The University of Wisconsin and Harvard University tied in providing the most corporate executive officers in 2008, according to a study conducted in November.
The study, conducted by Spencer Stuart, an executive recruitment company, revealed that Harvard and UW both produced 13 CEOs in Standard & Poor 500 companies.
According to the study, Harvard held the lead in graduating the highest number of CEOs. However, in 2007, Harvard, Princeton and UW tied.
Although not all of the students are from UW-Madison, Melissa Anderson, a spokesperson for the Wisconsin School of Business, said a large percentage of the CEOs are from the university.
Anderson said in an e-mail the research firm does not release the names of the CEOs included. However, based on WSOB's individual research, there are nine alumni from UW-Madison who currently hold the position of CEO.
Those alumni work at corporations like Halliburton, Exelon, Rockwell Automation and Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp.
Not included on the list are alumni who just recently were appointed as CEOs, such as Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz.
Spencer Stuart annually analyzes CEOs of S&P 500 companies.
Other areas examined in the study included the CEO's age, company tenure, tenure as CEO, military experience, international work experience and regional analysis.
