Richard L. Zweigenhaft is Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology at Guilford College.G. William Domhoff is Research Professor of Sociology and Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The authors have written three books together, including Blacks in the White Elite and Diversity in the Power Elite. To learn more about G. William Domhoff's research and publications, please visit his website, Who Rules America?

According to Zweigenhaft (psychology, Guildford Coll.; Diversity in the Power Elite: How It Happened, Why It Matters) and Domhoff (sociology, Univ. of California; Who Rules America? Challenges to Corporate and Class Dominance), there are 74 women and people of color who have been at the helm of Fortune 500 companies. This book seeks not to analyze why, but rather to explore the individuals themselves-their backgrounds as well as their impact on the companies they lead. The first chapter is devoted to women CEOs, and subsequent chapters individually address each of the ethnicities (further divided by CEO and heritage).The book's latter part is a comparison between traditional CEOs and companies led by the 'new CEOs.' Zweigenhaft and Domhoff clearly and concisely profile the CEOs and companies using a combination of biographical and data-driven research. There are no comparable works available. VERDICT This book succeeds at showing the intersection of culture, politics, ethnicity, and feminism through the lens of business diversity studies. An excellent book for scholars interested in data-driven sociology, psychology, and cultural studies relating to business and for readers in the business world.

• PrefaceChapter 1: Setting the Stage: The Changing Role of the CEO and the Recent Emergence of Women, African American, Latino and Asian American CEOsChapter 2: The Women Fortune 500 CEOsChapter 3: The African American Fortune 500 CEOsChapter 4: Going Global: Latino and Asian American Fortune 500 CEOsChapter 5: Where Do They Fit in the Corporate Elite, and How Do They Compare with Jewish and Gentile Male CEOs?Chapter 6: Why Now, and What's Next?Appendix 1: The New CEOsAppendix 2: Baby-Faced and More: CEOs and Skin ColorAppendix 3: Funding the Corporate-Mediated PipelineReferences

Richard L. Zweigenhaft is Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology at Guilford College.G. William Domhoff is Research Professor of Sociology and Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The authors have written three books together, including Blacks in the White Elite and Diversity in the Power Elite. To learn more about G. William Domhoff's research and publications, please visit his website, Who Rules America?

According to Zweigenhaft (psychology, Guildford Coll.; Diversity in the Power Elite: How It Happened, Why It Matters) and Domhoff (sociology, Univ. of California; Who Rules America? Challenges to Corporate and Class Dominance), there are 74 women and people of color who have been at the helm of Fortune 500 companies. This book seeks not to analyze why, but rather to explore the individuals themselves-their backgrounds as well as their impact on the companies they lead. The first chapter is devoted to women CEOs, and subsequent chapters individually address each of the ethnicities (further divided by CEO and heritage).The book's latter part is a comparison between traditional CEOs and companies led by the 'new CEOs.' Zweigenhaft and Domhoff clearly and concisely profile the CEOs and companies using a combination of biographical and data-driven research. There are no comparable works available. VERDICT This book succeeds at showing the intersection of culture, politics, ethnicity, and feminism through the lens of business diversity studies. An excellent book for scholars interested in data-driven sociology, psychology, and cultural studies relating to business and for readers in the business world.

• PrefaceChapter 1: Setting the Stage: The Changing Role of the CEO and the Recent Emergence of Women, African American, Latino and Asian American CEOsChapter 2: The Women Fortune 500 CEOsChapter 3: The African American Fortune 500 CEOsChapter 4: Going Global: Latino and Asian American Fortune 500 CEOsChapter 5: Where Do They Fit in the Corporate Elite, and How Do They Compare with Jewish and Gentile Male CEOs?Chapter 6: Why Now, and What's Next?Appendix 1: The New CEOsAppendix 2: Baby-Faced and More: CEOs and Skin ColorAppendix 3: Funding the Corporate-Mediated PipelineReferences