Women CEOs
Women—particularly women of color, women born outside of the United States, and LGBT women—are underrepresented among CEOs of the Fortune 500. Catalyst tracks the data and helps advance more women onto corporate boards.
Results
2012 Catalyst Census: Financial Post 500 Women Senior Officers and Top Earners (Report)
Census tracking women's roles in senior officer positions.
2012 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Executive Officers and Top Earners (Report)
The 2012 Catalyst Census provides critical statistics to gauge women's advancement into leadership and highlights the gender diversity gap.
Setting the Record Straight
Catalyst’s Setting the Record Straight series used hard evidence derived primarily from Catalyst Fortune 500 and Financial Post 500 Census data to debunk myths about women in corporate leadership.
Narrowing the Financial Post 100 Gender Leadership Gap: Change is Closer Than You Think (Report)
This report addresses the myth that closing the gender leadership gap in corporate Canada is impossible.
Narrowing the Fortune 100 Gender Leadership Gap: Change is Closer Than You Think (Report)
This report addresses the myth that closing the gender leadership gap in corporate America is impossible.
The “Think Director, Think CEO” Myth: Fortune 500 Companies (Report)
This report addresses the myth that CEO experience is a requirement for corporate board service.
Methodology: 2011 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 (Appendix)
The 2011 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Executive Officers and Top Earners and 2011 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Board Directors examine women's representation in corporate governance at…
2011 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Executive Officers and Top Earners (Report)
The 2011 Catalyst Census examines women's representation in corporate governance in the United States.
2010 Catalyst Census: Financial Post 500 Women Senior Officers and Top Earners (Report)
This biennial report provides critical statistics to gauge women's advancement into leadership and highlights the gender diversity gap.
Methodology: 2010 Catalyst Census: Financial Post 500 Women Senior Officers and Top Earners (Appendix)
Methodology: 2010 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 (Appendix)
The 2010 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Executive Officers and Top Earners and 2010 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Board Directors examine women's representation in corporate governance at…
2010 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Executive Officers and Top Earners (Report)
The 2010 Catalyst Census examines women's representation in corporate governance at the largest companies in the United States.
2009 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Executive Officers and Top Earners (Report)
This report details women's representation in senior leadership positions at the largest companies in the United States.
Methodology: 2009 Catalyst Census (Appendix)
This year Catalyst implemented a change in methodology to facilitate a focus on companies’ top leadership and simultaneously provide a…
2008 Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners of the FP500 (Report)
This report assesses the status of women in corporate leadership of the largest companies in Canada.
2008 Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners of the Fortune 500 (Report)
This report details the percentage of corporate officer positions held by women.
2007 Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners of the Fortune 500 (Report)
Catalyst's Census of women corporate officers and top earners details the percentage of corporate officer positions held by women.
2006 Catalyst Census: Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners of the FP500 in Canada (Report)
Catalyst has been tracking the progress of women in corporate leadership in Canada since 1998. In our Financial Post 500…
2006 Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners of the Fortune 500 (Report)
This report details the percentage of corporate officer positions held by women and more.
2005 Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners of the Fortune 500 (Report)
The 2005 Census shows that growth in the percentage of corporate officer positions held by women slowed to a ten year low.