Google's Lack of Diversity Casts Spotlight Tech's Boys Club


Google’s decision to lay bare its lack of diversity ramps up the pressure on other Silicon Valley companies to increase the number of women and minorities among technology workers.

Women make up 30% of employees and 91% of staff are either white or Asian, the Mountain View, California- based company disclosed in a blog post Wednesday.

The dearth of female and minority engineers, startup founders and business leaders has long been a sore point for female executives including Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg as well as activists such as Jesse Jackson. Google’s disclosure follows increasing calls from investors and activists for companies in the technology hub — which prides itself on being liberal and culturally inclusive — to embrace diversity.

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