Top 100 Women Tech Leaders For 2024

Celebrating Women Who Are Shaping The Future of Technology & Innovation

We believe that innovation happens when diverse ideas and talented people collide. This is why we believe so strongly in equal opportunities for women. We are proud to support this initiative designed to highlight female leaders who represent the very best in technology and innovation.

1. Venture Capitalists

We honor the venture capitalists who are working to change the face of tech by funding women founders.

AILEEN LEE
Founder and Managing Partner
Cowboy Ventures

CATERINA FAKE
General Partner & Investor
Yes VC

CHRISTINE TSAI
Founding Partner and CEO
500 Global

ELIZABETH YIN
Co-founder and General Partner
Hustle Fund

PAMELA YORK
Managing Partner
Capita3

2. Founders

From first-time founders to serial entrepreneurs, we feature founders who are shaping our world for the better through innovative solutions and businesses.

AMY KELLY
Co-founder & CEO
Miri

CAROLYN WITTE
Co-founder & Chairwoman
Tia

CHLOE SLADDEN
Co-CEO, Co-Founder
Honeycomb Labs

CHRISTINA CACIOPPO
Cofounder and CEO
Vanta

HAFSA TAHIR
Founder & CEO
Agit

MAHIMA CHAWLA
CEO & Co-founder
Cocoon

MARISSA MAYER
CEO & Founder
Shine

TY HANEY
Co-Founder & CEO
TYB

3. Corporate Leaders

We celebrate corporate leaders who are guiding their companies through significant industry and technological shifts, while leveraging new technologies to establish a competitive edge.

JENNY OH
GM, Tech Venture & Innovation
Pepsico Labs

KIMBERLY PETSKA
Head of Marketing, Retail, E-commerce
Google

LATHA VISHNUBHOTLA
Chief Platform Officer
HPE

LIZ BACELAR
Executive Director Global Tech Innovation
Estée Lauder

MANISHA GUPTA
VP, Products, AI/ML Analytics on People Intelligence
Oracle

MANUELA VELOSO
Head of AI Search
J.P. Morgan

MARIYA ZOROTOVICH
GM of Consumer Industries - Retail, CPG, Grocery, Hospitality, Venues solutions
Intel

NICOLA MENDELSOHN
Head of Global Business Group
Meta

PARISA NASERALAVI
SVP, Global Operations & Monetization
ServiceNow

4. Rising Stars

Success is attainable at any stage of life. In our Rising Stars category, we celebrate women who have experienced early success in their tech journey.

ALBA FORNS
COO & Co-Founder
Climatize

ANAM LAKHANI
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Alinea

AMY JAIN
Venture Fellow
Pear VC

ALANA GOYAL
Founder & Managing Partner
Basecase Capital

EMMA BATES
Co-Founder, Co-CEO
Diem

EVE HALIMI
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Alinea Invests

5. Educators

From industry thought leaders to educators at Ivy League universities, we honor the women who are helping lead technology innovation through education.

ARATI PRABHAKAR
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
The White House

CYNTHIA BREAZEAL
MIT Dean for digital learning
MIT Open Learning

DANIELA RUS
Director, CSAIL
MIT

DAVA NEWMAN
Director, Media Lab
MIT

FEI-FEI LI
Cofounder, CEO
World Labs

JULIE WILLIAMSEN
Assistant Dean, ED, Stanford GSB Research Hub
Stanford GSB

LATANYA SWEENEY
Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology
Harvard Kennedy School

REGINA BARZILAY
Professor of Electrical Engineering and CS
MIT

TINMIT GEBRU
Founder & Executive Director
DAIR

6. Community Builders

Transforming the tech landscape calls for women who can cultivate a robust network of female leaders. We celebrate those women who are nurturing community and contributing to a social movement for women's empowerment.

ASU OZDAGLAR
Department Head of Electrical Engineering and CS
MIT

ELIZABETH KELLY
Director, U.S. AI Safety Institute
NIST

JENI CHANG
Managing Director
Founder Institute

LEYLA SEKA
Chair, Board of Advisors
Operator Collective

MERCEDES BANKSTON
Sephora & Program Director- London and Silicon Valley
Founder Institute

NATALIE PAN
Chief Operating Officer
Women Founders Bay

7. Unicorn Founders

What does it take to create a unicorn startup? In this section, we celebrate women who have achieved unicorn status through their current or previous ventures.

ANNE WOJCICKI
Co-Founder & CEO
23andMe

DAPHNE KOLLER
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Coursera

HEATHER HASSON
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
FIGS

KATE RYDER
Founder & CEO
Maven

LUCY GUO
Former Co-Founder
Scale AI

MELANIE PERKINS
Co-Founder & CEO
Canva

8. Mentors & Angels

The future leaders will be only as strong as the education and mentorship they receive. We celebrate the women who mentor and support female founders, drawing upon their extensive industry knowledge.

ANNA JARMAN
Innovation & Emerging Technology (NexTech/GT3)
Walmart Global Tech

APRIL UNDERWOOD
Managing Director and Co-founder
Adverb Ventures

AYNAT RAVIN
Strategic Advisor
Social Current

JANA MESSERSCHMIDT
Founding Partner
#ANGELS

JULIA POPOWITZ
Investor and Advisor
ARF Investments

SHAYNA FULLERTON
Innovation & Marketing Strategy
Walgreens

TARA J. AGEN
Retired, Artist, Former HP Marketer 

9. Brand Builders

We recognize marketers who have demonstrated expertise in brand-building and understand how to utilize innovative technologies to foster growth for both global enterprises and rapidly expanding DTC brands.

AMI BADANI
Chief Marketing Officer
Arm

ALISON WAGONFELD
VP Marketing, Google Cloud
Google

ANDRÉA MALLARD
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Pinterest

GERALDINE TUNNELL
Chief Marketing Officer
Dell Technologies

JESSICA JENSEN
Chief Marketing Officer
Indeed

LAURA HEISMAN
Chief Marketing Officer
Dynatrace

KIM PERRELL
CEO & Founder
100.co

MICHELLE TAITE
Global Chief Marketing Officer
Intuit Mailchimp

MARIAN LEE
Chief Marketing Officer
Netflix

10. Thought Leaders

We celebrate the thought leaders who step into the spotlight, author books and blogs, and inspire the next generation by selflessly sharing their insights with women globally.

DR. ANNE-MARIE IMAFIDON
Chancellor, CEO at Stemettes, Author, Speaker & Presenter
Stemettes

LESLIE SHANNON
Head of Trend & Innovation Scouting
NOKIA

MARILY NIKA, Ph.D.
Gen AI Product Lead at Google Assistant NLP
Google

SHERRELL DORSEY
Host and Writer for TED Tech Podcast
TED Conferences

ANNA WEINER
Writer at New Yorker, NYT Best Selling Author
Uncanny Valley

Annual Leadership Summit

Catch the highlights from our 2024 Annual Women in Tech Leadership Summit! With over 250 women in attendance and more than 800 participating online, our event in downtown San Francisco was our largest to date.

Click the video on the right to see a selection of content, or watch the full Summit featuring 17 inspiring female corporate and venture capital speakers by visiting the event page below.

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