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BOARD BASICS
A LOOK AT CORPORATE BOARDS, BY THE NUMBERS
Average board size (all boards): 9.2 members
Average board size (S&P 500 companies): 10.9
Largest board: 31 members
Smallest board: 3 members
Independent outsiders (all boards): 66%
Independent outsiders (S&P 500): 72%
Average tenure on board (S&P 500): 8.4 years
Average age of directors (all boards): 58.9 years
Average age of directors (S&P 500): 59.9 years
Average age of directors (male): 59.5 years
Average age of directors (female): 54.7 years
Pct of directors who are men (all boards): 90%
Pct of directors who are women (all boards): 10%
Pct of directors who are men (S&P 500): 87%
Pct of directors who are women (S&P 500): 13%
Number of directors (all boards): 14,091 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS WHO SERVE ON
1 board: 9,369
2 boards: 2,834
3 boards: 1,121
4 boards: 492
5 boards: 162
6 boards: 65
7 boards: 29
8 boards: 12
9 boards: 7 Note: "All boards" refers to those at companies tracked by the Corporate Library, about 1,700 of the largest U.S. public companies. Source: The Corporate Library
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