article_snippet: Consider the Fortune 500 and the alma maters of the heads of the 10 companies with the highest gross revenues back in the summer of 2014.
article_snippet: There was only one Ivy League school on the list (Dartmouth), Bruni says in his book.
article_snippet: When you look at the Fortune 500 executives in the top 30, you see Cornell, Princeton and Brown, but also the University of Central Oklahoma, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Minnesota, his writes.
article_snippet: an Ivy League degree or a degree from another prestigious private university is neither a requirement nor a guarantee.
article_snippet: Sure, there are presidents who hail from the Ivies (George W. Bush, Bill Clinton) but there are many who don't:
article_snippet: Ronald Reagan went to Eureka College, a small school in Illinois, and Richard Nixon got Ronald Reagan undergraduate degree from Whittier College in Southern California.
article_snippet: Looking at other national politicians who either ran for or could run for president someday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Vice President Joe Biden graduated from the University of Delaware, Paul Ryan from Miami University of Ohio and John Edwards from North Carolina State University.
article_snippet: Bruni writes about how back in 2013, a website called the 60second Recap noted how every time honorees attended a school like Harvard, Stanford or Princeton, it was mentioned in the profile.
article_snippet: But if they hadn't graduated from such a school, Forbes didn't mention they alma mater.
article_snippet: Do you think going to an elite college gives you a leg up when it comes to professional success?
highlights_snippet: A new book says that where you go to college does not determine who you will be .
  
highlights_snippet: Of the top 10 Fortune 500 CEOs in 2014, only one went to an Ivy League school .