The military is a training ground for CEOs

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Companies Run by Ex-Military CEOs Outperform Their Peers

CEOs who served in the military stay in the job longer and their companies outperform the S&P 500. That’s what I found when I ran the numbers in a study for Korn-Ferry International, a headhunting firm that recruits and places CEOs. That study got Korn-Ferry a lot of press. Here’s a story run by Business Insider that cites my findings.