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Why are almost all successful entrepeneurs male?

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Rev66 · 20/11/2015 16:44

Has anyone else noticed how almost all successful, rich entrepeneur, especially in the tech industry, are male, even though women have exactly the same opportunites in the entrepenurial world. Even in the younger generation, there are lots of young men becoming incredibly successful entrepeneurs (for example, Nick D'Aloisio, Jack Cator) but no girls. Why is this?

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EElisavetaOfBelsornia · 20/11/2015 17:01

Close, abbie, but you forgot to call them 'girls'.

abbieanders · 20/11/2015 16:55

My guess is because men are brilliant, creative geniuses and women are timid plodders. The plodders then become pregnant using all their meagre creative ability to trap the brilliant entrepreneurs into parenthood and then spend all of the entrepreneurial gains on gin, fags, cakes, nails and sexy tennis coaches.

Am I close?

EElisavetaOfBelsornia · 20/11/2015 16:51

Giselle Bundchen, Ariana Huffington, Anita Whatsit from Body Shop, her that started Spanx, Deborah Meaden and Hilary from Dragons Den, Beyoncé, etc, etc. Of course, sexism makes it a LOT harder for women. But you probably just want to think we're inferior, do you OP?