Like DoorDash and Google’s CEOs, $7.6 billion Informatica boss is a McKinsey alum—he says being ‘pushed around’ by smart consultants helped him grow

Consulting giant McKinsey & Co. not only has a reputation for rewarding its star employees with sky-high salaries—the organization is also a well-known stepping stone to the C-suite. Take a stroll through the office halls, and you’re sure to pass by a budding Fortune 500 CEO.

Just like Google’s Sundar Pichai and Doordash’s Tony Xu, Amit Walia, the CEO of $7.6 billion company Informatica, worked at McKinsey after receiving his MBA. And the experience—albiet daunting, and quite rigorous—set...