December 04, 2011

Women Make Up 9% of Directors of Silicon Valley Firms

The SF Chronicle reports on a new study:

Women account for less than 10 percent of the total number of board directors in the valley, according to global executive search firm Spencer Stuart in the report, "2011 Silicon Valley Board Index."

... Women sat on 91 percent of [S&P 500] boards, accounting for 16 percent of all directors, compared with 9.1 percent in Silicon Valley.

Will lack of female representation among directors (and likely officers as well) affect these companies' ability to serve its users?

Here is a list of Apple Directors (higher than the 9% average--but just 1 of 8):

Apple's top officers are 100% male, as the graphic shows.

Posted by Anupam Chander on December 4, 2011 at 08:19 AM in Digitization | Permalink