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May 12, 2016
The Rockefeller Foundation launches “100×25” campaign to reach 100 women CEOs of the Fortune 500 companies by 2025
New research report commissioned by The Rockefeller Foundation shows American men and women believe business leaders and companies have the greatest responsibility when it comes to creating gender equality in the workplace
NEW YORK—Today at the Forbes Women’s Summit, The Rockefeller Foundation announced a commitment to accelerate the number of women leaders in corporate America through the launch of “100×25,” an ongoing and multi-faceted campaign that will influence decision makers to achieve the goal of 100 women leading Fortune 500 companies by 2025. 100×25 is the first in a series of campaigns that will ask “what if” questions that will define the future of work and the global economy.

The Foundation also released a new research report conducted by grantee Global Strategy Group on the topic of gender parity in leadership positions in business. The underlying research found that men and women believe corporate America is falling short in terms of advancing gender equality in leadership positions and that business leaders are best positioned to create solutions to the problem.

Currently, only 21 women are at the helm of Fortune 500 companies and only one woman was hired as a CEO in 2015. This reality is at odds with Americans’ perceptions of progress toward gender parity in leadership positions in 2016. According to The Rockefeller Foundation’s new research report, 9 in 10 Americans think there are more women leading Fortune 500 companies than there actually are. And 40 percent of Americans think women should make up at least half of the top executives at Fortune 500 companies…