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Minority Representation Among New Fortune 500 Directors Dropped to 12%

Shelley Archambault · a16z Podcast | Building a Better Board · Jan 2, 2019 · at 3:06

Shelley Archambault highlights statistics on minority board representation from a Spencer Stuart study at an a16z panel on corporate governance.

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“Just 12% of the new directors were minorities, and by that I mean African-American, Hispanic, or Asian. And that's down from 18% the year before.”

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