Profiles of Powerful Women

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Technology

11 profiles

19th Century & Earlier

Born before 1870 · 1

Ada Lovelace

1815-1852

Computer Algorithm Pioneer

Turn of the Century

Born 1870–1910 · 1

Grace Hopper

1906-1992

Pioneer of the First Computer Compiler, COBOL Innovator & U.S. Navy Rear Admiral

Mid-20th Century

Born 1911–1950 · 5

Katherine Johnson

1918-2020

NASA Mathematician Who Guided John Glenn's Orbit

Rosalind Franklin

1920-1958

X-Ray Crystallographer Behind DNA's Structure

Mary Wells Lawrence

1928-2024

Adversiting Exec, First Female CEO of a Public Company

Entrepreneurship

Stephanie Shirley

1933-2025

Tech Pioneer, Founder & Philanthropist

Entrepreneurship

Judy Faulkner

1943 - present

Epic Founder & Health Records Pioneer

Modern Era

Born after 1950 · 4

Lisa Su

1969-present

Engineer who turned around the struggling AMD, increasing market cap by 200X+

Entrepreneurship

Fei-Fei Li

1976-present

ImageNet Creator, Stanford HAI Co-Founder, AI Leader & NAE/NAM Member

Mira Murati

1988-present

CTO Behind ChatGPT, DALL-E, Tesla Model X & Thinking Machines Lab Founder

Entrepreneurship

Whitney Wolfe Herd

1989-present

Youngest Woman CEO to IPO, TIME 100 Leader, Forbes 30 Under 30

Entrepreneurship

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