In 2021, there were total 449 new board members appointed in Fortune 500 companies. Asian and Asian-Americans accounted for nine percent of new directors in 2021. That was a the same percentage compared to the previous year. Still, it was the highest number of newly appointed Asian and Asian/American board members in the last 12 years.
Percentage of new Asian and Asian-American directors on Fortune 500 boards from 2009 to 2021
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Heidrick & Struggles. (May 10, 2022). Percentage of new Asian and Asian-American directors on Fortune 500 boards from 2009 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/547958/percentage-of-new-asian-directors-on-fortune-500-boards/
Heidrick & Struggles. "Percentage of new Asian and Asian-American directors on Fortune 500 boards from 2009 to 2021." Chart. May 10, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/547958/percentage-of-new-asian-directors-on-fortune-500-boards/
Heidrick & Struggles. (2022). Percentage of new Asian and Asian-American directors on Fortune 500 boards from 2009 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/547958/percentage-of-new-asian-directors-on-fortune-500-boards/
Heidrick & Struggles. "Percentage of New Asian and Asian-american Directors on Fortune 500 Boards from 2009 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/547958/percentage-of-new-asian-directors-on-fortune-500-boards/
Heidrick & Struggles, Percentage of new Asian and Asian-American directors on Fortune 500 boards from 2009 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/547958/percentage-of-new-asian-directors-on-fortune-500-boards/ (last visited January 27, 2023)
Percentage of new Asian and Asian-American directors on Fortune 500 boards from 2009 to 2021 [Graph], Heidrick & Struggles, May 10, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/547958/percentage-of-new-asian-directors-on-fortune-500-boards/