An unforgettable true story about four extraordinary heroines who are not afraid to use their wits. Their determination and ingenuity made them stars in Silicon Valley, the murderous, high-stakes, male-dominated world of venture investing. In The Alpha Girls, the award-winning journalist Julian Guthrie guides the reader into a closed world that fundamentally transforms the economy and our way of life. We follow the lives and careers of four women who have been largely forgotten in history - at least until now. MAGDALENA YESIL, who came to America from Turkey with $43 in her pocket and graduated from Stanford with a degree in electrical engineering; she embraced the first companies that marketed Internet access. MARY JANE ELMORE came from the cornfields of Indiana to Stanford and became one of the first women in the United States to be made a partner by a venture capital firm. THERESIA GOUW, a first-generation Asian American from a factory town, is a foosball table terror who helped found companies like Facebook, Trulia, Imperva and ForeScout. ;SONJA HOEL, the Southern woman who became the first female co-investor at Menlo Ventures and sponsored services such as McAfee and Hotmail, until a personal crisis turned her into an activist overnight. These women balanced work and family and contributed to the development of the computer technology palette we know today, while having to deal with unequal pay, betrayal and sexist attitudes prevalent in Silicon Valley, and sometimes receiving serious slaps. Despite the setbacks, they got back on their feet and rewrote the rules of the industry they loved so much. Recommended for adults!

Bookworm Publishing House
Entertaining literature
376 pages
Binding: cardboard
ISBN: 9789634570509
Author: Julian Guthrie
Release year: 2021