Wisconsin CEOs

[Chicos' Buzz Scandal Countdown]

An oft-cited article by those west of Milwaukee is this gem from 2004 which claimed that Wisconsin generated more fortune 500 CEOs than any other university.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/8/6/wisconsin-harvard-have-most-ceos-harvard/

I came across an updated article, however, and UW doesn't make the top 38 institutions among the same metric.

http://www.bestcolleges.com/features/colleges-with-highest-number-fortune-500-ceo-graduates/

Doing my best to try and understand how both could be even partially true... unless there has been a mass-exodus of 100% of UW CEOs, how else could this be the case?

[GGGG]

It's not the same metric.  The 2004 article is S&P 500, which are 500 public companies that represent various sectors of the US economy.

The second is Fortune 500, which are the 500 largest public and private corporations in the US.

http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/033115/what-difference-between-sp-500-and-fortune-500.asp

The overlap between the two is about 280 or so.  Also 11 years is a long time in corporate governance.  I wouldn't doubt that 80% of the CEOs on either list have turned over during that timeframe. 

[Chicos' Buzz Scandal Countdown]

It's not the same metric.  The 2004 article is S&P 500, which are 500 public companies that represent various sectors of the US economy.

The second is Fortune 500, which are the 500 largest public and private corporations in the US.

http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/033115/what-difference-between-sp-500-and-fortune-500.asp

The overlap between the two is about 280 or so.  Also 11 years is a long time in corporate governance.  I wouldn't doubt that 80% of the CEOs on either list have turned over during that timeframe.

AHA! Genuinely missed that one.... too many groups of 500

gracias

[4everwarriors]

Free the Indianapolis 500, hey?