I offer stats on the wealthiest Americans because they of course have most of the money - and this is how it breaks down for Fortune 500 CEO's and Board Members.
I found a report on corporate boardrooms of the Fortune 500 and lack of minority presence (fairly recent numbers):
In the Fortune 100, between 2004 and 2010:
Men still dominated boardrooms. In 2010 they held 82.0 percent of board seats; in 2004, 83.1 percent.
White men have actually increased their share of board seats in corporate America—from 71.2 to 72.9 percent. Minorities and women shared the remainder, with very few seats occupied by Asian Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, or minority women in particular. With the exception of African-American men, who lost seats, the percentages have not changed notably since 2004.
More specifically, African-American women held 2.1 percent of seats; Hispanic women held 0.9 percent; Asian Pacific Islander women held 0.5 percent; African-American men held 4.2 percent; Hispanic men held 3.1 percent; and Asian Pacific Islander men held 1.7 percent.
Although women gained 16 board seats—7 occupied by minority women—the overall 1.1 percentage point increase over 6 years was not appreciable.
http://theabd.org/Women%20and%20Minorities%20Lose%20Ground%20on%20Fortune%20500%20Corporate%20Boards,%20Alliance%20for%20Board%20Diversity%20Census%20Shows.html
As to Fortune 500 CEO's here are some numbers from Oct. 2011 -
Fortune 500 CEOs remain primarily white and male. Rometty’s addition to this listing results in only an incremental shift (a 1.0 percent gain to total 3.4 percent; 3.6 percent if including Bresch) in the percentage of female Fortune 500 CEOs. There are four Black (0.8 percent), nine Asian (1.8 percent) and five Latino (1 percent) CEOs. They include: Kenneth Chenault, American Express (No. 13); Kenneth C. Frazier, Merck & Co. (No.15); and Ajay Banga, MasterCard (No. 31).
http://diversityinc.com/leadership/ibm-ceo-is-14th-woman-to-head-fortune-500-company/
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