Beth Kowitt, Columnist

Women in Tech Are Forever Cast as ‘Adults’ But Rarely as CEO

Departures of high-powered women in tech show how limiting that label can be — casting women as incomplete leaders without the vision to take the top job.

March 6, 2023 at 12:00 PM UTC

By Beth Kowitt

Beth Kowitt is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering corporate America. She was previously a senior writer and editor at Fortune Magazine.

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This column was published in March 2023. Sheryl Sandberg announced on 17 January, 2024 she would leave the Meta board.

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