Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, whose fortune exceeds two billion dollars, is at the top of the list of the 11 richest women in the world who run the most powerful technology companies, and whose annual income exceeds one million dollars.
According to the authors of the ranking list, these women are an exception, because the world of high technology is dominated by men, considering that members of the fairer sex are represented in that sector with only 25 percent. First on the list of the richest, Meg Whitman was at the helm of eBay for fifteen years, and in 2011 she became CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Her fortune is estimated at about two billion dollars, thanks primarily to the shares of eBay.
In second place was Sheryl Sandberg, famous for the turnaround she made in a short time at Facebook, which before its arrival had 130 employees and 70 million users, and now has 2,500 workers and 700 million users. Her fortune is estimated at more than a billion dollars.
In third place is Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, whose annual revenue is estimated at $ 300 million. It is followed by the president and CEO of technology giant IBM Ginni Rometty who had an initial annual salary of $ 16 million. On the list of the most powerful women from the business world of the business magazine Fortune, Rometty was in second place. Behind her is the financial director of the American software giant Oracle, Safra Catz, whose income exceeds 44 million dollars, mostly in shares.
Among the richest women from the world of high technology is Angela Ahrendts, former director of the British fashion house Burberry, who this year became the director of the online sales sector of the world chain Apple Store. The amount of her salary is not known to the general public, but Business Insider estimates that her annual income could reach between two and three million dollars, not counting the shares of Apple that she owns, worth 76 million dollars. One of the richest "high-tech" ladies is Susan Wojcicki, who came to the helm of You Tube after leaving Google and received a starting salary of 10 million dollars.
Renee James was also in the company of the richest women, whose wealth, before she became the CEO of Intel, was estimated at 15 million dollars. Also on this list is Microsoft CEO Amy Hood, who has been in that position since May 2013, and her annual revenue is estimated at around $ 7.5 million. It is followed by the chairman and executive manager of the Xerox Corporation, Ursula Burns, the first African-American woman to be on the Forbes list, whose annual income is estimated at 7.5 million dollars.
The list is concluded by Lucy Peng, since March 2013, the director of the part of the Chinese online shopping company Alibaba's Small & Micro Financial Services Group, which provides the possibility of payment via mobile phones. The amount of her salary is unknown, and Business Insider estimates that the wealth of this young woman will only increase in mid-August with the entry of this company on the stock exchange.
Honestly, I haven’t heard of this woman Meg Whitman so far. Her career is amazing. She is so rich!