The rate of new CEOs who are women has held steady at 29% this year across all industries, according to the consulting firm. That’s 3 percentage points higher than it was during the same time period in 2022.
Government and nonprofit organizations are the most likely to hire a female CEO, at a rate of 42.05%. Healthcare and healthcare products came in second place, hiring female CEOs at a rate of 9.7%. Hospitals took third with a 6.74% hire rate.
So far this year, 370 women have taken the helm of U.S. companies.
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