Women CEOs of the last 10 years
2013 Chief Executive Study
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2013 Chief Executive Study
For 14 years, Strategy& has examined CEO
turnover and the incoming class of CEOs at
the world’s largest 2,500 public companies.
This year we focused particularly on
women CEOs over the last 10 years.
Here’s what we found…
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Over the past 10 years, there have been 75% more women CEOs in the incoming than outgoing classes
Source: Strategy& 2004-2013 Chief Executive Study analysis
+75.0%
Incoming CEOsOutgoing CEOs
1.6%
2.8% by 2040 a third of the
incoming CEO class
will be made up of
women
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By region, companies in the U.S. and Canada have had the highest percentage of women CEOs
Source: Strategy& 2004-2013 Chief Executive Study analysis
2.2%
Other emerging
98.4%
1.6%
Brazil, Russia,
India
98.3%
1.7%
China
97.5%
2.5%
Other mature
97.5%
2.5%
Japan
99.2%
0.8%
Western Europe
98.6%
1.4%
U.S., Canada
96.8%
3.2%
MaleFemale
Average
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By industry, the lowest percentage of women CEOs was in the materials industry
Source: Strategy& 2004-2013 Chief Executive Study analysis
0.8%
Industrials
98.3%
1.7%
Telecom-munications
services
98.0%
2.0%
Financials
97.9%
2.1%
Energy
97.7%
2.3%
Utilities Materials
97.6%
2.4%
Consumer discretionary
97.4%
2.6%
99.2%
97.4%
2.6%
Information technology
96.9%
3.1%
Consumer staples
MaleFemale
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Women CEOs are more often hired from outside the company than men CEOs
Source: Strategy& 2004-2013 Chief Executive Study analysis
Female
65%
35%
Male
78%
22%
InsiderOutsider
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Women CEOs are more often forced out of office than men
Source: Strategy& 2004-2013 Chief Executive Study analysis
Female
51%
38%
13%11%
Male
60%
27%
M&A
PlannedForced
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