Lisa Gelobter
The computer science guru is the founder and CEO of tEQuitable, a start-up that helps companies and businesses to address issues of bias, discrimination and harassment. Like other black women, she had challenges raising money because she was thought to be “too technical.”
Gelobter later succeeded in raising $2 million, according to USA Today.
The tech genius has worked in the White House as its Chief Digital Service Officer with the United States Department of Education. She has also served as the Interim Chief Digital Officer and the Vice President of Digital Products, Engineering and Operations for Black Entertainment Television Networks (BET) and as a senior member of the management team formed for the purpose of the launching of Hulu.