WECNY and Columbia Business School
Women’s Executive Circle of New York (WECNY) has collaborated with Columbia Business School to help improve the standing of women in business leadership positions. Together, we have conducted a series of quantitative research studies that evaluates the state of women in executive positions in the top 100 public companies headquartered in NY. The most recent study, the fifth in a series of annual reports, 2015 New York Census: The State of Women Business Leaders In New York, has been made available to the NY business community and state and city legislators and policymakers.
View the 2015 New York Census:
The State of Women Business Leaders In New York.
WECNY's Top 25
We looked at NY's 100 largest publicly traded companies and identified the Top 25 - companies with at least 20% women board directors and executive officers.
Our data reveals generally that although some progress has been made, women remain an untapped resource in NY boardrooms and executive suites. View our full study to see which companies made the Top 25 and how they distinguished themselves for diversifying corporate leadership. Click to view census.
2020 New York Census Results
Board Directors:- Of the 1,071 board seats, 28.5 percent are held by women, an increase from 20.5 percent in 2015 and from 18.7 percent in 2012.
- Three companies have no women serving as board directors, a decrease from 7 in 2015.
- Eighty- five companies have at least two or more woman board directors, an increase from sixty nine in 2015 and in 2012.
- Of the 305 C-suite executive positions, 17.2 percent are held by women, an increase from 2015 of 12.7 percent and 10.0 percent in 2012
- Forty nine companies have no women in C-suite executive roles, a decrease from sixty three in 2015.
- Since 2006, the percentage of women serving on boards of directors has steadily increased from 15.6 percent to 28.5 percent. On the other hand, the percentage of women in C-suite executive positions decreased from 11.9 percent in 2006 to 10.9 percent in 2008. It rebounded to 11.7 percent in 2010 but fell back to 10.9 percent in 2012. In 2014, the percentage changed to 12.7 percent and in 2019 it increased to 17.2 percent.
2015 New York Census Results
Board Directors and Executive Officers:- Women hold 18.7% of board director and executive officer positions in New York's 100 largest public companies.
- Of the 1,095 board seats studied, 20.5% are held by women, an increase from 18.7% in 2012.
- Of the 338 C-suite executive positions studied (CEO, CFO, COO, CIO, and GC), 12.7% are held by women, a 1.8% increase from 2012.
- Since 2006, the percentage of women serving on boards has steadily increased from 15.6% to 20.5%.
- Women in executive positions decreased from 11.7% in 2010 to 10.9% in 2013, but has since rebounded to 12.7%.
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