Investors Are Still Asking Female Founders about Their Future Kids
Originally published by Daria Solovieva for Salon
Phoebe Gates, 22, is not a typical entrepreneur. She’s the daughter of Bill and Melinda Gates and a Stanford University graduate navigating the minefield of Silicon Valley fundraising.
Yet even with her last name, she has had to field the same tired questions that have plagued women for decades — questions like how having kids will impact their careers.
Gates and Sophia Kianni co-founded Phia, an AI-powered app that compares fashion prices for shoppers. According to Fortune, when investors pressed her and her co-founder Sophia Kianni about their plans for starting families, Gates turned to her mother for advice.