Women rules the technological world
Top six women in the technological world.
1. Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook CEO.
Sheryl Sandberg is the first woman to be among on the board of directors of Facebook as Chief Operational Officer. She had previously worked at Google and also served as the Chief of Staff at United States Secretary for Treasury. She is also the author of a book about gender gap at workplaces, called ‘Lean in: Women, Work and the Will to Lead’. According to Forbes, she donated $31m in Facebook Stock to a charitable fund in November 2015.
2. Susan Wojcicki, YouTube CEO.
Behind every successful business, there is a woman for YouTube, the world’s largest video-sharing platform, Susan Wojcicki, who had previously worked in Google in 1999 as a marketing manager and went on to become vice president of advertising and commerce at Google. It was her idea that Google to acquire YouTube and DoubleClick. She was appointed as CEO of YouTube in 2014. Californian from Santa County, built Google into a $55 billion advertising giant. She is the woman behind the ads that empower women don’t just generate impressions they leave them and more likely to be shared, seen and remembered.
3.Ginni Rometty, CEO IBM
Since 2011, Ginni Rometty, is the president, Chairwoman and CEO of IBM. She has been featured in the Fortune Magazine as the 50 most powerful women in business and named as one of the world’s 100 most powerful people by Forbes in 2014.
4.Angela Ahrendts, SVP for retail at Apple
Angela Ahrendts joined Apple as Senior vice president of retail and online stores after a stint as CEO of luxury brand Burberry from 2006 -2014. She is the highest paid employee at Apple and was reportedly paid $70m. She also sits on the UK Prime Minister’s business advisory council.Safra Catz, Oracle co-CEO
5. Safra Catz, Oracle co-CEO
Safra Catz is the co-CEO along with Mark Hurd in 2014. She joined Oracle in April 1999 and has been part of the company’s board of directors since 2001.
6. Ruth Porat, Alphabet CFO
Ruth Porat, British-born American financial executive, who worked with Morgan Stanley, joined Google as Chief Financial Officer in 2015. In 2011 she held the 32nd position on Forbes’ list of “World’s 100 most powerful women.” She graduated from Stanford University and did her MBA at the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School in 1987.