Ellen Pao
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Pao in 2015
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| Born | 1970 (age 46–47) New Jersey |
| Residence | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
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Princeton University (Electrical Engineering, 1991) Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, 1994) Harvard Business School (MBA, 1998) |
| Occupation | Attorney, executive |
| Spouse(s) | Roger Kuo (divorced) Buddy Fletcher (m. 2007) |
| Children | 1 (with Fletcher) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 鲍康如 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 鮑康如 | ||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Bào Kāngrú | ||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Bào Kāngrú |
Ellen Pao (born 1970) is an investment partner at Kapor Capital, the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the Kapor Center for Social Impact, and co-founder of the diversity consulting non-profit organization Project Include. Previously she was the interim chief executive officer of social media technology company Reddit, an investment partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a Board director at Flipboard, and a corporate attorney.
Having become widely known for filing a gender discrimination suit against former employer Kleiner Perkins in 2012, 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.
Ellen Pao was born in 1970 in New Jersey. She is the middle child of three daughters born to Tsyh-Wen Pao and Young-Ping Pao, immigrants from China both holding PhDs. Her father, Young-Ping Pao, was a professor at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Tsyh-Wen Pao (née Lee) worked as an engineer in computer sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Ellen Pao is fluent in English and Mandarin and first learned to code from her mother at age ten. The Pao family raised their children in Maplewood, New Jersey. Young-Ping Pao died in 1987 when Ellen was in the 12th grade of high school.
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