Overview
Our research investigated how gender diversity at both CEO- and board-level affected M&A outcomes. It focused on a number of different aspects of the pre- and post-deal process, including the types of transactions undertaken and key measures of M&A success such as share price performance, growth, profitability, return on capital and shareholder value.
16,763
M&A transactions
analyzed for the study
of dealmaking
years
2%
20
36%
Acquisitions by
female CEOs
Acquisitions by
all-male boards
