Which Fortune 500 CEOs Have MBAs?

Want to go from MBA to CEO? Find out which top Fortune 500 firms are headed up by MBA graduates, and where they went to business school

2. Darren Woods

Company: ExxonMobil

Fortune Rank: 3

MBA: Kellogg

Where did the CEO of the America’s third-largest company get his MBA? The answer is Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, where he graduated from in 1992. That very same year, Woods joined Exxon Company International as a planning analyst in New Jersey, progressing to Vice President of ExxonMobil Chemical Company in 2005 and ending up as CEO in 2017.

1. Doug McMillon

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Company: Walmart

Fortune Rank: 1

MBA: University of Tulsa

The President and CEO of America’s largest company, Walmart, started out with an undergraduate degree at the University of Arkansas, progressing to the University of Tulsa where he gained his MBA in 1991. McMillon has been at Walmart for over 10 years, seven years of which has seen him in the position of CEO.

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*This article focuses on the top 30 firms listed in the 2020 Fortune 500 ranking.

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