Richest seven women in tech
In a male dominated tech industry, only a few women were able to break the glass ceiling. We here listed the richest seven self-made women billionaires in tech industry. Interestingly, three of them are from Asia, three from USA and one from Europe. Most of them had an inspiring rags to riches stories. Here's everything you need to know about them:
Denise Coates
Founder and Joint CEO
Bet365
Net Worth: $4.6 b
Country: UK
British billionaire businesswoman and founder-CEO of online gambling company Bet365, Denise Coates is the richest women in tech in Europe. Last year her website hosted a record £47 billion bets of which they made revenue of £525 million.
Zhou Qunfei
Founder and CEO
Lens Technology
net Worth: $11.4 b
Country: Taiwan
Zhou Qunfei is the richest women in tech in the world now. According to various news media, her net worth varies from $ 7.4 to $11.6 Billion. This self-made billionaire is the founder and CEO of Lens Technology, the largest manufacturer of high-end touch panels.
Judith R. Faulkner
Founder-CEO
Epic Systems
Net worth: $3.5 b
Country: United States
Epic is the American's top medical record keeping software and Judith is the founder and CEO of the company. Starting her business from a basement in 1979, Epic now supports 230 million patients globally.
Lam Wai Ying
Chairman
Biel Crystal Manufactory
Net Worth: $5.2 b
Country: China
Lam isn't much known in the media. She and her spouse jointly own Biel Crystal, one of the leading smartphone touchscreen suppliers of Apple and employ 100,000 workers. After scouring the internet we could only find one or two photos of her.
Meg Whitman
CEO
NewTV
Net worth: $3.2 b
Country: United States
Best known as the queen of eBay, Meg Whiteman drove the sales of eBay from $5.7 Billion to $ 8 Billion in just ten years. She later joined as the CEO of HP and oversaw the split into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Now she is working for a media startup- NewTV.
Sheryl Sandberg
COO
Net worth: $1.6 b
Country: United States
Sheryl isn't the richest in our list, but definitely the most renowned and influential. This Harvard MBA is known for her role in Facebook. What people don't is prior to joining Facebook, she worked as the VP of Online Sales and Operations at Google.
Wang Laichun
Chairman
Luxshare Precision Industry
Net Worth: $2.6 b
Country: China
From the assembly line workers to the global supplier worth billions, Wang Laichun and Zhou Qunfei (the first on our list) both have quite similarities. Both were immigrants, both started at factory floors and both built their empires from scratch.