WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY

Susan Wojcicki
Born in California, she attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, and also the UCLA
Anderson School of Management. Previously serving as consigliore for Googles ads and
commerce (some 90% of revenue), she clearly knows how to secure profit from every meme.
Now, Wojcicki is the CEO of YouTube.
Sheryl Sandberg
Born in Washington, Sheryl studied at Harvard Unviersity. Still at the age of 44, she is the COO
of Facebook and the first female member of Facebooks board of directors. On March 11, 2013,
she released her book Lean In, encouraging women to materialize their professional goals by
leaning into their ambitions. The book was listed on the top of the bestseller lists since its launch.
Renee James
Renee James is the President of Intel Corporation and part of the companys Executive Office.
She previously was chairman of Intels software subsidiaries. President Barack Obama appointed
James as member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee in 2013. In
2014 James was ranked 21st on Fortune Most Powerdul Women in Business list and also named
number 37 on Forbes Top 100 List. She is an University of Oreon graduate.
Angela Ahrendts
Apple is hoping Angela Ahrendts' talents translate across the pond -- and across industries. The
former Burberry CEO, credited with turning around the ailing fashion house, started as SVP of
retail and online stores at Apple this spring.
Meg Whitman
A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School, Meg Whitman is the president
and CEO of the worlds second-largest tech company, Hewlett-Packard (HP). For the past three
years Whitman has been earning a $1 salary. Before joining HP, she served as CEO of eBay for
ten years and was also a director of P&G and Zipcar. She also extended her power to politics. In
2010, she launched her self-funded campaign to run for governor of California.
Safra Catz
Safra Catz is the Co-President and the CFO of Oracle Corporation since 2011. Before joining
Oracle, she had been a well-established banker for over 20 years. She started her career at Oracle
in 1999 and soon became a member of the Board, and later she was named President in early
2004. Last year, Catz just turned down her $717,000 bonus due to Oracles tepid financial
performance. The company, the worlds No. 1 database platform, is now spending $5 billion a
year on R&D with an emphasis on product development.

Amy Hood
When Amy Hood became Microsoft's first female CFO last May, she assumed responsibility for
managing Microsoft's $83.3B in revenue. She joined Microsoft in 2002 holding positions in the
investor relations group. She also served as chef of staff in the Server and Tools Business as well
as running the strategy and business development team in the Business division.
Cher Wang
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Wang is the Co-foudner and chairperson of HTC Corporation (which
manufactured one out of every six smartphones sold in the United States last year).Taking a more
active role in HTC's day-to-day operations, Wang is working to turn the company's sales and
operations back on a positive path.
Ursula Burns
Born in New York City she is the Chairwoman and CEO of Xerox. She is the first AfricanAmerican woman CEO to head a Fortune 500 company. She is also the first woman to succeed
another woman as head of a Fortune 500 company, having succeeded Anne Mulcahy as CEO of
Xerox. In 2014 Forbes rated her the 22nd most powerful woman in the world.
Marissa Mayer
Mayer was born in Wisconsin. She is a Stanford graduate. After 13 years at Google, she became
the CEO of Yahoo! in July 2012. Known as Silicon Valleys spender-in-chief, she led Yahoo! to
acquire Tumblr in a 1.1 billion dollar acquisition in May 2013.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1. http://www.forbes.com/sites/zheyanni/2014/05/28/the-most-powerful-women-in-tech2014/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org