This statistic shows the share of women among the board members of Fortune 500 companies from 1995 to 2019. In 2019, 27 percent of board members of Fortune 500 companies were women, an increase of 4.5 percent on the previous year.
Percentage of board members of Fortune 500 companies who were women from 1995 to 2019
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Pew Research Center. (March 17, 2020). Percentage of board members of Fortune 500 companies who were women from 1995 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/691204/share-of-women-board-members-fortune-500/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of board members of Fortune 500 companies who were women from 1995 to 2019." Chart. March 17, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/691204/share-of-women-board-members-fortune-500/
Pew Research Center. (2020). Percentage of board members of Fortune 500 companies who were women from 1995 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/691204/share-of-women-board-members-fortune-500/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of Board Members of Fortune 500 Companies Who Were Women from 1995 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/691204/share-of-women-board-members-fortune-500/
Pew Research Center, Percentage of board members of Fortune 500 companies who were women from 1995 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/691204/share-of-women-board-members-fortune-500/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Percentage of board members of Fortune 500 companies who were women from 1995 to 2019 [Graph], Pew Research Center, March 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/691204/share-of-women-board-members-fortune-500/