>Look at the companies that you admire and that show the ability to innovate... chances are they are run by people with technical backgrounds. >Example: AMD is

>Look at the companies that you admire and that show the ability to innovate... chances are they are run by people with technical backgrounds. >Example: AMD is run by Lisa Su, whose background is in EE. HP was run by MBA holder, Carly Fiorina. You're looking at the wrong thing. You're looking at the companies, their products, etc., and how much you admire those companies and what they produce. What you're not looking at is executive compensation. You obviously don't think much of HP when Carly was running it, but how much money did she make in that position? That's what's really important, not how the company did, what products it made, or what you personally think of any of that. For Carly, the only thing that matters is how much money she got, so that's the only metric that matters when discussing whether her MBA has any value. Did Carly make more money than Lisa Su? If so, then Carly's background was more valuable to her.