There are more chief executives named David or Steve than there are female chief executives in the FTSE 100, but the next generation of women are empowering themselves in family business. The 2017 EY report Women in leadership: the family business advantagesaid family businesses averaged about five women at the C-suite level and four women being groomed for leadership positions. Some 70% of family businesses said they were considering a woman as their next chief executive and 30% were “strongly considering” a woman for the top spot.