It’s also a proven fact that successful start-ups have more women in senior positions than unsuccessful ones. For example, almost 16% of board members are corporate and board officers of Fortune 500 companies. Although this may seem like a relatively low number, Fortune 500 countries are hugely successful companies, such as PepsiCo, Archer Daniels Midland, and W.L. Gore. Catalyst, a research foundation, discovered that there is a "...26% difference in return on invested capital between the top-quartile companies (with 19-44% women board representation) and bottom quartile companies (with zero woman directors)" (Barsh). Women’s work obviously benefits corporations, so women being involved with high-ranking companies has never been more of an important thing to maintain!
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Here's a short article by the Huffington post that talks about the number of women CEO's in Fortune 500 companies has risen dramatically: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/07/fortune-500-female-ceos_n_1495734.html
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