Magdalena Yesil
About Magdalena Yesil
Magdalena Yesil is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author, and board member at many of the world’s top technology companies. She was the first investor and founding board member at Salesforce and the founder of Broadway Angels, a female group of angel investors. A technology pioneer, Yesil founded three companies dedicated to commercializing Internet access, e-commerce infrastructure, and electronic payments. She was chosen Entrepreneur of the Year by the Red Herring magazine for her successful exits, two IPOs and acquisition. Her investing career started at US Venture Partners. Today, Magdalena is the executive chair of Informed, a Robotic Process Automation company changing the way the financial industry processes consumer applications. She also serves on the boards of SoFi, Smartsheet and Zuora. Magdalena is the author of Power UP! How Smart Women Win in the New Economy. She is also one of the four women featured in Alpha Girls, Julian Guthrie's best selling book introduced in May 2019. Alpha Girls is being adapted for television by TriStar.