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More diversity on boards

Women and people of color were picked for a majority of open S&P 500 board seats this year for the first time, due in part to pressure from investors to improve diversity. Of 397 independent director slots open in the 2017 proxy season, 36 percent went to women and 20 percent to minorities, according to Spencer Stuart, which has tallied boardroom demographics for 30 years. While the tally includes most board seats, it leaves out directors who are also executives of their companies. Combined, women and minorities made up 50.1 percent of the new board members, compared with 42 percent last year.