In particular, CEOs with daughters are more likely to offer childcare, let employees work flexible hours and have a more diverse workforce¹.

 

If the main decision maker² has a female child, the company is also generally nicer to employees - and this effect is even greater if the daughter is the CEO's first-born child.

 

For example, Microsoft's founder³ Bill Gates has two daughters and a son.

 

The Washington-based firm runs a scheme called Microsoft Corporate⁴ Citizenship⁵ that invests in human rights, diversity, funds computer science programs and runs employee benefit schemes.

 

The most significant impact spotted⁶ in the results was to do with corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues related to diversity.

 

Previous research has shown that CSR issues cover childcare, flexible working, redundancies, and sharing profits with employees.

 

It also covers how women, minorities and/or the disabled are treated.

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