CMO Tenure 2026

Spencer Stuart’s annual CMO Tenure Study finds that the average tenure for chief marketing officers (CMOs) in S&P 500 companies is 4.1 years.

Key findings include:

• CMOs at consumer companies have the shortest tenure at 3.5 years.
• 31% of S&P 500 companies do not have a CMO.
• 50% of CMOs  are women and only 9% are from historically underrepresented ethnic or racial groups.

Read the report