Safra Catz, 49, president, Oracle, photo: flickr.com
It looks like for the first time, the Mercury News has compiled a list of the 10 most powerful women in Silicon Valley. The list has been choosen and compiled ba a man, Mercury News columnist Chris O’Brian, who says:
One of the biggest criticisms about Silicon Valley is the lack of women. Not enough female CEOs. Not enough female engineers. Not enough women on boards. Not enough women in venture capital. Not enough female entrepreneurs. Yet by focusing on what’s missing, it’s easy to overlook what is here: a network of powerful women shaping the most important companies in Silicon Valley. In putting this list together, what I found is that many of the most powerful women aren’t CEOs. They are second-in-commands, or leaders of major divisions. In fact, there is only one female CEO: Yahoo’s Carol Bartz. As such, their power is different, sometimes more subtle and often exercised behind the scenes.
O’Brian’s list is below. The details behind the women and their achievement can be found under this link.
1. Safra Catz, 49, president, Oracle
2. Sheryl Sandberg, 41, chief operating officer, Facebook
3. Carol Bartz, 62, CEO, Yahoo
4. Ann Livermore, 52, executive vice president, Hewlett-Packard
5. Marissa Mayer, 35, vice president of geographic and local services, Google
6. Padmasree Warrior, 50, chief technology officer, Cisco Systems
7. Katie Cotton, 45, vice president, worldwide communications, Apple
8. Susan Desmond-Hellmann, 53, chancellor, UC San Francisco
9. Theresia Gouw Ranzetta, 42, managing partner, Accel Partners
10. Rep. Anna Eshoo, 68, D-Palo Alto
Marissa Mayer, 35, vice president of geographic and local services, Google, photo: flickr.com
Read also the Mercury News’ report about the gender and race statistics in 2009 in Silicon Valley
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