The Professional Triumph of the Firstborns
When corporate boards pick out new CEOs, they scrutinize candidates’ qualifications, studying their performance in previous jobs and vetting their academic credentials. This information covered a range of CEOs who held their positions in the ’90s, ’00s, and ’10s, and was assembled from a smattering of sources, including newspapers, biographies, trade publications, and alumni magazines. Not every element of family history seemed to be linked to CEOs’ later-in-life job performance, but many were relevant.
