Hard work and dedication definitely paid off for these 10 to obtain their CEO positions. Of course they all received a college education before they found success is their profession. Hit the jump to see where the top 10 Fortune 500 CEOs got their start.
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Mike Duke- CEO, Wal-Mart Stores
B.S., Industrial Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Rex W. Tillerson-CEO, Exxon Mobil
B.S., Civil Engineering
University of Texas–Austin
John S. Watson-CEO, Chevron
M.B.A.
University of Chicago
Jeffrey R. Immelt-CEO, General Electric
A.B., Applied Mathematics
Dartmouth College
Brian T. Moynihan-CEO, Bank of America
B.A., History
Brown University
James J. Mulva-CEO, ConocoPhillips
M.B.A.
University of Texas–Austin
Randall L. Stephenson-CEO, AT&T
M.B.A.
University of Oklahoma
Alan R. Mulally-CEO, Ford Motor
S.M., Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James Dimon-CEO, J.P. Morgan Chase
M.B.A.
Harvard University
Leo Apotheker-CEO, Hewlett-Packard
B.A., Economics
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
