21 Facts About Susan Fowler

Originally homeschooled in rural Arizona, Fowler studied physics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Susan Fowler worked at two technology startup companies before joining Uber in late 2015.

Susan Fowler served as editor-in-chief of a quarterly publication by the payment processing company Stripe, and has been a technology opinion editor at The New York Times.

Susan Fowler was raised in rural Yarnell, Arizona, the second of seven children.

Susan Fowler's father was an evangelical Assemblies of God preacher and pay phone salesman, and her mother homeschooled their children.

Susan Fowler recalled having little direction in her education, and would often visit the library and try to teach herself topics.

Susan Fowler was influenced by Plutarch's Lives and the Stoics, which encouraged her to focus on the parts of her life she could control.

Susan Fowler worked as a stable hand and nanny to make money for her family.

Susan Fowler prepared herself to take college entrance exams without high school and was accepted with a full scholarship to Arizona State University, where she wanted to pursue astronomy.

However, her lack of high school prerequisites prevented her study of math and physics, so she transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, where Susan Fowler faced similar opposition until she appealed to the university president.

Susan Fowler worked as a physics research assistant during her time at Penn, but was forced out after befriending a fellow student named Tim.

When Tim turned suicidal, Susan Fowler tried to seek help, but the university put the blame on her and tried to remove Susan Fowler from classes they shared.

Susan Fowler considered suing, but decided to move on with her life.

Susan Fowler was a platform engineer at financial technology company Plaid in early 2015, where she learned her male peers were being paid $50,000 more than she was.

Susan Fowler joined Uber as a Site Reliability Engineer in November 2015.

Susan Fowler's post outlined a hostile work culture for female employees of Uber.

Susan Fowler has received book and Hollywood film deals and continues to work towards legislation and workplace protections for women.

Susan Fowler was named Financial Times Person of the Year by the British business newspaper Financial Times.

Susan Fowler started a science book club and published a book on microservices.

In July 2018, Susan Fowler was hired by The New York Times as an opinion editor writing op-ed pieces on tech subjects.

Susan Fowler married Chad Rigetti, founder of Rigetti Computing, in 2017.