9 British universities that produce the most CEOs
9: Sheffield University – 2.3%. Sheffield University is the alma mater of Jim O'Neill, the former head of Goldman Sachs research and Hilary Mantel, the author of Wolf Hall.
8: Leicester University – 2.6%. Leicester University was founded in 1921 as Rutland University College. It has around 18,000 students.
7: Royal Holloway – 2.6%. Royal Holloway's Egham Campus was founded in 1879 by Victorian entrepreneur Thomas Holloway as an all-women college. It started to accept male students in 1945.
6: University of London – 2.9%. University of London has 18 colleges including King's College and University College. It's the largest university on the list with more than 140,000 students.
5: Leeds Beckett University – 3.1%. Leeds Metropolitan University changed its name to Leeds Beckett in 2014. With 26,000 students, it's the 20th biggest university in the UK.
4: Strathclyde University – 3.1%. Located in Glasgow, Strathclyde University is more than 200 years old and has over 21,000 students.
3: Birmingham University – 3.2%. Birmingham was the first university to open a faculty of commerce, making its business school the oldest in the country.
2: Cambridge University – 3.9%. Coming in second place, Cambridge is the oldest and most prestigious university on Emolument's list.
1: London Business School – 5%. A whopping one in twenty graduates from London Business School go on to take a leadership role in company, topping Emolument's chart.
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