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Engineering and business administration are the most common degrees among CEOs, and surveys have found that nearly 45 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs have majored in these two areas. Engineering degrees address diverse areas such as computers, chemical, civil, electrical, and mechanical, and graduates are able to enter various industries. Business majors, on the other hand, study accounting, economics, finance, marketing, and sales, besides business management. They also pick up creative thinking, decision-making, organizational development, and leadership skills.

However, engineering and business majors don’t have a monopoly over CEO positions. Many CEOs have majored in computer science, history, and political science, for example. While computer science graduates can enter all industries as all sectors use computer technology, a degree in history provides students with an informed perspective of the past, and political science makes students objective and analytical and comparative. Quite a few CEOs also hold degrees in liberal arts and public administration.

Among CEOs with “nontraditional” undergraduate degrees are Ken Chenault, CEO of American Express from 2001 to 2018, who has a degree in history; former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, who earned degrees in medieval history and philosophy from Stanford; and Robert Iger, Disney CEO, who has a communications degree from Ithaca College.

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Hello, Prashant!

For being a CEO of any company you can start a business of your own. And if you want to be a CEO then I will suggest you to go for BBA and then Post Graduation in MBA.