How tall are people in the business world?

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So I am thinking about educating myself at a high-end business school but I can't help but be worried about how I'll fit in hiehgt wise. I've often heard that the world of financial business is full of tall successful people in a competitive environment. I am aiming for 186CM after lengthening my legs, my question is if this will be seen as a respectable height in your experience (in case anyone has any) or maybe I'm just being paranoid and I'm fine?

-I live in sweden, the average height for young men is about 181CM but as usual it feels even higher.

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I'm 29 and 163cm tall. I've worked in sales and management since I was 19 and had to earn the respect. In those years I've been very successful, but being taller would probably have helped me achieve my goals and result easier. Last November I started a new job, all down to my CV, reputation and results I've delivered. You could say I'm work in culture and business, everything from medium size businesses to large corporations, meeting with CEO's and even celebrities. My colleague is 203cm tall and after three months at my new job I'm amazed how people trust him and eat every word he says because of his super tall stature and good looks. In this business we meet a lot of women and I'm quite baffled about how much attention he gets and how easy he gets it. I know for a fact that I'm also quite attractive, I might even be more attractive than my colleague, but my small stature does take a lot away from that. I've got no problems with my confidence, but for practical reasons and for my career I'd like to gain about 14cm making me 177cm tall. At that height things would be a lot easier for me. I could even use 5cm lifts and become 182cm, making me taller than the average male here in Scandinavia. So to answer your question, taller stature is advantageous in business.

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I went to a lot of restaurants because I liked their food ( not because I could easily afford it though) and there were a lot of guys who had corporate conversations( I could over hear them talk about numbers and statistics) judging by their sitting height these corporate people seemed very tall and had wide torsos and when I got up to the buffet section I eyeballed them and most of them were taller than usual, I didn't have this problem in places like TacoBell or BK where more common people go to eat,only in restaurants did I feel that small.

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I read that men from higher social class in Germany are almost 4 cm taller than the national average.
I believe the average height in business companies could be 185 cm in Sweden.
at 186 cm you will just be average

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Quote from: Ferrari 275 California on February 01, 2015, 09:19:58 PMI'm 29 and 163cm tall. I've worked in sales and management since I was 19 and had to earn the respect. In those years I've been very successful, but being taller would probably have helped me achieve my goals and result easier. Last November I started a new job, all down to my CV, reputation and results I've delivered. You could say I'm work in culture and business, everything from medium size businesses to large corporations, meeting with CEO's and even celebrities. My colleague is 203cm tall and after three months at my new job I'm amazed how people trust him and eat every word he says because of his super tall stature and good looks. In this business we meet a lot of women and I'm quite baffled about how much attention he gets and how easy he gets it. I know for a fact that I'm also quite attractive, I might even be more attractive than my colleague, but my small stature does take a lot away from that. I've got no problems with my confidence, but for practical reasons and for my career I'd like to gain about 14cm making me 177cm tall. At that height things would be a lot easier for me. I could even use 5cm lifts and become 182cm, making me taller than the average male here in Scandinavia. So to answer your question, taller stature is advantageous in business.

Interesting, does that tall man gets more money than you?

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Let's not forget that the bigger reason taller people make more money has a lot to do with the fact that taller people get promoted more often thus they get new responsibilities and with that comes a raise in paycheck.

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We get paid the same, we're equal partners in the company I work at. We also work as a team, so we'll always get paid the same (pay our selves the same wage). He's one of the most respected and sincere people I know, but I suppose people being nice and trusting you, and looking up to you might do that to someone.

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Ferrari 275 California - are you also scandinavian?

If so how tall would you say most of the men you work with are, and do men of a more "moderate" tall height (maybe 188-195) recieve the same advantages as your 203CM colleague?

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Quote from: Ferrari 275 California on February 01, 2015, 11:08:11 PMWe get paid the same, we're equal partners in the company I work at. We also work as a team, so we'll always get paid the same (pay our selves the same wage). He's one of the most respected and sincere people I know, but I suppose people being nice and trusting you, and looking up to you might do that to someone.

But does he have more clients in general?

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Most of the men I work with and have worked with the last 10 years range from around 175cm til 190cm on average. I very seldom even see men at my height, and men shorter than me are very rare. In my former job my colleague was 193cm tall, but him not being as humble and collected as my current colleague, he didn't get nearly the same respect in business. In business I'd say most of the time it's character first, and height second. Sure tall stature does come with predetermined respect, but if you don't have character that respect diminishes very quickly. The combination tall stature, good looks and character is undoubtedly killer though in the world of business, but remember even those traits aren't always enough, you can't always   control all business deals. On the other hand, my former colleague at 193cm did get girls very easily, barely lifting a finger.

So for me a tall (taller) stature is the only thing lacking for me, I do believe I possess great character and good looks, but at 163cm tall (short) most things are generally harder. My goal of 177cm would make me just a few cm's below average height in Scandinavia, barely noticeable, and with some nice customs lifts I'd easily tower at 182cm. My advice and life experience does tell me that you can still do great things at 163cm, but it's just going to be much harder work. I also firmly believe that you have to develop good character and good confidence at your small stature before you can do great things at your post LL height.

It's important to know that I wasn't really consciously aware of my small stature before I was around 25 - 26 years old, before that age I really never thought about it. I was also 163cm and 19 years old the first time I got a job a manager. I was managing a staff of around 40 employees, some 20 and 30 years older than me. My first challenge was gaining peoples respect, when their respect was earned their preconceptions about my height and age disappeared. So after 10 years of knowing in and out the process of hard work in gaining peoples respect and trust I do sincerely believe that a stature of 177cm would let me take things to another level much easier.

I'm half Asian and half white, but I look more like a fair skinned Latin American, just like Enrique Iglesias looks Latin American, although being half Asian and half white.