A résumé peppered with elite universities and big-name consulting firms doesn’t guarantee success. But the inverse, at least, appears to be true: many leaders at the top of U.S. society attended elite schools, and worked at big-name consulting firms.
This seems to be especially true in leadership. TIME and data firm Statista analyzed the résumés of 2,000 leaders in the U.S.—politicians, CEOs, union leaders, Nobel winners, and more across sectors—to determine which colleges and private-sector companies are most commonly steps on their journeys to the top. (The list
