Despite representing 51 percent of the US population, earning 60 percent of all master's degrees, and contributing an estimated $26 billion in labor each day to the nation's GDP, only 6 percent of CEOs and 26 percent of board seats are held by women. Global nonprofit Catalyst is looking to change that.
In 2017, on International Women's Day, the firm launched Catalyst CEO Champions for Change, with a mission to better represent the population in the makeups of leadership and corporate boards. Today, the group includes more than 70 CEOs from major companies, representing 10 million employees and over $3 trillion in revenue globally. These CEOs are pledging publicly to advance more women, particularly women of color, into leadership roles and senior positions.
The group's affirmation of support for the goal states, in part:
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