Pao suggests that she has evidence to prove a litany of awkward sexual overtures made toward her by colleagues, as well as of deafening silence by management.
KPCB, says Pao created her own drama wherever she went.
With a B.S. from Princeton, a degree from Harvard Business School, and a law degree, Ellen Pao was a perfect fit for Kleiner Perkins when she arrived in 2005.
Pao's complaint of awkward interactions with her male peers and superiors starting in 2006. A fellow Junior Partner Ajit Nazre, “made inappropriate sexual approaches” , which Pao rebuffed. Nazre was married.
Pao admits having sex with Nazre "two or three times" but then told him “she would no longer have a personal relationship with him.” Pao alleges, Nazre began excluding her from meetings, failing to communicate information crucial to her job, and at one point asked the CEO of a company working with Pao to join the board of a company sponsored by Nazre.
Ellen Pao was making $560,000 a year. Part One.