Research: only 49 out of ~4,700 board seats at 843 companies backed by top 18 US VC and PE firms that went public since 2000 have been held by Black directors (Andrew Ross Sorkin/New York Times)

Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Research: only 49 out of ~4,700 board seats at 843 companies backed by top 18 US VC and PE firms that went public since 2000 have been held by Black directors  —  Private companies are lagging behind publicly traded firms, but don’t receive the same scrutiny.