• Are CEOs born leaders? Lessons from traits of a million individuals 

      Adams, Renee Birgit; Keloharju, Matti; Knüpfer, Samuli (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      What makes a successful CEO? We combine a near-exhaustive sample of male CEOs from Swedish companies with data on their cognitive and noncognitive ability and height at age 18. CEOs differ from other high-skill professions ...
    • What prevents women from reaching the top? 

      Keloharju, Matti; Knüpfer, Samuli; Tåg, Joacim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      We use rich data on all business, economics, and engineering graduates in Sweden to study the lack of women among chief executive officers (CEOs). A comprehensive battery of graduates’ characteristics explains 40% of the ...