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Where S&P 500 Executive Officers Went to School

S&P 500 CEOs and executive officers with a degree from each university, latest year

Harvard University leads at 31
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Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where a new leader takes first place.

S&P 500 members on 1 July of each year, from their proxy statements (SEC EDGAR). Counts people whose filings name a school; many proxies print none, so the coverage chart goes with this one. Schools matched to ROR; business, law and medical schools count toward their university.

The schools behind the executive teams profiled in S&P 500 proxy statements.

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S&P 500 executive officers with a degree from Harvard University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.

S&P 500 executive officers with a degree from Stanford University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.

S&P 500 executive officers with a degree from Northwestern University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.

S&P 500 executive officers with a degree from Columbia University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.

S&P 500 executive officers with a degree from Boston College. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.

S&P 500 executive officers with a degree from New York University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.

S&P 500 executive officers with a degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.

S&P 500 executive officers with a degree from Georgetown University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.

S&P 500 executive officers with a degree from University of Pennsylvania. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.

S&P 500 executive officers with a degree from Princeton University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.

S&P 500 executive officers with a degree from University of Michigan. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.

S&P 500 executive officers with a degree from University of Virginia. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.

S&P 500 executive officers with a degree from University of Chicago. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.

S&P 500 executive officers with a degree from Yale University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.

S&P 500 executive officers with a degree from Cornell University. Source: Palanor calculation from SEC filings (DEF 14A proxy statements and 10-K certifications on EDGAR; public domain) and Wikidata (CC0), with institutions from the Research Organization Registry (ror.org, CC0). Refreshed.

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