Women on Fortune 500 boards 2022 | Statista

In 2022, there were 414 new board members appointed in Fortune 500 companies. Women accounted for 40 percent of those new directors in 2022. That was a decrease of five percentage points compared to the previous year. The share of women in the Fortune 500 board increased over the last decade.

Percentage of new women directors on Fortune 500 boards from 2009 to 2022

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March 2023

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2009 to 2022

Special properties

CFOs & CEOs

Supplementary notes

Data from prior to 2018 taken from previous publications of the report which can be found here.

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