Minority directors represented six percent of the director population in 1999. Successful minorities with supportive superiors and co-workers have faster total compensation growth and progress more rapidly through their respective companies. Minority directors represented six percent of the corporate director population in 1999. 133 of the Fortune 1000 companies have Hispanics serving on their board of directors.
Women of color represent less than one percent of total corporate board seats.
Advantica, the number one company for minorities, requires that all its employees complete an extensive diversity training. This owner of Denny's chain of restaurants was once synonymous with discrimination. Fannie Mae, the third best company for minorities, is headed by the first African American CEO to lead a Fortune 500 company. BellSouth Corporation serves as a positive model for the increasingly global workforce. American Express, Allstate, American Airlines, and Pitney Bowes were named among the top ten companies for minority managers according to Minority MBA Magazine.