Move over horoscopes, birthdays have a new prophetic power. According to a recent study, “The relative-age effect and career success: Evidence from corporate CEOs,” the month you were born in has a “long-lasting influence on career success.”
The study, highlighted on Inc.com, found that babies born in March or April are more likely to become CEOs than babies born in other months.
According the researchers, those with June or July birthdays are least likely to reach the C-suite.
We looked around and found a few notable CEOs born in March or April, among them, Rupert Murdoch and Larry Page (Google).
On the other hand, there are a few June/July babies who defy the birthday expectation, including Howard Schultz (Starbucks), Sir Richard Branson (Virgin Group), and Donald Trump.
And, last but not least, what about the presidential candidates? Good news for Romney, all political polls aside, the Republican candidate has the advantage with a March birthday, while Obama’s birthday falls in August.