CEO Diversity

So even though the gender-based glass ceiling isn't coming down, there seems to be some evidence that class-diversity is increasing in Corporate America. The article sets it in direct comparison to Political America where we are increasingly electing rich white men (educated in 'elite' institutions) to lead the country.

What does this mean, really? Will the rest of society start following the example presented by the business world and start operating more meritocratically? Is this the crack in the dam that will actually achieve everything affirmative action failed miserably to do?