Reshma Saujani, the Indian American activist, has earned a spot on Forbes’ Women To Watch In 2024 list, highlighting influential women just outside the top 100 powerful people globally. As the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, Saujani focuses on empowering females in computer science and eliminating gender discrimination in the field. Forbes notes the organization’s significant impact, educating over 500,000 participants in the last 11 years.
Beyond Girls Who Code, Saujani has redirected her efforts post-Covid towards advocating for improved family leave and childcare policies in the US. Initiatives like the Marshall Plan for Moms, now Moms First, emphasize the economic importance of childcare. This movement, backed by celebrities, activists, and business leaders, sparks a national dialogue on supporting mothers.
Saujani’s achievements extend to Fortune Magazine’s 40 under 40 list in September 2015. She has authored notable books, including “Women Who Don’t Wait in Line” (2013), “Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World” (2017), and “Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder” (2018). Born in Illinois to a Gujarati Indian family, Saujani holds degrees from the University of Illinois, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and Yale Law School.
