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Do Lawyers Make Better CEOs Than MBAs?

Harvard Business

For the past several years, Wells Fargo has been run by MBAs, while Bank of America’s CEO since 2010, Brian Moynihan, has a law degree from Notre Dame. What explains the divergence in the fortunes of two of the U.S.’s ’s largest banks? One possibility is the tone at the top. Our research produces two conclusions.