TIME and Statista Reveal Best Companies and Colleges for Future Leaders

Analysis of 2,000 top leaders' resumés shows a clear pipeline to leadership through specific companies and colleges.

TIME and data firm Statista analyzed the resumés of 2,000 of the country's award-winning academics, political figures, and CEOs to determine which private sector companies and colleges appear most often on their journeys to the top.
Many of the companies atop the list are firms in consulting, tech, and finance, such as McKinsey & Company, which reportedly received over a million applications last year and hired less than 1% of applicants.
These companies have a strong learning and development function and cultures that prize growing people's capacity to lead.
Outside of these fields, other companies high on the list have well-regarded leadership or management training programs, including Procter & Gamble, IBM, and Johnson & Johnson.
Harvard University is creating significantly more leaders than even second place Stanford, showing a clear pipeline to becoming a leader in America.