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The University of Texas at Austin Ranks No. 1 as Source of New Fortune 1000 CEOs.

AScribe Business & Economics News Service, April, 2005

Byline: McCombs School of Business, UT Austin

AUSTIN, Texas, April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Texas at Austin tied with the University of Chicago as the number one source of Fortune 1000 CEOs hired in 2004-2005, according to a survey by USA Today and the public relations firm, Burson-Marsteller.

USA Today and Burson-Marsteller tracked the numbers, surveying the graduate and undergraduate alma maters of all CEOs hired at Fortune 1000 firms since Jan. 1, 2004. The results are summarized in an April 6 USA Today article, "Wanted: CEO, no Ivy required," which includes a chart of the new hires and their alma maters.

The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Chicago led the list, with four alumni each.

The...

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