Julia Boorstin, Emmy-nominated CNBC journalist and author of "When Women Lead," spent years documenting this maddening disconnect. Only 10% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women. The vast majority of VC dollars flow to male-only teams.
"I was struck by this real disconnect," Julia explains. "These female leaders drawing such a small percent of overall dollars—the data didn't make sense and those gender gaps didn't make sense."
So she did what any good journalist would do: gathered the evidence, interviewed 60 women who defied these odds, and laid out exactly why ignoring 51% of leadership talent is economically irrational.
The women she profiles didn't just succeed despite the system. They succeeded by completely rewriting the rules.
When the numbers don't lie but the money doesn't follow, it's time to question who's really taking the bigger risk.
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