business
School
University of
Virginia
Harvard
Business
School
Massachusetts
Institute of
Technology
University of
the
Witwatersrand
University of
Dayton
MBA
MBA
MBA
MBA
MS
MBA Harvard
Business
School
Honors Degree
MBA
JD Columbia
Law School
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4. The Education of Fortune 100 CEOs, February 2014
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Name
BA/
BS*
Undergraduate Institution
35 Microsoft
Steven A. Ballmer
BA
Harvard University
36 Target
Gregg W. Steinhafel
BBA
Carroll College
37 Walgreen
American
38
International Group
Gregory D. Wasson
BS
Purdue University
Economics,
Mathematics
Business
Administration
Pharmacy
Robert Benmosche
BA
Alfred University
Mathematics
39 INTL FCStone
Sean M. O'Connor
BS/BA
University of Stellenbosch
Accounting
COMPANY
40 Metlife
Steven A. Kandarian
BA
Major
Graduate
Institution
Subject/
Degree
Northwestern
University
MBA
University of
Cape Town
Additional
Graduate
School
Graduate
Clark University
Harvard
Business
School
MBA
Wharton
School
University of
Penn
JD Georgetown
University Law
Center
MBA
41 Johnson & Johnson
Alex Gorsky
BS
US Military Academy, West
Point
42 Caterpillar
Douglas R.
Oberhelman
BS
Millikin University
Finance
BA
Madras Christian College
(India)
Chemistry,
Physics,
Mathematics
Indian Institute
of
Management
(India)
Southern
Methodist
University
43 PepsiCo
44
State Farm
Insurance
45 Conoco Philips
Indra K. Nooyi
Edward B. Rust Jr.
BS
Illinois Wesleyan University
Finance
Ryan M. Lance
BS
Montana Tech of the University
of Montana
MBA
MBA
Yale Shool of
Mgt. Master
Public and Priv
JD Southern
Methodist
University
Petroleum
Engineering
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5. The Education of Fortune 100 CEOs, February 2014
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Name
BA/
BS*
Undergraduate Institution
Major
46 Comcast
Brian L. Roberts
BS
University of Pennsylvania
Finance
47 WellPoint
Joseph R. Swedish
BS
University of North Carolina
COMPANY
48 Pfizer
Ian C. Read
BSc
Graduate
Institution
Subject/
Degree
Duke
University
Additional
Graduate
School
MS Health
Administration
Institute of
Chartered
Accountants
England and
Wales,
Accounting
Certificate
Imperial College London
BS
Princeton University
Michael Dell
-
Andrew N. Liveris
BS
Hautes Etudes Commerciales,
Montreal
University of Queensland
(Australia)
Computer
Science and
Electrical
Engineering
Business
Communication
Chemical
Engineering
D. Scott Davis
BBA
Portland State University
Finance
Brian Krzanich
BS
San Jose State University
55 Google
Larry Page
BS
University of Michigan
Chemistry
Computer
Engineering
56 Lowes
Robert A. Niblock
BS
University of North Carolina,
Charlotte
Accounting
57 Coca-Cola
Muhtar Kent
BS
University of Hull (UK)
Economics
49 Amazon
United
Technologies
51 Dell
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52 Dow Chemical
United Parcel
Service
54 Intel
53
Jeff Bezos
Louis Chênevert
Stanford
University
MS, Computer
Science
City University,
London (UK)
MBA
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6. The Education of Fortune 100 CEOs, February 2014
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Name
BA/
BS*
Undergraduate Institution
Major
58 Merck
Kenneth C. Frazier
BA
Pennsylvania State University
Political Science
59 Lockheed Martin
Marillyn A. Hewson
BS
University of Alabama
Business
Administration
University of
Alabama
West Virginia University
Business
Indiana
University
MBA
HEC Paris,
Institutd’EtudesPolitiques de
Paris
Business
Administration,
Public
Administration
Brigham Young
University
MBA
University of
Pennsylvania
MBA
COMPANY
60 Cisco
John T. Chambers
BSBA
61 Best Buy
Hubert Joly
62 Safeway
Robert L. Edwards
BS
Brigham Young University
Accounting
63 Fed Ex
Enterprise Product
64
Partners
Frederick W. Smith
BA
Yale University
BS
Mc Neese State University
William J. DeLaney
III
BBA
University of Notre Dame
66 Walt Disney
Robert A. Iger
BS
Ithaca College
67 Johnson Controls
Stephen A. Roell
BS
St. Ambrose University
Business
Administration
Television and
Radio
Accounting
Lloyd C Flankfein
AB
Harvard University
Carl M. Casale
BS
Oregon State University
70 Abbott Laboratories
Miles D. White
BS
Stanford University
MA Economics
History
69 CHS
JD Harvard Law
School
JD West
Virginia
University
Accounting
65 Sysco
Subject/
Degree
Economics
Michael A. Creel
Graduate
Institution
Additional
Graduate
School
68
Goldman Sachs
Group
Agricultural
Economics
Mechanical
Engineering
JD Harvard Law
School
Washington
University
Stanford
University
MBA
MBA
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7. The Education of Fortune 100 CEOs, February 2014
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Name
BA/
BS*
Undergraduate Institution
71 Sears Holdings
Edward Lampert
BA
Yale University
72 Dupont
Ellen J. Kullman
BS
Tufts University
73 Humana
Bruce D. Broussard
BBA
Texas A&M University
74 World Fuel Services
Michael J. Kasbar
BS
State University of New York at
Plattsburgh
75 Hess
John B. Hess
BA
Harvard University
76 Ingram Micro
Alain Monié
BS
ÉcoleNationaleSupérieured'Art
s et Métiers
Engineering
Greg L. Armstrong
BS
Southeastern Oklahoma State
University
Accounting and
Management
David M. Cote
BBA
University of New Hampshire
Business
Administration
COMPANY
77
Plains All American
Pipeline
78 Honeywell
Major
Graduate
Institution
Subject/
Degree
Mechanical
Engineering
Northwestern
University
MS
Management
(MBA)
University of
Houston
System
Additional
Graduate
School
MBA
Environmental
Science
79 United Continental
Jeffery A. Smisek
AB
Princeton University
Lawrence J. Ellison
_
_
Mathematics
JD Harvard Law
School
_
Hartwick University
CPA
Economics
80 Oracle
Liberty Mutual
81
Group
Harvard
MBA
University
InstitutSupérie
MBA
ure des Affaires
82 HCA Holdings
David H. Long
Richard M. Bracken
BS
San Diego State University
Boston College
MS Finance
Medical
College of
Virginia in
Richmond
MS Hospital
and Healthcare
Admin
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8. The Education of Fortune 100 CEOs, February 2014
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Name
BA/
BS*
Undergraduate Institution
Major
83 Delta Airlines
Richard H. Anderson
BA
University of Houston
Political Science
84 Aetna
Mark T. Bertolini
BA
Wayne State University
85 Deere
Samuel R. Allen
BS
Purdue University
86 Supervalu
Samuel K. Duncan
COMPANY
87 Sprint Nextel
Daniel R. Hesse
BS
University of Notre Dame
Business Admin
Finance
Industrial
Management
Gvt. And
International
Studies
88
Mondelēz
International
Irene B. Rosenfeld
BA
Cornell University
89
New York Life
Insurance
Theodore A. Mathas
AB
Kenneth I. Chenault
BA
Bowdoin College
Keith Rupert
Murdoch
BS/BA
Oxford University, Worcester
College (UK)
92 Allstate
Thomas J. Wilson
BS
University of Michigan
93 Tyson Foods
Donnie Smith
BA
University of Tennessee
Economics and
Political Science
Business
Administration
Animal Science
JD South Texas
College of Law
Cornell
University
Cornell
University
Psychology
Cornell
University
MBA
MBA
History
91 News Corp
Subject/
Degree
Stanford University
90 American Express
Graduate
Institution
Additional
Graduate
School
MBA
MS MIT Sloan
School of
Management
Ph.D.
Marketing and
Statistics,
Cornell
JD University of
Virginia
JD Harvard Law
School
Oxford
University
Northwestern
University
MA
MBA
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9. The Education of Fortune 100 CEOs, February 2014
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Name
BA/
BS*
Undergraduate Institution
Mass Mutual Life
94
Insurance
Roger W. Crandall
BA
University of Vermont
95 Tesoro
Gregory J. Goff
BS
University of Utah
96 Morgan Stanley
James P. Gorman
BA
and Bachelor of Laws,
University Of Melbourne
97 TIAA-CREF
Roger W. Ferguson
Jr.
Major
98 General Dynamics
Phebe N. Novakovic
AB
BA
Harvard University
U. Penn's
Wharton
School of
Business
University of
Utah
Columbia
Business
School
Subject/
Degree
MBA
MBA
MBA
MBA
JD Harvard Law
School
MBA
INSEAD
Phillip Morris
International
Harvard
University
U. Penn's
Wharton
School of
Business
Economics
Smith College
André
Swiss Federal Institute of
Calantzopoulos
Technology
Stephen S.
100 Nationwide
BS
University of Iowa
Rasmussen
Prepared for the Curran Consulting Group by Patricia Krzywicki, February 2014.
99
Economics
Graduate
Institution
Additional
Graduate
School
MBA
Business
Administration
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