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
- 2018: Forbes' America's Top 50 Women In Tech.[11]
Personal life
Tucker is married, with two children, and her husband works as a hospital chaplain.[12][13][14]
References
- Therese Tucker: Executive Profile & Biography Bloomberg, retrieved 2017-05-06^
- Jane Wells. The pink-haired CEO of a $2 billion tech company talks glass ceilings, #MeToo and equal pay CNBC, 2018-05-25, retrieved 2020-04-27^
- Therese Tucker of BlackLine FinTech Profile, 2015-03-25, retrieved 2017-05-06^
- Therese Tucker: Bring on the Saas - CSQ CSQ, 2017-04-01, retrieved 2017-05-10^
- Paresh Dave. L.A.'s latest $1-billion tech company has a female CEO The Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2016, retrieved May 6, 2017^
- BlackLine to install new CEO, founder Therese Tucker to step down Accounting Today, 2020-08-06, retrieved 2021-09-21^
- 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^
- Board of Directors investors.blackline.com, retrieved 2021-09-21^
- Enterprise. BlackLine's Therese Tucker made history and millions with her IPO - Business Insider Uk.businessinsider.com, 2016-10-28, retrieved 2017-05-06^
- Therese Tucker Forbes, retrieved 2020-04-27^
- Therese Tucker Forbes^
- 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^
- 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^
- Can You Do It All? BlackLine CEO Therese Tucker (Part 1) Sramana Mitra, 2010-09-13, retrieved 2017-05-06^