BoardEx (via WRDS)
BoardEx contains extensive data on the boards of publicly listed companies and notable private companies in all regions of the world. BoardEx provides data on e.g. age, gender, educational background, prior employment, tenure and social network connections of directors and executive of board as well as employment characteristics e.g. stock option holdings.
Number of companies:
Total nr. of companies in BoardEx: 20.000+.
Coverage: 1999-present.
BoardEx data are divided into four regions:
BoardEx datasets in WRDS are available as Individual level datasets, e.g. Individual Profile and Compensation Analysis data (see red arrows in picture below). And Company level datasets e.g. Organization Summary and Company Profile (blue arrows)
Note that the the datasets have underlying datasets
Detailed information and definitions of all variables available in BoardEx can be found in the BoardEx WRDS Data Dictionary. The data dictionary is available under the Manuals and Overviews page (se red box).
Identifiers.
BoardEx contains the following identifiers: