What do America’s innovators look like? While the stereotype may be Facebook FB +1.09% founder Mark Zuckerberg, the truth, according to a new study out today, couldn’t be more different.
Turns out many of the country’s successful innovators are older, come from highly educated immigrant backgrounds and rather than being 20-something Harvard dropouts, they’ve usually toiled for decades in their fields.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethharris/2016/02/24/who-are-americas-real-innovators-surprising-new-study-says-theyre-not-who-you-think/#3d4cf2f57993