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Just to be perfectly clear, Elon Musk has nothing against academia. After all, he was a dual major at the University of Pennsylvania, earning a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in physics and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in economics (the latter from the famous Wharton School of Business).
Nevertheless, in a recent interview, Musk pointed out that an MBA does not automatically qualify the degree holder to be an effective manager or leader. Here s a brief quote (kudos to WebProNews):
The path to leadership should not be through an MBA business school situation. It should be kind of work your way up and do useful things. There s a bit too much of the somebody goes to a high-profile MBA school and then kind of parachutes in as the leader but they don t actually know how things work. They could be good at, say, PowerPoint presentations or something like that, and they can present well, but they don t actually know how things work. They parachute in instead of working their way up. T