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Ellen Pao (born 1970) is an American lawyer and former interim chief executive officer of Internet company Reddit. Pao was also previously a junior investing partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and a corporate director at Flipboard.〔Elias, Paul. (Ellen Pao Lawsuit: Sexual Harassment Case Roils Silicon Valley ) July 19, 2012 Huffington Post (Associated Press)〕 Having become widely known for filing a gender discrimination suit against former employer Kleiner Perkins in 2012, Pao has taken a vocal position on the need for more diversity in Silicon Valley. In 2015, unpopular decisions made during Pao's tenure at Reddit generated a wave of controversy that culminated in her stepping down. The backlash she received sparked debates both on the treatment of women in technology and the need for transparency in a company that relies on volunteers. ==Early life and education== Ellen Pao, was born in 1970 in New Jersey. She is the middle〔 child of three daughters born to Tsyh-Wen Pao and Young-Ping Pao, immigrants from China both holding a PhD. Her father, Young-Ping Pao, was a professor at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Tsyh-Wen née Lee Pao worked as an engineer in computer sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Ellen Pao is fluent in English and Mandarin, and first learned to code from her mother at age ten. The young family settled and the Pao children were raised in Maplewood, New Jersey.〔 Young-Ping Pao died in 1987 when Ellen was in the 12th grade of high school. Pao’s maternal grandparents are Yu-Wen Lee and Ching-Hsin née Liu Lee, who were from Bǎodìng Shì (Chinese: 保定市) in the Hebei province near Beijing. Pao’s maternal grandfather was a graduate of the Republic of China Military Academy, He would later go on to serve as a commander in the Chinese Civil War under Chiang Kai-Shek. In 1948, he would move the family to Taiwan, where he would later retire with the rank of Colonel in 1960. In October 1972, his wife and daughter Elizabeth would move to the New York City area to join Pao’s mother and aunt and uncle who were already studying in the US. Yu-Wen Lee was the fourth child of his father, merchant Lien-Ren Lee, Pao's great grandfather. Pao graduated from Princeton University, the alma mater of her two sisters, with a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in 1991. She immediately after attended Harvard Law School with which she earned a juris doctor in 1994.〔 After two years of work, Pao returned to attend Harvard Business School where she received an MBA in 1998.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ellen Pao」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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