Аннотация:The article concerned issues, related to the characteristics of Corporate governance and performance. The characteristics of Corporate governance are pervasive: ownership structure, separation from control, Board of directors, protection of rights. For Russian companies traditional organizational characteristics of life cycle stages are not decisive. Currently there is a tendency for owners to get out from management and focus on social, environmental results. The ownership of private insiders is the highest at the stage of formation, and the foreign ownership rises at the stage of growth. Based on the model was estimated significant positive impact of companies’ age on an increase in property rights, ownership and control, protecting minority investors encourages R&D. Results of estimation of 62 countries in 2020 represented significant positive relation Technology factors: adaptive attitudes, business agility, IT integration with performance and Corporate governance. An increase in digital is associated with a higher quality of Corporate governance.