This founder sold her start-up to Amazon at 27 “” now as head of Google for Startups US, she’s helping give back

This founder sold her start-up to Amazon at 27 “” now as head of Google for Startups US, she’s helping give back

Jewel Burks Solomon is a 31-year-old Black woman heading a key division of Google. She is also the co-founder of a tech company that was bought by Amazon. In her short career, she has already hit more professional milestones than many people twice her age.And beyond her own professional success, she is now committed to teaching, funding and empowering other Black founders."My 20s was really dedicated to knowing the process of building and growing and even selling a business, and now that I'm in my 30s, I think this decade is really dedicated to me teaching other people how to do the same thing and being a resource and support system for people who want to be successful in the tech industry," Burks Solomon says.Finding a problem she had to