A quant not a poet — what might Sunak’s MBA mean for Britain?
The writer is director of the Marshall Institute at the London School of Economics and was formerly head of the University of Oxford’s MBA programme
Rishi Sunak is the first person of colour to become UK prime minister, the first Hindu and the richest premier in modern times. He is also, significantly, the first to hold an MBA degree.
Sunak studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford, as so many leading British politicians have. But it is his time at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business — where he met his wife and was drilled in the finer points of competitive advantage and the capital asset pricing model — that sets him apart from his peers.
This story originally appeared on: Financial Times - Author:Stephan Chambers
