12 CEOs Who Got Their Start As Boy Scouts

You probably didn't know Hank Paulson was once chair of the Nature Conservancy.
Wildlife preservation is a passion the former U.S. Treasury Secretary picked up decades ago, while working up to his Eagle Scout designation -- well before he landed his first gig at Goldman Sachs.
Paulson is one of several powerful U.S. leaders who trace their success back to early lessons learned from scouting.
"I get letters from Eagles who say 'Paulson, would you look at hiring me at Goldman Sachs?'" he says in Alvin Townley's book, "Legacy of Honor: The Value and Influence of America's Boy Scouts."
The Boy Scouts of America have been around since 1910. The group's mission is to foster moral strength, promote citizenship, and help children grow up physically and morally healthy.
Or, as the Scouts originally stated: "to rescue boys from the feminizing clutches of mothers and Sunday School teachers, and to get them out into the woods to learn how to be men."
We've compiled a list of famous Boy Scout business leaders, ranked in order of net worth.

Rex Tillerson -- CEO of Exxon Mobil
Estimated Net Worth: More than $40 million
Highest Scout Rank: Eagle Scout, Silver Buffalo Recipient, National President.
"I have a lot of terrific memories associated with scouting, probably most of the high points of my growing up years," Tillerson told the Boy Scouts of America.
"If you look around, there aren't a lot of places where we give young people those values at those formative years and reinforce them in the way that the scouting program reinforces by putting them in real life situations where they have to interact with peers, older children and adults. It's probably more relative today than ever because as I look out there, there just isn't another program that exists today that does that."
Tillerson on Scouting:
Hank Paulson -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and CEO of Goldman Sachs
Estimated Net Worth: $700 million
Highest Scout Rank: Eagle Scout
Scouting helped foster Paulson's lifelong interest in wildlife and nature conservation. He later became chairman of the Nature Conservancy. Under Paulson, the Conservancy worked with the Boy Scouts and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to conserve Scout Camp Nanticoke, a nesting ground for bald eagles.
Paulson was interviewed for the book "Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Boy Scouts" by Alvin Townley. In the book, he hinted that Eagle Scout status can perhaps help a young man get a job.
"I get letters from Eagles who say 'Paulson, would you look at hiring me at Goldman Sachs?'" he said. "And their having that Eagle rank is a positive thing. Then I look and see if they've done anything since becoming an Eagle scout."
J.W. Marriott Jr. -- Chairman and CEO of Marriott International
Estimated Net Worth: $1.3 billion
Highest Scout Rank: Eagle Scout
The heir to Marriott International was also a member of the Executive Board of Boy Scouts of America.
Source: University of Utah
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