Dacă doreşti să ajungi director într-o companie, este important la ce facultate îţi alegi să studiezi, in AMERICA, evident. S-a realizat un studiu pentru a afla care este universitatea care a format cei mai mulţi directori de-a lungul anilor. Acestea sunt:
11. Universitatea din New York – Robert Greifeld (NASDAQ), Chris Policinski (Land O’Lakes), Alan Weinberger (ASCII Group);
10. Universitatea din California de Sud – Dan Bane (Trader Joe’s), Cho Yangho (Korean Airlines), Kevin Tsujihara (Warner Bros);
9. Universitatea Yale – Ellis Jones (Wasserstein Perella & Co.), James McNerney (Boeing Company), Stephen A. Schwarzman (Blackstone Group);
8. Universitatea Columbia – Ursula Burns (Xerox), Michael Gould (Bloomingdale’s), César Alierta (Telefónica);
7. Universitatea Northwestern – Cesare Mainardi (Booz & Company), Thomas J. Wilson (Allstate Corporation), Andrew S. Duff (Piper Jaffray);
6. Universitatea Chicago – Brady Dougan (Crédit Suisse Group), J. Patrick Doyle (Domino’s Pizza), Mark Hoplamazian (Hyatt Hotels Corporation);
5. Universitatea Cornell – Irene Rosenfeld (Mondelēz International), Lowell McAdam (Verizon Communications), Herbert Fisk Johnson III (S.C. Johnson & Son);
4. Institutul de Tehnologie Massachusetts – Charles Koch (Koch Industries), Drew Houston (Dropbox), Alan Mulally (Ford Motor Company);
3. Universitatea Pennsylvania – Jeff Weiner (LinkedIn), Harold McGraw III (McGraw Hill Financial), Steve Wynn (Wynn Resorts);
2. Universitatea Stanford – Reed Hastings (Netflix), Rodney O’Neal (Delphi Automotive), Richard Fairbank (Capital One);
1. Universitatea Harvard – Steve Ballmer (Microsoft), Lloyd Blankfein (Goldman Sachs), Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase).