50 Women in the Tech Industry Everyone Should Know
23rd Jun 2020
The tech industry is a sector dominated by men. You’ve probably heard about well-known tech giants like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg, but you might not know about the equally impressive female tech gurus. Research shows that almost 80% of students cannot name a single famous woman working in tech. To solve this problem, we’ve got a list of the top 50 women in the tech industry you should know about!
Despite the contributions made by women to the tech industry, even at tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Apple — women make up less than 30% of all employees. Although teams of both men and women are responsible for innovative technologies like the smartphone or computer games, women hold a meager 25% of leadership roles available.
In the field of computer science alone, a gender balance isn’t expected until approximately 2100. But why wait 80 years?
This list is just a taste of the female innovators, visionaries, and founders taking tech by storm. They are living proof that with perseverance, anyone — regardless of gender — can succeed in the tech industry.
Quick Guide: 50 Women in the Tech Industry Everyone Should Know
- Christine Spiten — Engineer and Co-Founder of Blueye Robotics
- Melanie Perkins — CEO and Co-Founder of Canva
- Marissa Mayer — IT Executive and Co-Founder of Lumi Labs
- Charity Wanjiku — Co-Founder of Strauss Energy Ltd
- Pauline van Dongen — Tech Fashion Designer at Pauline van Dongen Studio
- Anita Schøll Brede — CEO and Co-Founder of Iris.AI
- Patricia Scanlon — CEO and Co-Founder of SoapBox Labs
- Helena Samsioe — CEO and Founder of GLOBHE Drones
- Tammarrian Rogers — Director of Engineering at Snap Inc.
- Tal Rabin — Head of Cryptography Research Group at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center
- Maru Nihoniho — Founder and Managing Director of Metia Interactive
- Funke Opeke — CEO and Founder of MainOne Cable Company
- Neha Narkhede — Co-Founder of Confluent
- Katie Moussouris — CEO and Founder of Luta Security
- Komal Mangtani — Senior Director and Head of Engineering and Business Intelligence at Uber
- Jean Liu — President of Didi Chuxing
- Carol Shaw — First Female Game Designer and Programmer
- Megan Smith — CEO of shift7, Creator of TechHire
- Leanne Kemp — Founder and CEO of Everledger
- Christy Wyatt — CEO of Absolute
- Marita Cheng — CEO and Founder of Aubot
- Susan Wojcicki — CEO of YouTube
- Jules Coleman — Co-Founder and Owner of Resi
- Jade le Maitre — Technical Director and Co-Founder of Hease Robotics
- Karen Dolva — CEO and Co-Founder of No Isolation
- Eileen Burbridge — Co-Founder of Passion Capital
- Elina Berglund — CEO and Co-Founder of Natural Cycles
- Ginni Rometty — Chairman, President and CEO at IBM
- Ursula Burns — CEO at VEON, Senior Advisor at Teneo and Non-Executive Director of Diageo
- Angela Ahrendts — Senior Vice President at Apple
- Meg Whitman — CEO of Quibi, Board Member at Dropbox
- Safra Catz — CEO of Oracle Corporation
- Anne Wojcicki — CEO and Co-Founder of 23andme
- Whitney Wolfe Herd — Founder and CEO of Bumble
- Julia Hartz — CEO of Eventbrite
- Stacy Brown-Philpot — CEO of TaskRabbit, Board Member at HP Inc. and Nordstrom
- Kathryn Parsons — Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Decoded
- Sheryl Sandberg — COO of Facebook
- Jackie Hunter — CEO of BenevolentBio
- Amy Hood — CEO of Microsoft
- Hooi Ling Tan — Co-Founder and COO of Grab
- Lucy Peng — Co-Founder of Alibaba
- Lexi Reese — COO of Gusto
- Sara Klemens — COO at Twitch
- Francoise Brougher — COO at Pinterest
- Lisa Su — CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
- Brie Code — CEO and Creative Director at TRU LUV
- Stephanie Harvey — Ubisoft Game Developer
- Belinda Johnson — Former COO at Airbnb
- Ruth Porat – CFO and SVP of Alphabet