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Litigation

Mar. 21, 2015

Clients praised Ellen Pao, but a male senior partner testified she was 'pushy'

Despite glowing reviews from her clients, Ellen Pao was viewed as an overly competitive employee by male senior partners at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.


By Philip Johnson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - Despite glowing reviews from her clients, Ellen Pao was viewed as an overly competitive employee by male senior partners at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.


"She's been fantastic. Love her," Flipboard Inc. CEO Mike McCue wrote to Kleiner Perkins senior partners after working with Pao, who served on the company's board of directors. McCue de...

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