I think you nailed it there: the median age is still high. Also consider that the gender gap will likely not disappear for a long time, if ever. Many extremely

I think you nailed it there: the median age is still high. Also consider that the gender gap will likely not disappear for a long time, if ever. Many extremely smart, well-educated women leave the workforce for a period of time because they place the opportunity of raising one or more children above the opportunity to use their skill to continue the corporate war to the top. All else being equal, someone who leaves for a number of years before returning will have a tougher time making it to the top than someone who does not leave. This could partly explain why although there are more women graduating with undergraduate degrees than men, roughly one third of MBA students are women. It will be interesting to see what ratio the senior execs drift toward as institutional sexism begins fading with older generations. Probably not 50:50, but maybe closer to what's seen at MBA schools.