For years, a lot of universities around the world have provided excellent CEO for the most important universities in the planet. In this post, we will show and talk about them and how and why they are considered the most significant and desired universities for the future leaders.

1. Know four of the most important
universities for CEO's
By Jason Hanold
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2. Know four of the most important
universities for CEO's
Today, we live in a very dynamic world, with a lot of
challenges and changes, so a leader who knows how to face
front all these trials is vital for any company in the world. The
success of any organization is very related and depends of
the flexibility and adaptation to these elements and its leader
should know how to deal with these tasks.
For years, a lot of universities around the world have provided
excellent CEO for the most important universities in the
planet. In this post, we will show and talk about them and how
and why they are considered the most significant and desired
universities for the future leaders.

3. Know four of the most important
universities for CEO's
Harvard University
Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this university is the one that
produces more CEO for the best companies on the planet. Since its
foundation in 1636, the Harvard University has been considered one of the
best and most important institutions in the world. Currently, its budget
surpasses the $30 billion dollars per year, graduating annually more than
5.000 students.
Harvard University has produced great leaders for the United States
companies and the world. Among its most important students, we can
find people like Stanley Marcus, who was the CEO of Neiman Marcus, a
luxury retail department store, for than 20 years, or Sumner Redstone, the
CEO of National Amusements, Inc., an important media, and
entertainment company. Another important CEO from Harvard University
is James McNerney, who was the CEO of Boeing, one of the most
significant aerospace organizations in the world, for more than 10 years.

4. Know four of the most important
universities for CEO's
We can also find other significant leaders from Harvard, like Lloyd
Blankfein, the CEO of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Bill Gates from
Microsoft or Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook.
Stanford University
Founded in 1890 and located in Palo Alto, California, this amazing
university has been the second most important academic institution in the
United States (after Harvard) producing CEO. Stanford is also considered
one of the best universities on the planet for those students who want to
be successful in the technology or computer science industry.
Stanford University has seven academic programs, graduating more than
5.000 students per year. This university has been the support for the
creation of notable businesses, like Cisco Systems, VMware, Yahoo!,
Google, among other tech companies.

5. Know four of the most important
universities for CEO's
Among Stanford students are Evan Spiegel, who co-founded and
leads Snapchat since 2012, or Larry Page, who co-founded Google
with Sergey Brin (who is also student from Stanford) and is the
current CEO of this technological giant, or Mukesh Ambani, the
leader of Reliance Industries Limited. This University has also
graduated one of the most important female leaders in the
technology industry; Marissa Mayer, the current CEO of Yahoo!.
Besides the mentioned leaders, Stanford has graduated other
significant CEO like Peter Thiel, the creator of PayPal, Reed
Hastings from Netflix, Kevin Systrom from Instagram or Mary Barra
from General Motors.

6. Know four of the most important
universities for CEO's
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
This university is considered one of the most important for
technology learning. The MIT has promoted and supported mostly
those academic programs related to computer science,
information technologies, and online businesses. This remarkable
academy has graduated 76 Nobel prizes.
Among their most significant CEO’s, we can find John Thain, who is
presently the CEO of CIT Group and former Merrill Lynch CEO, or
John Potter, who was the CEO of the US Postal Service and now is
leading the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, or Robin
Chase who co-founded and led Zipcar, or Brian Halligan, the
founder of HubSpot, one of the most important digital marketing
companies worldwide.

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universities for CEO's
Yale University
Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this university has been for
more than 300 years the alma mater not only for businesses
leaders but also for presidents, actors, athletes and artists.
Currently, Yale is considered one of the most important universities
for educating leaders, promoting the creation of new companies
and the enterprising culture. In addition, this great academic
institution produces some of the best lawyers in the United States
and the world.
The Yale University has very important leaders for multiple
industries, like Wilbur Ross, a great investor who has led businesses
in the steel, coal and textiles sector, or Stephen A. Schwarzman,
the co-founder, and CEO of The Blackstone Group, or Jim Chanos,
the CEO of Kynikos Associates.

8. Know four of the most important
universities for CEO's
We have mentioned in this article four of the most important
universities in the world for producing CEO’s, but there are other
important academic institutions like Princeton, which was the
university of Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, or Meg Whitman the
current CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Besides Princeton and the cited
academies, we can also talk about the Cornell University, the
University of Chicago or the Columbia University in New York.
These universities have been for decades the home of great leaders,
not only for giant corporations and organizations but also for
countries, cities and other areas, like sports, arts, movies, and
literature.
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