A Few Facts:

• Women made up 16% of CFOs in 2022, which is up from 6.3% in 2004;
• Racial and ethnic diversity among CFOs and CEOs has increased; the percentage of companies with diverse CFOs is about 10%, up from 5.2% in 2014 and 2.9% in 2004, and the percentage of companies with diverse CEOs tracks at about the same rate;
• Women make up 8% of chief executives, which is also an all-time high;
• In 2022, the number of CEOs who are women increased for the fourth consecutive year, most of them in the financial sector;
• That CFO-to-CEO trajectory is most common in the financial sector; about 26% of CEOs in the financial sector came directly from a CFO position, and the industrial, services and consumer sectors were next, each at 17%;
• CFOs who earn an undergraduate degree in business overwhelmingly major in accounting; 61% of CFOs graduated with an undergraduate degree in business and 45% of those majored in accounting.

Source: Kevin Brewer, The Number of CFOs Who are Women Hits an All-Time High, Journal of Accountancy, February 2, 2023,

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