Only private university outside of the Seoul area placed in the top 10
Analyzed alma maters of 134 CEOs of the top 100 companies finding 4 CEOs from YU
[May 19, 2020]
YU (President Sur Gil-soo) was placed 7th in the ranking for universities that graduated CEOs of the top 100 companies in Korea. It was the only private university outside of the Seoul area placed in the top 10.
The current events magazine, Economist, analyzed the alma maters of 134 CEOs in the top 100 companies in Korea. In result, YU was found to have graduated four of the CEOS, thus placing seventh place. Seoul National University topped the list with 29 people, followed by Korea University (16), Yonsei University (12), Sungkyunkwan University (9), Hanyang University (8), and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (5).
YU, Kyungpook National University and Pusan National University tied for seventh with four people each, while Sogang University and Konkuk University completed the top 10 list by graduating two CEOs.
Meanwhile, YU was ranked ninth in the nation in the college rankings for graduating CEOs in the listed subsidiaries of the top 30 domestic groups as analyzed by Data News in February of this year, and ninth place in the CEO graduating college rankings for the top 500 companies in Korea analyzed by the corporate business performance evaluation website, CEO Score in July of last year.
