9位运动员出身的500强公司CEO

    这并非什么秘密：孩提时代的运动经历，会在成人后带来许多好处。以2012年体育赛事服务网站TrueSport发布的报告为例。这个研究项目试图通过宣传竞争精神、体育道德和最佳竞技表现，来肯定积极的青少年运动经历，以颂扬终身运动者取得的成功。该报告显示，少年时期积极参与体育项目的好处数不胜数，其中包括该项目所称的五个C：能力(competence)、自信(confidence)、人脉(connections)、品格(character)与同情心(caring)。

    此外，美国卫生与公众服务部（U.S. Department of Health & Human Services）也赞扬了体育给职业发展带来的好处。该机构的网站写道：“参加体育运动可以确保更高的收入、升职和更好的工作，这一点可能没有什么异议。与此同时，体育运动培养的领导能力和团队合作能力，愿意努力工作和行事果敢的品质，也可以为学生在以后成为工作与社区生活的领导者，打下坚实基础。”

    所以，许多业内顶尖的公司领导者，不仅是运动员出身，而且有些人还是国内最出色的选手。以下九位CEO，在年少时便热衷于体育运动，并且最终也成为商场中的佼佼者。

    It’s no secret: playing sports as a child leads to many benefits in adulthood. Take a 2012 report by TrueSport as an example. The program, which seeks to ensure a positive youth sport experience by promoting competition, sportsmanship and peak performance, celebrates the success that lifelong athletes gain. The report shows that being active on a team as a child leads to a laundry list of positives, including what the program calls the five “C’s”: competence, confidence, connections, character and caring.

    Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services praises sports for career benefits. “While it might be hard to argue that sports participation could guarantee higher incomes, promotions, and better jobs, the leadership skills and development of teamwork, hard work, and determination might help prepare students to be leaders at work and in their communities later in life,” the website says.

    So it makes sense that business leaders at the very top of their field would be not only athletic growing up, but indeed some of the best in the country. Here’s a list of nine CEOs obsessed with a sport growing up – and successful in business, too.

    1. 杰夫•伊梅尔特

    58岁的杰夫•伊梅尔特执掌通用电气（General Electric）之前，在达特茅斯学院（Dartmouth College）橄榄球二队培养了自己的领导能力。据《财富》杂志（Fortune）报道，他曾在大学最后一年，担任这家常春藤联盟大学的首发进攻截锋。身高6英尺4英寸的伊梅尔特，在球场上是个难对付的角色，后来进入职场同样如此。据达特茅斯学院网站介绍，在达特茅斯上学期间，在比赛期间展现的出色技术和个性，为他赢得了厄尔•汉密尔顿大学运动代表队奖（Earl Hamilton Varsity Award）。此外，他也是Phi Delta Alpha兄弟会成员。

    1. Jeff Immelt

    Before Jeff Immelt, 58, headed General Electric GE 0.99% , he got his chops as a leader of Dartmouth College's JV football team. By his senior year, he was a starting offensive tackle for the Ivy League institution, according to Fortune. At 6'4" the man was a force to be reckoned with on the field as he would later be in boardrooms. At Dartmouth, too, the combination of his prowess as a student-athlete and character earned him the Early Hamilton Varsity Award, according to Dartmouth's website. He was also a member of the Phi Delta Alpha fraternity.