GDI: First Quarter 2026 Key Findings
Women now hold 29.9% of corporate board seats, a marginal decrease from the previous quarter...
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Women now hold 29.9% of corporate board seats, a marginal decrease from the previous quarter...
Learn MoreWomen now hold 30.0% of corporate board seats, a marginal decrease from the previous quarter...
Learn MoreWomen continue to hold 30.1% of corporate board seats, unchanged from the previous quarter and slightly below the Q1 2025 peak of 30.4% (based on 2024 company data).
Learn MoreAs of March 31, 2025, using data from our Exclusive Data Partner, Equilar, women hold 30.4% of board seats on Russell 3000 companies, virtually unchanged from the previous quarter.
Learn MoreFor the first time since we began tracking all public companies in the U.S., progress of women on Russell 3000 company boards stalls. Women continue to hold 30.2% of board seats as reported in Q3, showing only a 0.6 percentage point increase from the previous quarter.
Learn MoreAs of September 30, 2024, our report, in partnership with our Exclusive Data Partner Equilar, shows that women hold 30.2% of Russell 3000 company board seats, a 0.2% increase from the last quarter.
Learn MoreOur latest report, in collaboration with our Exclusive Data Partner Equilar, as of March 31, 2024, highlights concerning trends in U.S. corporate boardrooms.
Learn MoreAs of December 31, 2023, women hold 29.4% of the board seats, a 0.2 percentage point increase from Q3 2023, and a one percentage point increase from the previous year.
Learn MoreAs of September 30, 2023, women hold 29.2% of the board seats, a 0.2 percentage point increase from Q2 2023, and a 1 percentage point increase from the previous year. 36.5% of the 455 new directors who joined boards in Q3 2023 were women, equivalent to Q2 2023, but lower than all of 2022 and 2021 when the percentage was 39% and 45% respectively.
Learn MoreAs of March 31, 2023, women hold 28.9% of the board seats, a 0.5 percentage point increase from Q4 2022, and a 1.6 percentage point increase from the previous year.
Learn MoreAs of Dec. 31, 2022, women held 28.4% of the corporate board seats on the Russell 3000. This is only a 0.2 percentage point increase from the previous quarter, and a 1.7 percentage point increase from Dec. 31, 2021.
Learn MoreUsing the data provided by our partner Equilar, the pace for women joining boards in Q3 2022, from July 1 - Sept. 30, 2022 has stalled or remained flat and is the lowest quarter-over-quarter progress since the first six months of 2020. The halt may be a sign of political polarization and economic unrest. Still whatever the reason, the lack of progress for women on boards may contribute to why women are leaving the workforce and the pipeline of women.
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