How many people are motivated by the thought of becoming a CEO or some other top position via a first career in consultancy, and how many actually make it? Is it better to join industry earlier than later?
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Lot's of McKinsey types become CEOs
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Me!
I'm MD of a small company after 3 years in consulting. Planning 3-5 years here before moving on to bigger things.
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If you look at the career histories of many FTSE 100 CEO's / CIO's there's quite a few who have worked at Mars, Marks and Spencer and such like.
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I choose to disagree with the claim that lots of MBBB types become CEO.
That is just some self-serving boasting that is false.
A higher proportion of them in comparison to other consulting firms make the Executive teams in top firms but very few actually get to CEO.
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Would like to start my own company and be CEO. Nodesire to climb the greasy pole at someone elses though.
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FTSE CEO's don't get paid all that well when you compare it to the ultra serious megabucks you could earn being even a relatively junior investment banker...
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Why not just do as some of the people ive met.
Register a company (anyone can do that)
Then put on your CV that you where CEO of blabla bla for x years.
viola!
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ACAs are the highest represented profession as CEOs (and, more generall,y on boards) of FTSE 100.
Not sure if there ever has been such a survey undertaken but I bet very few have PRINCE2 or even heard of it.
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