![]() ![]() Kleiner, one of the most successful venture capital firms, was one of the early investors in Inc., Google Inc. Pao's claims were meritless, Kleiner has said. Nazre harassed her until she hired a lawyer five years after their consensual affair. All Rights Reserved.The firm also contends Ms. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2019 and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. ![]() Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc.2019. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. " occasional signposts that show us we're headed in the right direction." "Good omens for diversity are everywhere," writes Pao, noting that there's no roadmap. Caldbeck resigned from his firm as a result. Wang, an entrepreneur, is one of three women who came forward by name this year with harassment allegations against venture capitalist Justin Caldbeck. ![]() She mentions how women in tech have reached out to her, including those who have gone public with their own stories like Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Gesche Haas and Niniane Wang. Since the trial, Pao has emerged as something of a leader for the club of women who've spoken out against harassment in the industry. We support Ellen Pao's mission and efforts through Project Include to improve workplace culture for women and other under-represented groups." In its statement, the firm added that it "wholeheartedly believes in the need for greater diversity and inclusion in the workforce. In response to "Reset," Kleiner Perkins said Pao's claims against the firm "were examined thoroughly during a five-week trial in 2015 and were rejected by the jury which decided against her on every claim." It led her to co-found Project Include, a nonprofit that aims to help companies achieve more diverse workforces. She says she was "moved again and again" hearing that the case opened people's eyes to tech's culture issues. Now the chief diversity and inclusion officer at Kapor Center for Social Impact and an investment partner at Kapor Capital, Pao doesn't regret her very public fight against her employer, despite the outcome. Related: Star VC apologizes for his role in tech's sexist culture Pao's book sheds a light not only on what she says is the culture at Kleiner Perkins, as well as her time at Reddit, where she served as interim CEO at the time of the trial. Damore, who was fired from Google, claimed to value diversity and inclusion but proposed women aren't biologically fit for tech roles. It's a familiar argument also made by former Google engineer James Damore, whose 3,300-word manifesto about diversity went viral in August. "Some people passed it off as biological," she writes. Pao writes that some in positions of power at Kleiner Perkins "acted as if a dearth of women was a huge mystery" at the firm. ![]() It's not the only eerie detail in the book, which also includes anecdotes that strangely resemble recent headlines. in an overabundance of caution, I went to an estate lawyer and made sure my will was in order." I couldn't see them hiring someone to hurt me. "They were, I could see, highly motivated to silence me. Related: Money, Power and Sexual Harassment in Silicon Valley " did not want this to go to trial at all. The issue has increasingly found its way into the news in recent months as more women go public with their stories. Although Pao lost the case, the high-profile trial brought national attention to sexism in tech. She candidly shares little known details about her life, like a miscarriage and her daughter going into anaphylactic shock during the trial. Her book, which is out on Tuesday, details her account of the time she spent at Kleiner Perkins, the trial and its aftermath. ![]()
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