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Ellen Pao
Ellen Kangru Pao (born 1970) is an American investor and activist who co-founded the diversity consulting non-profit organization Project Include. She was previously a partner at Kapor Capital and the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the Kapor Center for Social Impact before leaving in 2018 to focus on her role as Project Include's CEO. Other positions she has held include interim CEO of social media technology company Reddit, investment partner at Kleiner Perkins, board director at Flipboard, and corporate attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Since becoming known, in 2012, for filing an unsuccessful gender discrimination suit against former employer Kleiner Perkins, Pao has expressed vocal criticism of the hiring and promotion practices in Silicon Valley. In 2015, unpopular decisions made during Pao's tenure at Reddit generated a wave of controversy that culminated in her stepping down. The backlash she received sparked debates both on the treatment of women in technology and the need for transparency in a company that relies on volunteers.
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1970 (age 49–50) New Jersey , U.S.
Birth Place
New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality
American
Famous As
Attorney , executive
Residence
San_Francisco,_California
Education
Princeton_University
Spouse(s)
Roger Kuo (divorced) Buddy Fletcher ​ ( m.  after 2007) ​
Children
1 (with Fletcher)
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Ask Ellen Pao Your Questions About Online Disinformation and Reining In Big Tech

Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. This Thursday, February 10, Mother Jones reporter Ali Breland is hosting a special online discussion with Ellen Pao about reining in disinformation, the prospect of new regulations targeting powerful platforms, and how we can build better online spaces.
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'Hold More Men Accountable': Ellen Pao on What Silicon Valley Should Learn from Elizabeth Holmes's Conviction

Silicon Valley is full of charismatic, high-flying start-up founders like former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, but very few of them are women. Shady dealings and even outright fraud also are not unknown in the tech industry, but high-profile prosecutions of executives — like the one that led to Holmes's conviction on four counts of fraud this week — are relatively rare.
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Ellen Pao: Meritocracy in tech is a myth

The “biggest myth” about working in the tech industry is that it’s based on a meritocracy. So says Ellen Pao, the former Reddit CEO and venture capitalist, who is urging companies to take another look at how inclusive their workplaces really are as communities around the world grapple with a rise in anti-Asian hate.
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Former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao on remote work and harassment

Ellen Pao, former Reddit CEO and Project Include CEO, joins 'Squawk Alley' to discuss how a Project Include study found that remote work had exacerbated harassment, hostility, workplace pressure and anxiety. She also shares potential solutions CEOs can take to address these findings.
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