New Report Shows Women CEOs of S&P 500 Companies Are Equally–If Not More–Qualified Than Male Counterparts.

BOSTON, May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the Eos Foundation’s Women’s Power Gap (WPG) Initiative released a groundbreaking report analyzing the career trajectories of CEOs at S&P 500 companies. The findings confirm that women CEOs are just as, if not more, qualified than their male counterparts. While the typical path to the CEO role is similar across genders, the report reveals that women were 32% more likely to have taken an additional step serving as President before being appointed CEO.

“These findings make it clear that America’s largest public corporations are not lowering standards to elevate women to the CEO position,” said Andrea Silbert, President of the Eos Foundation. “In fact, women are more likely to be required to take an extra step serving as President, to mitigate perceived risk.”

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