We believe that white male bias is why 90% of corporate America is white male.
In a country as diverse as ours, it's impossible that 90% of corporate America is white male unless bias is happening. Impossible.
The appointment will make him one of four
Black CEOs in the S&P 100, the nation's 100 top publicly traded companies.
Of the 533 named executive officers across these corporations, white men represent 7 in 10. And of those companies, about 1 in 7 had executive teams that were made up of only white men in 2022.
Meanwhile, women – just 90 of them – make up 17% of named executive officers. Only 17 women of color were named executive officers in 2022.
In fact,
white men today are even more likely than their grandfathers to be managers despite a diversifying workforce and evidence from research studies that diverse companies outperform peers that are not
More Black men are leaders in S&P 100 companies two years after George Floyd's murder. Women and other people of color have not made as much progress.
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Let's forget about black men for a second.
This year,
52 companies out of 500 are led by female CEOs. That's an 18% increase from 44 this time last year.
Are you saying these 52 companies made a big mistake?