The trend was evident among the likes of applauded visionaries such as Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Apple CEO Tim Cook.
In response, one of Fast Company‘s 2010 “Most Influential Women in Tech,” Allyson Kapin — founder of Women Who Tech and cofounder of Rad Campaign — compiled a list of 100 women to follow on Twitter. Here they are, as posted on Medium.com.
Entrepreneurs and technologists
- Alexa Andrzejewski, cofounder of Foodspotting
- Erica Baker, build and release engineer at Slack
- Angela Benton, CEO of NewMe Accelerator
- Sue Black, PhD, founder of Techmums
- Danah Boyd, PhD, principal researcher at Microsoft Research and founder of Data & Society
- Joanne Bradford, COO of SoFi
- Lisa Mae Brunson, founder of Wonder Woman Tech
- Jessica Butcher, cofounder of Blippar
- Kimberly Bryant, founder of BlackGirlsCode
- Angie Byron, director of community development at Acquia
- Elisa Camahort, cofounder of BlogHer
- Majora Carter, cofounder of StartUp Box
- Sandy Carter, former worldwide general manager of ecosystem development and social business at IBM
- Jean Case, CEO of Case Foundation
- Angie Chang, cofounder of HackbrightAcademy
- Shaherose Charania, founder of Women 2.0 and advisor to Republic.co
- Tracy Chou, former Pinterest engineer
- Katy Croff Bell, PhD, chief scientist at Nautilus Live and emerging explorer at National Geographic
- Morgan DeBaun, founder and CEO of Blavity
- Kelli Thomas-Drake, founder of MyPurpleFolder
- Caterina Fake, founder of Findery, cofounder of Kahvila Siili, SesatSchool, Hunch and Flickr
- Sibyl Edwards, president of DC Web Women and cofounder of Black Female Founders
- Jennifer Fleiss, cofounder of Rent the Runway
- Jessie Frazelle, open source developer
- Cindy Gallop, founder of Make Love Not Porn
- Lilibeth Gangas, chief tech community officer at KaporCenter
- Gesche Haas, founder of Dreamers // Dooers
- Mary Hodder, entrepreneur
- Arianna Huffington, CEO of Thrive Global
- Jennifer Hyman, cofounder of Rent the Runway
- Janet Ikpa, diversity program manager at Twitter
- Jorey Des Jardins, cofounder of BlogHer
- Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama and chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls
- Neelie Kroes, board member of Salesforce and Rijksmuseum and advisory board member for Uber
- Alexandria Lafci, cofounder of New Story
- Fei-Fei Li, PhD, professor of computer science at StanfordUniversity and director of Stanford AI Lab
- Holly Liu, cofounder of Kabam
- Sandi MacPherson, founder of Quibb
- Jessica O. Matthews, founder and CEO of Uncharted Play
- Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo
- Deldelp Medina, director of code2040
- Susan Mernit, cofounder of Hack the Hood and Oakland Local
- Erie Meyer, founding member of the United States Digital Service and cofounder of Tech Ladymafia
- Maci Peterson, cofounder of On Second Thought
- Shireen Mitchell, founder of digitalsistas
- Leanne Pittsford, founder of Lesbians Who Tech
- Nicole Sanchez, vice president of social impact at Github
- Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code
- Clara Shih, founder and CEO of Hearsay Social and board member of Starbucks
- Star Simpson, engineer at Otherlab
- Sukhinder Singh, founder of theBoardlist
- Aminatou Sow, social impact marketing for Google and social impact marketing for Google
- Megan Smith, U.S. CTO
- Amanda Steinberg, founder of DailyWorth
- Debra Sterling, founder of Goldieblox
- Lisa Stone, cofounder of BlogHer
- Padmasree Warrior, CEO of NextEV USA
- Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube
- Lea Verou, human-computer interaction PhD candidate at MIT, author and web developer
- Jessica Verrilli, senior director of corporate development and strategy at Twitter
- Natalie Villalobos, head of global programs for WomenTechmakers at Google
Investors
- Nisha Dua, partner at BBG Ventures
- Anu Duggal, director of Female Founders Fund (F Cubed)
- Kathryn Finney, founder of digitalundivided
- Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital
- Carolina Huaranca, principal at Kapor Capital
- Jalak Jobanputra, founding partner at FuturePerfect Ventures
- Shelly Kapoor Collins, partner at Propeller Venture Capital
- Freada Kapor Klein, cofounder of Kapoor Capital
- Sarah Kunst, investor and founder of Proday
- Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures
- Christine Lu, impact investor at America Innovates
- Susan Lyne, president of BBG Ventures
- Ann Miura-Ko, cofounding partner of FLOODGATE
- Rehana Nathoo, vice president of social innovation at Case Foundation
- Natalia Oberti Noguera, founder and CEO of Pipeline Angels
- Ellen Pao, investor and cofounder of Project Include
- Heidi Roizen, venture capitalist and operating partner at DFJ
- Kate Shillo, venture capitalist and director of Galvanize
- Joanne Wilson, investor
- Monique Woodard, venture partner at 500 Startups
Media and Reporters
- Davey Alba, staff writer for WIRED
- Katie Benner, reporter for NY Times Tech
- Johana Bhuivan, senior reporter for Recode
- Elizabeth Dwoskin, Silicon Valley correspondent for The Washington Post
- Kerry Flynn, business reporter for Mashable
- Jessica Guynn, tech reporter for USA TODAY
- Xeni Jardin, editor at Boing Boing
- Lynne D. Johnson, tech contributor
- Sarah Lacy, founder of Pando
- Sage Lazzaro, startups and tech writer for the New York Observer
- Danielle Morrill, founder of Mattermark
- Shalini Ramachandran, TV and broadband industry reporter for The Wall Street Journal
- Katie Roof, senior writer for Techcruch
- Aarti Shahani, tech reporter for NPR
- Kara Swisher, founder of Recode
- Goldie Taylor, editor-at-large of The Daily Beast
- Amy Vernon, startups and tech contributor for INC
- Gillian B. White, editor at The Atlantic
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