{"id":20470,"date":"2019-09-11T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T22:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/female-ceos-blast-forbes-list-of-innovative-leaders-that-includes-only-one-woman\/"},"modified":"2019-09-11T14:31:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T22:31:00","slug":"female-ceos-blast-forbes-list-of-innovative-leaders-that-includes-only-one-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/female-ceos-blast-forbes-list-of-innovative-leaders-that-includes-only-one-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Female CEOs Blast ‘Forbes’ List Of Innovative Leaders That Includes Only One Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Anne Wojcicki, chief executive officer and co-founder of 23andMe, speaks during the TechCrunch Disrupt 2018 summit in San Francisco in September 2018.<\/p>\n

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“We blew it<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

That was Forbes<\/em> editor Randall Lane’s assessment on Twitter after his publication released a list<\/a> of America’s 100 most innovative leaders that included only a single woman. <\/p>\n

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and Tesla’s Elon Musk tied for the top spot. The only woman on the list, Barbara Rentler, CEO of Ross Stores, clocked in at 75.<\/p>\n

The reaction to the glaring lack of women was swift and sharp. <\/p>\n

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1 woman + 99 men <\/p>\n

Since @Forbes<\/a> failed to include the incredible women changing the world every single day, reply to this with the most innovative women you knowhttps:\/\/t.co\/gKwJ1vxkHO<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Reshma Saujani (@reshmasaujani) September 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

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Replies to Resma Saujani’s tweet include politician Stacey Abrams, makeup brand Glossier founder Emily Weiss, Kimberly Bryant of Black Girls Code, Refugee Coffee Company CEO Kitti Murray, Spanx inventor Sara Blakely, Rihanna and Serena Williams. <\/p>\n

And in case Forbes needed more names, dozens of female CEOs \u2014 46 at last count, including designer Stella McCartney; Mariam Naficy, founder and CEO of Minted; and Sarah Leary, co-founder of NextDoor \u2014 signed an open letter to Forbes<\/em>. Written by journalist Diana Kapp, author of the book Girls Who Run The World, <\/em>the letter calls on the magazine to “overhaul the criteria that determines who makes the cut.” <\/p>\n

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Anne Wojcicki, CEO and co-founder of genetic testing company 23andMe, signed Kapp’s letter in hopes that it would encourage better representation. <\/p>\n