466 S&P 500 companies share a director or officer with another

They are linked through 952 people who hold roles at two or more of them. 34 companies share no one. Microsoft, shown first, shares people with 16 others.

S&P 500 companies linked by the people they share

Board roles filed up to 30 Sep 2026

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Each dot is a company, sized by market cap. A line joins two companies that share a director or officer; thicker lines mean more people shared. Blue marks the selected company and its links.

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Other S&P 500 companies each one shares a director or officer with

#	Company	Sector	Connections
1	Microsoft MSFT	Information Technology	16
2	Procter & Gamble PG	Consumer Staples	16
3	Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE	Information Technology	16
4	General Motors GM	Consumer Discretionary	15
5	Walmart WMT	Consumer Staples	14
6	Visa V	Financials	14
7	Chevron CVX	Energy	14
8	AT&T T	Communication Services	14
9	MetLife MET	Financials	14
10	Merck & Co. MRK	Health Care	13
11	IBM IBM	Information Technology	13
12	Automatic Data Processing ADP	Industrials	13
13	Starbucks SBUX	Consumer Discretionary	13
14	Target TGT	Consumer Staples	13
15	HP HPQ	Information Technology	13
16	Johnson & Johnson JNJ	Health Care	12
17	Caterpillar CAT	Industrials	12
18	Wells Fargo WFC	Financials	12
19	Boeing BA	Industrials	12
20	FedEx FDX	Industrials	12
21	Yum! Brands YUM	Consumer Discretionary	12
22	Prudential Financial PRU	Financials	12
23	Mastercard MA	Financials	11
24	GE Aerospace GE	Industrials	11
25	GE Vernova GEV	Industrials	11

Showing 25 of 466 linked companies

34 companies share no one with another S&P 500 company

About the data

Roles come from SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5, which directors and officers file when they join a company and when they trade its stock. People who do not file those forms, such as most employees, are not counted.
A role counts while the person's newest filing at that company is within 12 months of the newest filing in the data, so people who left drop out within a year, and directors who did not trade or receive stock in that time are missing.
A company's connections are the other S&P 500 companies it shares at least one person with, so one director on four boards links all four. Lines count companies, not people; thicker lines mean more people.
A company and its former parent often share people after a spin-off (FedEx and FedEx Freight, GE and GE HealthCare). These links are marked as a former parent or spin-off.
The layout places linked companies near each other; position and distance carry no other meaning. More on the method.