School of Business Gazette

BusinessWeek Notes Badger Power

“Today's CEOs are less likely than predecessors to be company loyalists or military veterans, says the latest census by recruitment outfit Spencer Stuart. They're also more apt to know the words to If You Want to Be a Badger.” So begins an article in the February 27, 2006 issue of BusinessWeek.  The article, complete with a photo of Bucky Badger, goes on to say that in 2005, “14 of the CEOs at S&P 500 companies held undergrad degrees from the University of Wisconsin. That puts it in a tie with Harvard for first place, ahead of Princeton, Stanford, Yale, and the University of Texas.” “Top Badgers” mentioned in the article include BBA accounting alumnus Tom Falk, chairman of the board and CEO of Kimberly-Clark, and MBA alumnus David Lesar, CEO of Halliburton.