The Fortune 500 features execs of all backgrounds, including 11 who climbed their way to the top.
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00:00The Fortune 500 features 11 CEOs who made their way from the bottom to the top of the corporate
00:05ladder. Nike CEO Elliot Hill started as an intern in apparel sales and became the company's CEO
00:10this year. Other execs that also rode the intern to CEO pipeline include HP's Enrique Lloris and
00:16General Motors' Mary Barra who started as a co-op student. Of the 11 CEOs on our list, it took an
00:22average of 33 years to climb from an entry-level position to CEO. Other CEOs on the list include
00:29Walt Disney's Bob Iger, Kroger's Rodney McCullen, Walmart's Doug McMillan, AT&T CEO John Stanky,
00:36IBM's Arvind Krishna, Southwest Airlines' Bob Jordan, FedEx's Raj Supermanian, and Costco's Ron
00:43Vakaris.