Really ol' boys club?

• Position: BOARD BOOK: Director Data - Brief article

The lack of age diversity is a persistent problem for boards, with the average age of board members at S&P 500 companies at 62.4. Boards in the tech industry are the most age diverse, while utilities have the least age-diverse boards.

Average Age of Directors within Each S&P 500 Board n = 499 Lower than 55 years 2% 55 years - 59.9 years 16% 60 years - 64.9 years 63% 65 years - 69.9 years 17% 70 years or higher 2% 77% of the directors who currently have a tenure of more than 10 years on their respective boards joined those boards when they were in their...