But female CEOs also fared relatively poorly last year because many of their companies had less than stellar years. What's more, six of the seven female CEOs work for Old Economy companies, which do a better job than tech companies at promoting women but pay less. Perhaps the most important reason few female CEOs rise to the top in pay is that there are so few around. Experts say the barriers to women reaching the pinnacle of corporate power range from lack of experience in operational positions to exclusion from male-dominated social networks. Nowhere is inequity at the top more apparent than in pay.
Progress is slow.
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