Note this also has been observed in other spheres—E.G. CEOs of S&P 500 companies: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_age_effect#In_leadership_positions
I would strongly expect CEO-ship of a S&P 500 company to be causally downstream of a top-5 business school, a top-20 college, and the kind of high-status professional+social network you get from “more and better school”.
Note this also has been observed in other spheres—E.G. CEOs of S&P 500 companies: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_age_effect#In_leadership_positions
I would strongly expect CEO-ship of a S&P 500 company to be causally downstream of a top-5 business school, a top-20 college, and the kind of high-status professional+social network you get from “more and better school”.