The road to the C-suite rarely follows a straight educational line . While some leaders studied engineering or computer science in their early years, others majored in liberal arts, such as history or philosophy. And a few, like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, never finished college.

Ford CEO Jim Farley took a more traditional approach. As a student at Georgetown University, he studied general business before earning his MBA from UCLA, setting him on a path to climb the corporate ladder.

However, if he had to start over, there’s one field he’d focus on above all the rest: supply chain .

“Of all the C-suite jobs that people should aspire to, if you want to make a difference in our society, I would pick one: supply chain,” Farley said in an interview with the Office Hours: Busin

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