>Isn't the answer... most industries? My understanding is that large companies in all domains are heavily populated with executives and managers who came straig

>Isn't the answer... most industries? My understanding is that large companies in all domains are heavily populated with executives and managers who came straight out of business school and into a leadership position. That's really not true. No one goes from MBA to a CxO leadership position at a large corporation. To pick 3 random examples: CEO of McDonalds managed one back in 1993 and was the CEO of two other fast food restaurants CEO of Caterpillar started in 1980 out of college at a company Caterpillar eventually bought. CEO of CVS started out as a pharmacist at a drug store in that was acquired by CVS in 1990. Someone in a leadership position typically will have spent decades serving in roles with increasing responsibility in their industry.