The computer scientist CEO

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Post by wheels » Sun, Aug 12, 2012, 12:53 AM UTC

The computer scientist CEO
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Re: The computer scientist CEO

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Post by ilamont » Sun, Aug 12, 2012, 2:39 AM UTC

The most common degree of CEOs hired into Fortune 500 companies is an MBA. Marissa appears to be the first computer scientist.

There are more. Eric Schmidt springs to mind. When hired into Google, he had a PhD in electrical engineering.

Re: The computer scientist CEO

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Post by kkelly » Sun, Aug 12, 2012, 2:53 AM UTC

ilamont wrote: post #2

The most common degree of CEOs hired into Fortune 500 companies is an MBA. Marissa appears to be the first computer scientist. There are more. Eric Schmidt springs to mind. When hired into Google, he had a PhD in electrical engineering.

It's just a weird sentence in general, an MBA isn't a degree.

Re: The computer scientist CEO

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Post by mikeryan » Sun, Aug 12, 2012, 2:58 AM UTC

ilamont wrote: post #2

The most common degree of CEOs hired into Fortune 500 companies is an MBA. Marissa appears to be the first computer scientist. There are more. Eric Schmidt springs to mind. When hired into Google, he had a PhD in electrical engineering.

Eric Schmidt wasn't hired into Google when it was a Fortune 500 Company.

Re: The computer scientist CEO

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Post by mikeryan » Sun, Aug 12, 2012, 2:59 AM UTC

kkelly wrote: post #3

ilamont wrote: post #2

The most common degree of CEOs hired into Fortune 500 companies is an MBA. Marissa appears to be the first computer scientist. There are more. Eric Schmidt springs to mind. When hired into Google, he had a PhD in electrical engineering.

It's just a weird sentence in general, an MBA isn't a degree.

an MBA isn't a degree.

Its a Master's Degree in Business Administration.

Re: The computer scientist CEO

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Post by ceejayoz » Sun, Aug 12, 2012, 2:59 AM UTC

kkelly wrote: post #3

ilamont wrote: post #2

The most common degree of CEOs hired into Fortune 500 companies is an MBA. Marissa appears to be the first computer scientist. There are more. Eric Schmidt springs to mind. When hired into Google, he had a PhD in electrical engineering.

It's just a weird sentence in general, an MBA isn't a degree.

Huh? MBA = Masters (degree) of Business Administration.

Re: The computer scientist CEO

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Post by dvse » Sun, Aug 12, 2012, 4:07 AM UTC

As pointed out in the comments on blogspot, CS is hardly the degree with biggest focus on optimization. Try operations research, systems & control, economics or even the MBA!

Re: The computer scientist CEO

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Post by whatusername » Sun, Aug 12, 2012, 4:46 AM UTC

ilamont wrote: post #2

The most common degree of CEOs hired into Fortune 500 companies is an MBA. Marissa appears to be the first computer scientist. There are more. Eric Schmidt springs to mind. When hired into Google, he had a PhD in electrical engineering.

Ginni Rometty also comes to mind. (although she only had an undergrad CS/EE degree according to Wikipedia)

Re: The computer scientist CEO

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Post by chubot » Sun, Aug 12, 2012, 5:05 AM UTC

I think there have been a lot of other CEOs who are highly technical. CS wasn't a common major when 50 year olds were going to college (i.e. a common age for present day CEOs), but a fair number have technical degrees.

Gil Amelio, who Steve Jobs displaced when he came back to Apple, was apparently highly technical (physics, where a lot of early programmers came from).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Amelio

Re: The computer scientist CEO

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Post by kloncks » Sun, Aug 12, 2012, 7:29 AM UTC

I get a lot of the messages behind this article, but it just throws around a lot of claims without any citations or proof whatsoever. Just can't take this seriously.

"she is the first computer scientist (MSCS or higher) hired in as CEO to a Fortune 500 company"

"The most common degree of CEOs hired into Fortune 500 companies is an MBA."

"She is not going to be the mad visionary of Steve Jobs, yelling at everyone while single-handedly designing breakthrough products."