>"In philanthropy, for example, not having an MBA is basically a hard blocker for ever reaching a leadership position" Does Bill Gates have an MBA? I think he

>"In philanthropy, for example, not having an MBA is basically a hard blocker for ever reaching a leadership position" Does Bill Gates have an MBA? I think he's doing well asking rich people for their money. Maybe not having an MBA isn't a hard blocker if you can show yourself to be exceptional in one way or another. Bill Gates is just one particularly famous example. There are many other non-MBA holding philanthropists—http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_philanthropists http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_philanthropists