Fortune 100 CEOs [Infographic]

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There are hundreds of thousands of people starting businesses every year. Many of those businesses end up succeeding and the person who started them is now making a good salary income, usually enough to pay a few workers and live comfortably each year. They may not make enough to be considered millionaires, but they make a comfortable living. There are also many businesses that fail every year, some which never even lasted a month, and others which, unfortunately, didn’t last the year.

Failed businesses have many variables that could have taken place such as the founder lost interest, lost passion, ran out of money, or just had more competition than anticipated. There are still plenty of other founders who push through and find success in their efforts.

Owners of a successful business may be satisfied and comfortable in making just enough to live off of each year, able to pay their bills, mortgage, and afford a few others. There are still others who find a great niche and are able to drive their business to make millions and even billions a year.

What makes for a successful owner of a business? What is needed to be a successful business owner? Is it college? Was it their course of study? Is a college education even necessary? Men like Bill Gates (Microsoft), Paul Allen (Microsoft), Steve Jobs (Apple), Larry Ellison (Oracle), Ted Turner (TBS and CNN), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Gabe Newell (Valve Corporation), Ralph Lauren (Ralph Lauren), Michael Dell (DELL), Simon Cowell (American Idol), Walt Disney (Disney), Richard Branson (Virgin Atlantic Airways) all dropped out of college or had very little education. Some of the following women either dropped out of college or had no education such as Rachel Ray (Rachel Ray), Debbi Fields (Mrs. Fields Cookies), Mary Kay Ash (Mary Kay Cosmetics), Jenny Craig (Jenny Craig), and Coco Chanel (Coco Chanel).

Did successful owners have a vision? Do they have a lot of money right from the start? Do they know someone in the business and play the right cards? Do they inherit their fortune or the company? Do they sleep with anyone to get ahead in their career? Probably not. They may just be in the right place at the right time, pushing the right buttons, having the right common sense, and knowing what to do in order to establish their successful companies.

Age is also just a number in the game of business. Many successful business owners became successful anywhere between the ages of 40 and 65, with several self-made million and billionaires being younger than 30 and older than 80. Race, Gender, and Ethnicity may also play a role, as certain groups may have advantages over others, though there are still plenty of successful business owners who came from impoverished homes and worked hard to get where they are today.

Success might be in the DNA or genetic code of a person. Luck may play a role. Success may just be in the determination and passion a person has. Success may be about who you know or what you know. Success might be a niche or success may lie in a certain place or a certain time. Whether successful or not, failure too, must play its role in every person’s life, and while no one goes through life completely successful, there will always be failures along the way. Perhaps it is this failure which drives us towards success.

This infographic covers in detail the demographics, education, and career paths of 100 Fortune 100 CEOs.

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FORTUNE 100 CEOS // DEMOGRAPHICS EDUCATIONS & CAREER PATH

WHO THEY ARE //

1. Michael T. Duke // Walmart
2. Rex W. Tilerson // Exxon Mobile
3. John S. Watson // Chevron
4. Greg C. Garland // Phillips 66
5. Warren Buffett // Berkshire Hathaway
6. Tim Cook // Apple
7. Daniel Akerson // General Motors
8. Jeffrey Immelt // General Eletric
9. William Klesse // Valero Energy
10. Alan R. Mulally // Ford Motor Company
11. Randall L. Stephenson // AT&T
12. Timothy J. Mayopoulos // Fannie Mae
13. Larry J. Merlo // CVS Caremark
14. John Hammergren // McKesson
15. Meg Whitman // HP
16. Lowell McAdam // Verizon Communications
17. Stephen J. Hemsley // UnitedHealth Group
18. Jamie Dimon // JPMorgan Chase
19. George Barrett // Cardinal Health
20. Ginni Rometty // IBM
21. Brian T. Moynihan // Bank of America
22. W. Craig Jelinek // Costco Wholesale
23. David Dillon // Kroger
24. George Paz // Express Scripts
25. John Stumpf // Wells Fargo
26. Michael Corbat // Citigroup
27. Patricia A. Woertz // Archers Daniels Midland
28. Robert A. McDonald // P&G
29. John R. Stangfeld Jr. // Prudential Financial
30. Jim McNerney // The Boeing Company
31. Donald H. Layton // Freddie Mac
32. Steven H. Collis // AmerisourceBergen
33. Gary R. Heminger // Marathon Petroleum
34. Frank Blake // Home Depot
35. Steve Balmer // Microsoft
36. Gregg Steinhafel // Target
37. Gregory Wasson // Walgreens
38. Robert H. Benmosche // AIG
39. Sean O’ Connor // INTL FCStone
40. Steven A. Kandarian // MetLife
41. Alex Gorsky // Johnson & Johnson
42. Doug Oberhelman // Caterpillar
43. Indra Nooyi // PepsiCo
44. Edward B. Rust, Jr. // State Farm
45. Ryan M. Lance // ConocoPhillips
46. Brian L. Roberts // Comcast
47. Joseph R. Swedish // Well Point
48. Ian Read // Pfizer
49. Jeff Bezos // Amazon
50. Louis R. Chenevert // United Technologies
51. Michael Dell // Dell
52. Andrew N. Liveris // Dow Chemical
53. Scott Davis // UPS
54. Brian Krzanich // Intel
55. Larry Page // Google
56. Robert Niblock // Lowe’s
57. Muhtar Kent // Coca-Cola
58. Kenneth Frazier // Merck
59. Marillyn A. Hewson // Lockheed Martin
60. John T. Chambers // Cisco
61. Hubert Joly // Best Buy
62. Robert Edwards // Safeway
63. Frederick Wallace Smith // FedEx
64. Michael Creel // Enterprise Products Partners
65. William J. DeLaney III // Sysco
66. Bob Iger // Disney Company
67. Stephen A. Roell // Johnson Controls
68. Lloyd C. Blankfein // Goldman Sachs
69. Carl Casale // CHS
70. Miles D. White // Abbott Laboratories
71. Edward Lampert // Sears Holding
72. Ellen J. Kullman // DuPont
73. Bruce Broussard // Humana
74. Michael J. Kasbar // World Fuel Services
75. John B. Hess // Hess
76. Alain Monie // Ingram Micro
77. Greg L. Armstrong // Plains All American Pipeline
78. David M. Cote // Honeywell International
79. Jeffery A. Smisek // United Continental Holdings
80. Larry Ellison // Oracle
81. David H. Long // Liberty Mutual
82. Richard M. Bracken // HCA Holdings
83. Richard H. Anderson // Delta Airlines
84. Mark Bertolini // Aetna
85. Samuel R. Allen // Deere
86. Sam K. Duncan // Supervalu
87. Daniel Hesse // Sprint Nextel
88. Irene Rosenfeld // Mondeléz International
89. Theodore A. Mathas // New York Life Insurance
90. Kenneth I. Chenault // American Express
91. Rupert Murdoch // News Corp.
92. Thomas J. Wilson // Allstate
93. Donnie Smith // Tyson Foods
94. Roger W. Crandall // MA Mutual Life Insurance
95. Gregory J. Goff // Tesoro
96. James P. Gorman // Morgan Stanley
97. Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. // TIAA-CREF
98. Phebe N. Novakovic // General Dynamics
99. André Calantzopoulos // Phillip Morris International
100. Stephen S. Rasmussen // Nationwide

Demographics //

White / 94%
Indian / 1%
Turkish / 1%
Black / 4%

Gender //

Men / 92%
Women / 8%

Age //
Mean: 57
Median: 57
Mode: 57

Compensation //

RANK BY FORTUNE MAGAZINE
Mean: 18.4 million
Median: 11.1 million
Standard Deviation: 40.2 million

Undergraduate Institutions //

TOP SCHOOLS//
Harvard
Cornell
Princeton
Yale

Brown / 2%
Cornell / 3%
Harvard / 5%
Notre Dame / 2%
Penn St. / 2%
Princeton / 3%
Purdue / 2%
San Diego St. / 2%
Stanford / 2%
Texas A&M / 2%
Tufts / 2%
U of Kansas / 2%
U of Michigan / 2%
U. of N. Carolina / 2%
West Point / 2%
Yale / 3%
Other / 60%

Undergraduate Degrees //

Of the 100 Fortune 100 CEOs, there are 100 Bachelor’s Degrees

B.S. / 64%
B.A / 36%

TOP DEGREES//
Engineering
Business Administration
Accounting

Engineering / 14%
Chemistry / 2%
Chemical Engineering / 2%
Accounting / 9%
Mathematics / 2%
History / 2%
Economics / 8%
Business Administration / 11%
Other / 50%

Graduate Institutions //

Of the 100 Fortune 100 CEos, there are a total of 41 different institutions which were attended.

TOP SCHOOLS//
Harvard
Cornell
Wharton

Columbia / 5%
Cornell / 6%
Duke / 3%
Harvard / 19%
Kellogg / 3%
Sloan / 5%
New York U / 3%
S. Methodist / 4%
Stanford / 3%
U of Utah / 3%
Wharton / 6%
Other / 40%

Graduate Degrees //

Of the 100 Fortune 100 CEOs, there are a total of 65 graduate degrees, including PH.Ds and J.D.s

TOP DEGREES//
MBA
J.D.
Economics

J.D. / 20%
Economics / 6%
MBA / 57%
Other / 17%

Former Track //

Data taken from the position held immediately prior to serving as CEO. Many individuals served in a multitude of capacities during their careers.

Finance//28
Operations//20
Legal//8
Engineering/7
Founder//6
Division CEO//6
CEO (Other Org)//5
Other//5
President (Other Org)//4
Marketing//3
Division President/SVP//3
Consulting//3
Accounting//2

Military Service //
Of the Fortune 100 CEOS there are:
3 Soldiers
2 Sailors
1 Marine

RESEARCH AND DESIGN BY: N2GROWTH

Matthew Gates is a freelance web designer and currently runs Confessions of the Professions.

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