Therese Tucker
Born1961 or 1962 (age 61–62)[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Illinois
OccupationBusinesswoman
Known forFounder of BlackLine
TitleChairman and CEO, BlackLine
Term2001-
SpouseMarried
Children2

Therese Tucker is an American businesswoman, the chairman, CEO and founder of BlackLine, an enterprise software company with a market cap of $2.17 billion as of 2018.[2]

Early life

She has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Illinois.[1]

Career

Tucker's first job was with Hughes Aircraft as an engineer building fault detection firmware for surface ship sonar.[3]

Tucker was the chief technology officer (CTO) at SunGard Treasury Systems.[4][1]

In 2001, Tucker founded BlackLine, an enterprise software company.[3] She took BlackLine public in 2016. Tucker served as chairman and CEO until she stepped down in August, 2020.[5][6][7] She currently serves as Founder and Executive Chair on the company's board of directors.[8]

Following the BlackLine IPO in October 2016,[2] her net worth was estimated at $140 million, based on her shareholding of about 13% in a company valued at $1.15 billion.[9] In February 2020, Forbes estimated her net worth at $370 million.[10]

Award

Personal life

Tucker is married, with two children, and her husband works as a hospital chaplain.[12][13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Therese Tucker: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  2. 1 2 Wells, Jane (2018-05-25). "The pink-haired CEO of a $2 billion tech company talks glass ceilings, #MeToo and equal pay". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  3. 1 2 "Therese Tucker of BlackLine". FinTech Profile. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  4. "Therese Tucker: Bring on the Saas - CSQ | Magazine, Events, Community". CSQ | Magazine, Events, Community. 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  5. Dave, Paresh (October 28, 2016). "L.A.'s latest $1-billion tech company has a female CEO". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  6. "BlackLine to install new CEO, founder Therese Tucker to step down". Accounting Today. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  7. "Why BlackLine founder-CEO Therese Tucker—who broke some of tech's toughest gender barriers—is stepping down". www.yahoo.com. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  8. "Board of Directors | BlackLine, Inc". investors.blackline.com. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  9. Enterprise (2016-10-28). "BlackLine's Therese Tucker made history and millions with her IPO - Business Insider". Uk.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  10. "Therese Tucker". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  11. "Therese Tucker". Forbes.
  12. "INTERVIEW WITH THERESE TUCKER CEO AND FOUNDER OF BLACKLINE SYSTEMS – Global Banking And Finance Review Magazine – Financial & Business Insights". www.globalbankingandfinance.com. Global Banking an Finance review. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  13. "First Female CEO to Lead a Venture-Capital-Backed Startup to IPO Shares Secret of Her Success". Hfma.org. February 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  14. "Can You Do It All? BlackLine CEO Therese Tucker (Part 1)". Sramana Mitra. 2010-09-13. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
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