What are the future trends for successful women in business? How many women have an MBA and what impact has this had on their career? What can we expect in the next few years? Find out more with our short presentation!

1. Women in Business
From MBA to CEO

2. The Problem:

3. Source: Catalyst.org
Women in Fortune 500 CEO
Positions
476 men
Only 24
companies
within the
Fortune 500
have female
CEOs, as of
June 2014.

4. 1
In
20
That’s
Fewer
than

5. Has it Always Been This
Bad?

6. Female CEOs Since 1995
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Source: Catalyst.org
Less than 20 years ago, there
were no female CEOs in the
Fortune 500
0

7. Female CEOs Since 1995
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Source: Catalyst.org
The fortune 500 got its first
female co-CEO in 1996,
Marion Sandler
1

8. Female CEOs Since 1995
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Source: Catalyst.org
The number of female CEOs
grew steadily by 1 or 2 a year
from 2001-2010
4
6
7
8
9
10
12 12
15 15

9. Female CEOs Since 1995
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Source: Catalyst.org
But after dropping to only 12 in
2011
12

10. Female CEOs Since 1995
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Source: Catalyst.org
The number rose rapidly in
2012, 2013 and 2014 to its
current 24
18
20
24

11. What About Business
School?

12. The Gender Gap on the MBA
Source: TopMBA.com
On the MBA course
itself, the gender gap
is far less
pronounced.
On average, women
tend to represent 1/3
of MBA candidates.
33%
♀
67%
♂

13. The Gender Gap on the MBA
• Recently, attention has been drawn to
the presence of female leaders in
case studies within MBA teaching
tools, especially at Harvard Business
School

14. The Gender Gap on the MBA
• Lesley Symons and Herminia Ibarra found
that women featured as protagonists in
fewer than 1 in 10 of the best selling MBA
case studies.
Source: TopMBA.com

15. Where Does This Leave Us?

16. The Gender Gap on the MBA
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Women In Business
Although 33% of
MBA Candidates are
women…

17. The Gender Gap on the MBA
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Women In Business
…Only 9% of Case
Studies feature
female
protagonists…

18. The Gender Gap on the MBA
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Women In Business
…And only 4% of
Fortune 500
companies have a
female CEO

19. The Gender Gap on the MBA
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Women In Business
A lot of work must
still be done to
combat gender
equality within
business

20. The Problem Comes From
Both Sides

21. “Typically, admission to the MBA requires
prior business experience. If women are
underrepresented in business, this will be
reflected in MBA enrolments.”
- Cheryl de Ray, Vice Chancellor, the
University of Pretoria

22. The Future
• Business schools, however, are aware of
the need to continue to support women in
business. To find out how they are doing
it…

23. The Future
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