Value Creation Skill Outweighed Education From Top University

Abstract

Several successful founders and head honchos are either college dropouts or do not have a degree from a top ranked university. It is a myth that head honchos have roots to university degree from a top school and have studied related core technical or functional subject. There are several examples of successful C-suit executives who neither have an academic education from a top university nor have a degree in the technical or functional area in which they currently lead their business. Current CEO of Alphabet (Google) Sundar Pichai studied throughout from top ranked global universities albeit academic core subject in material engineering but managed to switch early in the career to the technology field and excelled in his technological and leadership skills to the helm of affairs at Alphabet (Google). Microsoft CEO and Executive Chairman Satya Nadella has demonstrated during his career path that academics from a top-level global university is not mandatory to reach to your goal and create value for the organization. He is instrumental in creating a massive value growth by 5.17 times for Microsoft since becoming CEO in the year 2014.