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 June 15, 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 June 15, 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: June 15, 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 June 15, 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/