The figure represents a jump from 2016, when women held 15% of corporate board seats. California might have something to do with the shift.
Women hold one out of every five seats on corporate boards for the country's 3,000 largest publicly traded companies, according to new data cited in The Wall Street Journal. After the #MeToo movement, companies fired many powerful men in business for sexual harassment charges. Research suggests diverse teams perform better than homogeneous ones. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. America's largest companies are now powered by more women than ever before.
Women hold one out of every five seats on corporate boards for the country's 3,000 largest publicly traded companies, according to new data cited in The Wall Street Journal. After the #MeToo movement, companies fired many powerful men in business for sexual harassment charges. Research suggests diverse teams perform better than homogeneous ones. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. America's largest companies are now powered by more women than ever before.
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