These Female Tech Leaders are Among the Highest Paid Execs in the U.S.
Click through the slideshow to see which female technology executives are among the highest paid in the country.
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Click through the slideshow to see which female technology executives are among the highest paid in the country.
Mayer made $32.8 million in the year that she orchestrated a sale of the company to Verizon. The board withheld her bonus in 2016 in the aftermath of the massive Yahoo hack.
Did you know? It is expected that Mayer will receive a $186 million exit package when Yahoo finishes its deal with Verizon.
Quotable: “If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.” – Marissa Mayer
Catz, co-CEO of Oracle along with Mark Hurd, made $39.2 million last year. Her compensation has fallen since the board scaled back executive awards, and she didn’t get an annual bonus after oracle’s profit slid Bloomberg reports.
Did you know? Catz has been a controversial figure this year, helping Trump’s team in the lead-up to the inauguration in a role that garnered a lot of criticism from Oracle’s employees.
Quotable: “The most significant barrier to female leadership is the actual lack of females in leadership. The best advice I can give to women is to go out and start something, ideally their own businesses. If you can't see a path for leadership within your own company, go blaze a trail of your own.” – Safra Catz
Whitman made $52.5 million in 2016, making her the second highest-paid female executive, according to Bloomberg Pay Index.
Did you know? The biggest source of Whitman’s fortune is her shares in online auction site eBay (where she was CEO from 1998 to 2008).
Quotable: “I didn't spend a lot of time thinking about as a woman how I would manage differently – I was just happy to be managing. In some ways it was a blessing because I didn't second-guess myself, I didn't add that factor into my leadership style.” – Meg Whitman
In 2016, Rometty was awarded a $96.8 million package, making her the top ranked woman on the Bloomberg Pay Index.
Did you know? Rometty has actually been working at IBM since 1981, and is IBM’s first female CEO.
Quotable: One of the most important things for any leader is to never let anyone else define who you are. And you define who you are. I never think of myself as being a woman CEO of this company. I think of myself as a steward of a great institution.” – Ginni Rometty
Here are the top five highest paid female executives in the Bloomberg Pay Index.
Here are the top five highest paid female executives in the Bloomberg Pay Index.
Bloomberg has released its index of the top 200 best-compensated executives at companies that submit details to U.S. regulators – and for the first time since its launch in 2015, a woman has cracked the top 10 spot.
Click through the slideshow to see which female technology executives are among the highest paid in the country.
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