The most powerful women in technology

The "pink shadows" rise high and hold a lot of power at technology corporations.

Lisa Su - President and CEO of chip company AMD

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Lisa Su is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President of one of the world's largest chip manufacturers, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Lisa Su joined AMD in 2012. And in 2024 she became CEO and president of the company, at which time AMD was on the brink of bankruptcy. However, under her leadership, AMD has become one of the largest chip manufacturers in the world and competes fairly with Intel in the computer chip market.

 Melanie Perkins - Founder and CEO of software company Canva

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Melanie Perkins was born in 1987, is the co-founder and CEO of Canva, and is considered one of the most powerful women in the technology world. If you don't know, Canva is a very popular online graphic design platform today, with more than 100 million regular users and an estimated company value of 40 billion USD.

Safra Catz - CEO of software company Oracle

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Safra Catz joined software company Oracle in 1999 as Senior Vice President. By 2002, Catz joined the company's board of directors and two years later was appointed chairman.

She was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Oracle in 2014 and has led the company to become one of the largest software companies in the world.

Robyn Denholm - President of electric car company Tesla

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 In September 2018, Robyn Denholm, born in 1963, was appointed to the position of president of electric car company Tesla, replacing Elon Musk who was forced to give up his seat due to accusations of stock price manipulation and pressure from shareholders. .

Robyn Denholm joined the electric car company Tesla in 2014. Before being appointed President of the company, Denholm served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Tesla.

Linda Yaccarino - CEO of social network X (formerly Twitter)

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Before becoming CEO of X (formerly Twitter), Linda Yaccarino was President of global advertising at NBCUniversal, a large American media and entertainment company.

Linda Yaccarino is famous for her decisive working style. In June 2023, Elon Musk appointed Yaccarino to the position of CEO of X, with the goal of helping this social networking platform go in the right direction.

Gwynne Shotwell - President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) SpaceX

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Gwynne Shotwell was previously the chief engineer of the satellite design program and participated in developing space exploration policies for NASA.

In 2002, Shotwell became Vice President of Business Development at SpaceX. After that, she gradually rose to become President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), taking main responsibility for directing the company's development.

Susan Wojcicki - Former YouTube CEO, senior advisor to Google

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 Susan Wojcicki started in Silicon Valley with a marketing job at chip company Intel.

Her garage is where Google was born. Susan Wojcicki also became the company's 16th employee and became the marketing director of this young company.

Susan Wojcicki was the person who proposed that Google acquire Youtube in 2006. From 2014 to 2023, Wojcicki held the position of CEO of Youtube. After resigning, she is still a senior advisor at Google.

Marissa Mayer - Founder of artificial intelligence firm Sunshine Contacts

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Marissa Mayer was born in 1975 and received 14 different job offers after graduating with a master's degree in Computer Science from Stanford. Finally, she chose Google as her "starting place", becoming the first female employee and the 20th employee at Google.

She helped Google develop search engines and participate in a series of key Google products, such as Maps, News, web browser toolbars.

In 2012, Marissa Mayer became CEO and president at Yahoo. She left the company in 2017, after Yahoo was acquired by telecommunications company Verizon.

After that, Marissa Mayer together with Enrique Muñoz Torres, a former colleague at Yahoo and Google, founded Sunshine Contacts, a company specializing in developing artificial intelligence.

Kimberly Bryant - Founder and CEO of Black Girls Code

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Kimberly Bryant, born in 1967, has held many technical leadership positions in several pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies over the past two decades.

In 2011, Bryant founded Black Girls Code, a nonprofit organization that helps black girls ages 7 to 17 take courses in science, technology, engineering and math. .

Ly Phi Phi - Co-founder and Director of Stanford's Institute for Artificial Intelligence for Humanity

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 Ly Phi Phi was born in 1976 in Beijing, China, and when she was 16 years old she moved to America. She received her PhD in Computer Science from the California Institute of Technology.

In 2009, she served as Director of Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. After that, she joined the founding of Stanford's Institute for Artificial Intelligence for Humanity and served as Director. Her research focuses on cognitive and computational neuroscience and applies machine learning to improve AI image recognition.

Jessica Tanner

Update 09 March 2024