These are the biggest S&P 500 companies without a single Black board member

When former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault left the board of Facebook and was nominated to Berkshire Hathaway’s board, he became the first African American director recruited to Warren Buffett’s iconic conglomerate. Last year, the magazine named nearly 200 companies in this category, so Berkshire was hardly alone with its diversity problem. The same goes for IBM, Mondelez, and Allergan, all of which appeared on the 2019 list, but also recently filled board seats with Black candidates.