Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields
- January 9, 2024
- Politician
Quick Facts
Full Name | Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields |
Occupation | Politician |
Date Of Birth | Jul 12, 1962(1962-07-12) |
Age | 62 |
Birthplace | St. Marys |
Country | United States |
Birth City | Pennsylvania |
Horoscope | Cancer |
Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields Biography
Name | Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields |
Birthday | Jul 12 |
Birth Year | 1962 |
Place Of Birth | St. Marys |
Home Town | Pennsylvania |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Cancer |
Parents | Thomas Shields, Kay Shields |
Spouse | Andy Stevenson |
Children(s) | Ben Shields |
Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 12, 1962 in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, United States.
In 1984 as a graduate business student, Shields worked part-time at the National Affairs Office of Deloitte in Washington, D.C. Shields was assigned the task of writing a business plan for a start-up called NDC (National Digital Corporation), an early pioneer in the transmission and archival of digital media that was acquired by Gruner + Jahr. During her time there she became convinced that digital technology was going to change the way we live our lives and interact with each other.
While at NDC, Shields met Israeli entrepreneur and founder of Scitex, Efi Arazi, who had formed a new venture called Efi (Electronics for Imaging, Nasdaq:EFII). In 1989 she moved to Silicon Valley and joined the company, where she began working as a product manager and over the course of eight years rose through the ranks to become VP of Production Systems, a division that designed, built and manufactured ASICs, embedded controllers and servers that connected digital printing systems to networks from companies such as HP, Canon, Ricoh, Minolta, Fuji Xerox and Kodak.
Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Politician |
House | Living in own house. |
Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Baroness Joanna Shields, OBE (born 12 July 1962) is a British-American technology industry veteran who currently serves as Group CEO for BenevolentAI. Shields previously served as UK Minister for Internet Safety and Security, Under-Secretary of State, and Advisor on the Digital Economy to David Cameron. She was made a Life Peer in the House of Lords in 2014. In 2016, Baroness Shields was appointed the Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Internet Safety.
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According to our records, Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields married to Andy Stevenson. As of December 1, 2023, Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields’s is not dating anyone.
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Shields was ranked No. 1 on the Wired 100 in 2011 and No. 6 in the MediaGuardian 100 in 2012. In February 2013 she was named to the list of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. In July 2013 Computer Weekly named Shields the Most Influential Woman in UK IT. In July 2013 she received the British Interactive Media Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Facts & Trivia
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On 22 July 2013, the Prime Minister David Cameron made a speech regarding the proliferation and accessibility of child abuse images on the Internet and about cracking down on online pornography. The Prime Minister announced that a new UK-US taskforce would be created to lead a global alliance of the biggest Internet companies to tackle indecent images of children online. Joanna Shields would head up this initiative, working with UK and US governments and law enforcement agencies and with industry to maximise the international efforts. In April 2014 she founded WeProtect.org. WePROTECT is a global alliance led by the UK government and supported by over 70 countries, 20 technology companies and NGOs to stop the global crime of online child sexual abuse and exploitation.
Top Facts about Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields
1. Joanna Shields is a British-American businesswoman and politician.
2. She was made a Life Peer in the House of Lords in 2014.
3. She served as Advisor on the Digital Economy to David Cameron.
4. She moved to Silicon Valley in 1989, and joined Electronics for Imaging.
5. She was CEO of Veon, an interactive video technology company that Philips
acquired in 2000.
6. She was the managing director for Google in Europe, Middle East, and
Africa responsible for AdSense.
7. She became CEO of Bebo, an social networking startup, and it was acquired
by AOL for $850m in 2008.
8. She was VP & managing director of Facebook in EMEA.
9. She was No. 1 in the Wired 100 in 2011 and No. 6 in the MediaGuardian 100
in 2012.
10. She was appointed the Prime Minister’s Advisor on the Digital Economy in
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11. She was appointed Minister for Internet Safety & Security and a Parliamentary Under-Secretary for both Home Office and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in 2015.
12. She received Order of the British Empire in the 2014 New Year Honours List.
13. She was elevated to the peerage and took title Baroness Shields in 2014.
14. She founded WePROTECT initiative to combat online child abuse and exploitation in 2014.
15. She graduated from Penn State University and earned an MBA from George Washington University.