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Hi,
Thanks for A2A.
Yes CAs are most eligible to become CEOs. There are many in public and private sectors like Mr Rameswar Thakur, Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Mr. Shekhar Kapoor and many more CAs are CEOs.
The training and experience gained through CA route are very helpful when stepping up to CEO position.But being CEO is not an easy job. It requires extra qualities like people management, managerial skills e.t.c.
As pointed out in the earlier answer a CEO must be a clear visionary, an excellent communicator and most importantly a good strategist.
Doing CA does give you the opportunity and the qualification to take up the job.
Let me give you few examples :
Kumar Mangalam Birla : CA Kumar mangalam birla is the Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, one of the largest conglomerate corporations in India.
Naina Lal Kidwai : She is currently the Group General Manager and Country Head of HSBC India. She is the Former President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Government of India honoured her with PADMA SRI.

Both are good and I am not being diplomatic, I mean it. Syllabus coverage of both the courses is excellent and standard of questions asked in exams are also very good. If you are looking for starting a firm then CA has more scope then CMA for now but the scope for CMA for practice is also going to increase with GST coming into action. And for various relevant job purposes both the courses are given the same weightage in most of the cases. I know many people who are holding high level positions (related to finance etc) as a proud CMA in various government companies and Multinational Corporations. I also want to add that rumour of CMA being easy is totally false. Actually it can be said it is tougher because there are 8 papers in CMA Inter but only 7 papers in CA IPCC. One more point, there are no gaps between exams in case of CMA but in case of CA, students get one day for revision before each exam. Finally I want to conclude with saying both the courses are great in their own ways, you can go for anyone of them. Hard work together with proper strategy is the key for passing and success as well.

Hi Tamanna,
The mainstay courses for commerce students are CA, CS and CMA.
I know what exactly is your confusion, but I would like to inform.
CS I.e company secretary is a professional who deals with all the legal aspects of any company. The main strengths of a CS is law. They are theoretically considered strong with specialistions in corporate laws, RBI, FEMA, IPR, mergers and acquisitions etc.
On the other hand, cwa or cma i.e cost and works accountant or cost and management accountant are professionals with a strong base in costing and cost management.
Although, course content is somewhat similar in all the three courses, but the weightage changes as per specialization of the course you select.
Think again what exactly out of the two you want.
Have a brief look at the subjects, get an idea and then decide which course to take up.
If you want, you can plan for both the courses too.
Choose wisely.
All the best.
Feel free to revert.