Reshma Saujani, CEO & Founder of Girls Who Code

Reshma Saujani is the CEO and founder of Girls Who Code, which earned $6.5 million from investors like Walmart, Lyft and Uber. Founded in 2011, Girls Who Code empowers young girls with the skills and resources to pursue computer science. The program introduces them to robots and design with mentors from young women who code.

Her best advice: "What I learned to do is work on silencing that voice in my head that told me I wasn’t smart, wasn’t good enough, and I didn’t belong," she told the Women Amplified podcast.