Where are the women CEOs? 

The progress of women to the top role in the world’s largest publicly listed companies has been slow since the appointment of the first woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company, in 1963. After six decades, there are still only 7% around the world.

 

 

Source: Heidrick & Struggles’ Route to the Top 2022, Sample: largest publicly listed companies in 25 markets: Australia and New Zealand, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States

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To explore our full report on global CEOs, see Route to the Top 2022