Women make up just 2.7% of CEOs at top Korean firms

Women held just 2.7 percent of chief executive posts at South Korea’s leading companies this year, showing that women remain rare in top corporate leadership despite a slight increase, according to local corporate tracker Leaders Index on Tuesday. The survey, which looked at 370 companies out of the country’s top 500 by revenue that submitted business reports this year, found that there were 14 women among the 510 CEOs. The number of female CEOs had stayed at 12 for the previous three years befo

By The Korea Herald