Ada Lovelace, credited with writing the first computer algorithm. |
Takeaway: While men still dominate the top positions in tech, there are women who have worked hard to attain top positions, driving innovative technology and directing successful businesses. Often, they not only step into an existing business, but create or co-found a new commercial concept.
Look at any list of the top names in tech, and you will invariably notice that women are very much outnumbered, often representing only a third at best. To find the women who have risen through the ranks, you may have to look at the lists that are devoted to women specifically. There are a number of them, and this list cannot take them all into account. Instead, it presents a dozen. Some of the names are very well known, and some are less so.
Whether they have worked their way up the ranks of a well-established business, have developed a completely innovative concept that forms the basis of a new one, or have the vision to realize which new tech company they should be investing in, they all are highly accomplished in their field. So as not to appear to rank them in order of importance, they are simply presented in alphabetical order.
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