Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 13:52     Subject: Undergrad colleges of S&P 500 CEOs--ranked
I am surprised there isn't any from IIT.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 13:49     Subject: Undergrad colleges of S&P 500 CEOs--ranked
Anonymous wrote:Some of these may surprise you.



University of Maryland scored poorly on that metric.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 11:56     Subject: Undergrad colleges of S&P 500 CEOs--ranked
takeaway - best college is NO college!
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 11:44     Subject: Undergrad colleges of S&P 500 CEOs--ranked
Anonymous wrote:Understand that the S&P 500 doesn’t include most PE firms, hedge funds, VC firms, companies like Open AI or SpaceX or other private tech companies that are more highly valued than 85% of S&P 500 companies, etc.

It’s not as representative of “success” these days the way people think about it.



Pretty sure being the CEO of an S&P500 company is still considered success by just about everyone.

Don’t confuse “traditional and boring” industry with “unsuccessful.”

Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 11:28     Subject: Undergrad colleges of S&P 500 CEOs--ranked
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some of these may surprise you.



Now do graduate schools for them.


Why don’t you do grad schools for them? This thread is about undergrads.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 10:20     Subject: Undergrad colleges of S&P 500 CEOs--ranked
Anonymous wrote:Understand that the S&P 500 doesn’t include most PE firms, hedge funds, VC firms, companies like Open AI or SpaceX or other private tech companies that are more highly valued than 85% of S&P 500 companies, etc.

It’s not as representative of “success” these days the way people think about it.



PE is a cancer, so who cares?
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 10:18     Subject: Undergrad colleges of S&P 500 CEOs--ranked
Anonymous wrote:Only two LACs on the list--Middlebury and Wesleyan. No WASP. Huh.


The alumni pool is much much smaller.

That being said, go Midd! Ahead of UCLA, which had a student body almost 20x the size.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 10:14     Subject: Undergrad colleges of S&P 500 CEOs--ranked
Only two LACs on the list--Middlebury and Wesleyan. No WASP. Huh.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 09:57     Subject: Undergrad colleges of S&P 500 CEOs--ranked
Anonymous wrote:Some of these may surprise you.



Now do graduate schools for them.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 09:53     Subject: Undergrad colleges of S&P 500 CEOs--ranked
Understand that the S&P 500 doesn’t include most PE firms, hedge funds, VC firms, companies like Open AI or SpaceX or other private tech companies that are more highly valued than 85% of S&P 500 companies, etc.

It’s not as representative of “success” these days the way people think about it.

Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 09:41     Subject: Undergrad colleges of S&P 500 CEOs--ranked
It’s not really surprising. I know one CEO here. He worked like a dog, started in a non management job, became VP of one of the departments, moved about six times between both coasts and two different countries. He’s brilliant that’s what mattered, not what school he attended at 18 years old.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2026 09:34     Subject: Undergrad colleges of S&P 500 CEOs--ranked
Some of these may surprise you.