General Motors CEO Mary Barra and incoming Best Buy Co. CEO Corie Barry will become the only female CEOs in the S&P 500 who serve a board with a majority- women directors.
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General Motors CEO Mary Barra and incoming Best Buy Co. CEO Corie Barry will become the only female CEOs in the S&P 500 who serve a board with a majority- women directors, according to a report published by Bloomberg.
FIRST-ever General Motors female CEO Mary Barra will lead automobile industry’s 1st majority-female board after two male directors retire later this year (2019), the report said.
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The report also said, the General Motor’s board will reduce to 11 members and six of them in the board will be female members.
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With this, Barra will become one of only 2 female CEOs to lead a majority-female board of an S&P 500. The incoming Best Buy Co. CEO Corie Barry will be another only female CEOs in the S&P 500 who serves a board with a majority- women directors.