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YU '8th in Nation' for CEOs in 500 Top Companies N

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  • Date : 2017.04.27 11:11
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Only university outside of the Seoul area for both national and private schools to be ranked in top 10
Analyzed 480 CEOs in the 'CEO Score' that assesses corporate management performance, 11 from YU
[April 12, 2017]
 
 

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  YU (President Sur Gil-soo) was ranked 8th in the nation in the rankings of schools for graduating CEOs of the top 500 companies that are leading the financial world of Korea. It is the only university to be placed in the top 10 among schools located outside of the Seoul area for both national and private universities.
 The academic background of CEOs for the nation's top 500 companies were analyzed by the corporate management performance evaluation site, CEO Score on the 12th. Upon analyzing those whose schools could be confirmed among the 480 CEOs (including owner families) of the 347 companies that submitted business reports among the top 500 companies, it was found that YU was the only university outside of the Seoul area to be placed in the top 10.
 Seoul National University had the most with 122 people, followed by Korea University (52), Yonsei University (44), Hanyang University (24), and Sungkyunkwan University to lead the group as the top, while YU (11), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (13), Sogang University (12), and Chungang University/Inha University (10 each) were included in the top 10. Pusan University (8) was ranked 11th, while Kyungpook National University and Dong-A University tied for 12th with seven each.
 Meanwhile, YU was also ranked 6th in the nation in the school ranking for CEOs in the nation's top 10 companies analyzed and announced by <Modern Management> in 2015, while also playing sixth in for two consecutive years in 2013 and 2014 in the KOSDAQ's 'KOSDAQ CEO Survey', demonstrating that alumni of YU are leading the financial world of Korea.