- Sheryl Sandberg, Laurene-Powell Jobs, and Meg Whitman are some of the most well-known women in tech who are each worth more than a billion dollars.
- The number of tech-industry women on Forbes' ranking of the world's wealthiest people is significantly lower than the amount of men in tech that dominate the rankings.
- These are the 11 richest women in the tech industry, based on Forbes' billionaires list.
Women make up only a tiny percentage of leadership positions in major companies, and an even smaller amount are executives in the technology sector.
The first woman in tech to appear in Forbes' annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people doesn't show up until the No. 57 spot, where Laurene Powell Jobs sits with a cool $18.5 billion net worth.
Business Insider has compiled a list of the richest women in tech, based on their net worths on February 1st as shown on Forbes' rankings. Some of the names on the list — like Sheryl Sandberg and Laurene Powell-Jobs — you may recognize, but there are powerful women heading up tech companies in China and Hong Kong in the rankings as well.
Here are the 11 richest women in tech around the world, based on their net worths:
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11. Sheryl Sandberg — $1.6 billion
Ranking on Forbes' list of world's wealthiest: 1,396
Age: 49
Country: United States
Source of wealth: Sandberg is the chief operating officer at Facebook, and previously served as Google's vice president of global online sales and operations.
10. Zeng Fangqin — $1.6 billion
Ranking on Forbes' list of world's wealthiest: 1,389
Age: 53
Country: China
Source of wealth: Zeng is the chairwoman for Lingyi Technology, which supplies electronic components for smartphones, tablets, and laptops for major companies such as Huawei and Apple.
9. Wang Laichun — $2.0 billion
Ranking on Forbes' list of world's wealthiest: 1,161
Age: 51
Country: China
Source of wealth: Wang serves as the chairwoman of Luxshare Precision, which manufacturers electronic connectors for companies like Apple. Wang has also previously worked for Foxconn.
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