Younger Means Less Than 60 for Corporate Boards’ Newest Members

The newest board members at Fortune 100 companies are surprisingly young, at least by director standards.

More than half of the directors who joined these companies’ boards last year were less than 60 years old, according to an analysis by Ernst & Young LLP. It’s the second year in a row that many incoming directors have been that young.

Audiences inside and outside the consulting firm were “shocked” to find out how many new directors were on the younger side the year before, Kellie Huennekens, said associate director of EY’s Center for Board Matters. The latest research, released May 9, ...