Recently, Marissa Mayer was included in Complex magazine's now infamous "40 Hottest Women in Tech" slide show, a piece that reduced Mayer's many accomplishments-her Stanford credentials, her contributions at Google, her perch as the youngest C.E.O. at a Fortune 500 company-down to the fact that she is merely an attractive woman who works in Silicon Valley. To be sure, being both attractive and successful should not be a novelty in the tech world, but we'd argue her personal style-bold, colorful, decidedly un-drab-inspires the same unwavering image of leadership as, say, Michelle Obama's. Any powerful women whose closet is a Skittle bag of bright gowns by Jean Paul Gaultier, Sarah Burton, Oscar de la Renta, and vintage Balenciaga deserves the attention her garments command.
Alyssa Bereznak
Thus far, VF.com has brought you society's sartorial upper crust, highlighting trim and tailored politicians, well-accessorized pontiffs, chic TV characters, and our beloved readers. This week's all-stars are the bigwigs of Silicon Valley, where pastures are green, ping-pong tables are aplenty, and company cafeterias serve beet juice. These 10 tech heavyweights have resisted the pull of the cotton hoodie and sneakers, crafting a West Coast entrepreneurial style all their own.
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