Top 5 IT women entrepreneurs in the world!
Happy Women’s Day from OVERSEE – your very own Point of Sale Software System provider.
March 8th is celebrated as Women’s Day across the world. This day, every year marks a special day for women worldwide. For more than a century, IWD, arising out of its labour movement, became an internationally recognised event by the UN, thanks to Clara Zetkin. In 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City, demanding better pay, the right to vote and shorter working hours. After a year, the Socialist Party of America declared the inaugural National Women’s Day. Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland were the first to celebrate IWD in 1911. The occasion is meant to mark the progression of women in politics, society and economics, and to raise awareness against inequality.
While many women entrepreneurs across various fields are renowned for their achievements, we seldom discuss the woman’s presence in technology. OVERSEE believes in the power of equality and diversity and brings some of the most powerful women in tech that we should remember today!
Cher Wang
With an estimated net worth of about $6.8 billion, Cher Wang tops the list as the Co-Founder and Chairwoman of HTC Corporation and VIA Technologies. Considered as one of the most successful and powerful female entrepreneurs in the technological field, she is also a philanthropist who established the Guizhou Forerunner College, a charitable educational institution in South-West China. Back in the year 1997, she was known to have created a smartphone, all by herself!
In the year 2012, she was ranked #56 and then #54 in the year 2014 on the Forbes’ list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women
Melanie Perkins
Most of us know Canva today. This innovative platform was created by none other than Melanie Perkins. It lets you edit photos easily for your social media pages, websites and much more. Perkins was determined to introduce the world to a creative environment that made image editing and graphic design extremely easy. Along with Canva in 2007, she also launched Fusion Books that allowed users to create beautiful yearbooks in just a few minutes. Having amassed a personal fortune of US$1.3 billion, the Filipino-Australian became the youngest billionaire in Australia at the young age of 32.
Samantha Snabes
Dreaming of becoming an astronaut when she was young, Samantha Snabes did work for NASA from 2012 to 2013. Thereafter, participating in the Women Who Tech Startup Challenge, she became a finalist and co-founded Re:3D. The idea was to deliver industrial 3D printers to companies worldwide, thus transforming the manufacturing industry.
Leah Solivan
TaskRabbit was established by Leah Solivan to revolutionise the digital landscape by helping people stay organised. Offering schedule and management support facilities, the app intended to make people more productive. Solivan later left TaskRabbit to act as an advisor to companies such as Zently to transform and simplify rental living. Eventually, she partnered with Fuel Capital, an early-stage fund that helps startups. As of 2020, her net worth was estimated to be between $1 Million and $5 Million.
Carlene Jackson
The founder and CEO of Cloud9Insight, a Brighton-based technology business, Carlene Jackson’s company is a Microsoft Gold Partner offering support services for the cloud-based CRM software to more than 600 businesses across the UK. With a significant impact on the UK landscape since the company was launched in 2010, it earned a position as an award-winning apprenticeship provider. Jackson already had a fantastic background before launching Cloud9Insight in the tech space working for companies such as Xansa, IBM and Sage.
OVERSEE POS proudly salutes these women wishes them more success to come!
