A good businessman uses his numerical intuition far more than his numerical literacy - math is a way to prove intuition as it relates to business.
A good mathematician also operates in this way - a proof starts out as intuition. People with poor business/social/numerical intuition often point to this as a flaw, but it's really an advantage. That's why the best engineers eventually end up as business people. Look at the partner roster and board members of any top flight VC firm in the valley - a high proportion of them are former engineers.
You're not going to find many former accountants or statisticians in the bunch.
A good businessman uses his numerical intuition far more than his numerical literacy - math is a way to prove intuition as it relates to business.
A good mathematician also operates in this way - a proof starts out as intuition. People with poor business/social/numerical intuition often point to this as a flaw, but it's really an advantage. That's why the best engineers eventually end up as business people. Look at the partner roster and board members of any top flight VC firm in the valley - a high proportion of them are former engineers.
You're not going to find many former accountants or statisticians in the bunch.