University of Michigan a top public school for powerful tech CEOs
The odds of becoming CEO of a technology company worth more than $1 billion are not high.
However, if you do have your sights set on leading a high-tech powerhouse, there’s no better public university to attend than the University of Michigan, according to a new ranking from Bloomberg News.
Courtney Sacco | AnnArbor.com
Bloomberg noted Groupon CEO Eric Lefkofsky and Steve Singh, who runs travel expenses company Concur Technologies, among the six Michigan attendees who helped establish Michigan’s place on the list.
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, who spoke at U-M's spring commencement, could move Michigan up to second place on the list once the company’s initial public offering occurs, likely later this year. Twitter is expected to have an initial market capitalization of more than $10 billion.
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Comments
Eduard Copely
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 : 4:21 p.m.
blue85, I would never. Ever go for this.
Craig Haley
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 : 1:45 p.m.
Why wasn't Larry Page (CEO of Google) included for Michigan?
Eduard Copely
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 : 6:50 p.m.
Regarding Twitter's public offering, just remember how well Facebook did. Not. Wall Street may be greedy, but definitely not stupid.
blue85
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 : 10:59 p.m.
Eduard, I suggest you short a modest 100,000 shares at the IPO...it is easy money, you should make a mint. Come back and let us know how you did.
Dog Guy
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 : 6:19 p.m.
Wherever are we going to display all these top-ten awards?!
David Barnett
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 : 7:40 p.m.
The old Blimpie Burger building