Women still hitting glass ceiling, warns US entrepreneur Kay Koplovitz

One of America's leading entrepreneurs says Australia still has a long way to go in getting greater diversity in business, particularly in corporate boardrooms.

But Kay Koplovitz, who founded the USA cable television network and the Sci Fi channel in 1977, says the balance is slowly tipping in favour of women.

Ms Koplovitz - who chaired Bill Clinton's National Council of Business for Women -  is in Australia this week as chair of Springboard Enterprises, which works with women entrepreneurs to raise venture capital.

Listen to my interview with Kay Koplovitz