{"id":47506,"date":"2015-04-15T07:44:54","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T11:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=47506"},"modified":"2015-04-15T07:44:54","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T11:44:54","slug":"the-wealthiest-women-in-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/04\/2015\/the-wealthiest-women-in-tech.html","title":{"rendered":"The Wealthiest Women In Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

User Contributed News\u00a0–<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Hewlett-Packard chief executive Meg Whitman claimed the top spot on a Wealth-X list released today of the five wealthiest women in the technology sector. The 58-year-old boasts a US$1.3 billion fortune, the bulk of which is derived from profits from the sales of her shares in eBay, a company that she led from 1998 to 2008 during its dramatic expansion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ranking second on the list is Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, whose net worth totals US$1.22 billion. Upon joining Facebook in 2008, Sandberg received company stock as part of her compensation plan. Since 2012, she has been selling off her Facebook shares, generating more than US$700 million in cash before taxes. However, she still holds US$430 million in Facebook stock.<\/p>\n

Alibaba co-founder Lucy Peng (also known as Peng Lei) took third place on the Wealth-X list with a personal fortune of US$1.2 billion. The 42-year-old executive, who h<\/span>eads Alibaba\u2019s new Ant Financial Services Group, became a billionaire in 2014 upon the valuation of the Chinese e-commerce giant prior to its record-setting IPO.<\/span><\/p>\n

The youngest female tech executive on the list is 39-year-old Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, who has a net worth of US$410 million.<\/p>\n

Below are the top 5 wealthiest women in technology:<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Rank<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Name<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Age<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Country<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Estimated Net Worth *<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Company<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Meg Whitman<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

58<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

USA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

1,300<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Hewlett-Packard<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Sheryl Sandberg<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

45<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

USA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

1,220<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Facebook<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Lucy Peng<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

42<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

China<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

1,200<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Alibaba<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Wang <\/span>Hsiueh Hong<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

56<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Taiwan<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

890<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

HTC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Marissa Mayer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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39<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

USA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

410<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Yahoo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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* in US$ million<\/span><\/p>\n

The net worth of the women on the Wealth-X list still lags far behind their male peers in the technology sector. Microsoft founder Bill Gates, for example, has a net worth of around US$85.1 billion, according to Wealth-X estimates, while Mark Zuckerberg, the 30-year-old Facebook chairman, is worth at least US$35 billion.<\/p>\n

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