(The Conference Board: New York) -- The average tenure of a CEO declined to 8.4 years in 2011 from approximately 10 years in 2000, according to the 2012 edition of The Conference Board’s annual report, “CEO Succession Practices.” 

CEO Succession Practices documents and analyzes succession events for CEOs in S&P 500 companies in 2011. It includes historical comparisons with data from the last decade, and a review of findings from a survey of general counsel and corporate secretaries at more than 330 U.S. public companies.

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