Episode 260 - CEO of Ancestry Talks Family Histories, Practical Leadership, and the Early Day of Silicon Valley with Deb Liu
Faith Driven Entrepreneur
Ancestry.com CEO, Deb Liu joins us to share how our contexts and our histories can shape us as leaders
Show Notes
How much do you know about where you come from?
There’s lots of talk about legacies and family stories we leave behind, but what about those that we’ve inherited? Today on the show, we mix together a conversation about family histories, practical leadership skills, and the early days of Silicon Valley with Deb Liu.Deb is the CEO of Ancestry.com, and she’s spent the last two decades as an executive in major tech companies like Facebook, Paypal, and eBay. She’s also the founder of Women in Product, a non-profit dedicated to bringing more women leaders into technology.
In this conversation, she shares how our contexts and our histories can shape us as leaders.
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