Yvonne Hao
Tech Power Players 50 | 2024 | Ranked #3
Secretary of Economic Development, State of Massachusetts
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BIOGRAPHY
Why a Tech Power Player? For overseeing the interests of the state’s business community at a time of great economic change, particularly in the tech industry.
Hao, appointed in January 2023, spent her first year as secretary of economic development working to expand the state’s support for technology and biotechnology while facing some of the toughest business conditions in years. She played a leading role in crafting the Healey administration’s $3.5 billion economic development bill. Before joining state government, Hao spent two decades building, running, and financing businesses, including cofounding the private equity firm Cove Hill Partners.
CAREER MILESTONES
2023
Appointed to Governor Maura Healey’s Cabinet, becoming the first person of color to serve as secretary of economic development.
2021
Named to the board of directors at CarGurus, a Cambridge-based automotive marketplace website.
2018
Helped orchestrate the sale of PillPack to Amazon.
SIMILAR PROFILES
Tech Power Players 50 | 2024 | Ranked #3
Yvonne Hao
Secretary of Economic Development, State of Massachusetts
Also Featured on
BIOGRAPHY
Why a Tech Power Player? For overseeing the interests of the state’s business community at a time of great economic change, particularly in the tech industry.
Hao, appointed in January 2023, spent her first year as secretary of economic development working to expand the state’s support for technology and biotechnology while facing some of the toughest business conditions in years. She played a leading role in crafting the Healey administration’s $3.5 billion economic development bill. Before joining state government, Hao spent two decades building, running, and financing businesses, including cofounding the private equity firm Cove Hill Partners.
CAREER MILESTONES
2023
Appointed to Governor Maura Healey’s Cabinet, becoming the first person of color to serve as secretary of economic development.
2021
Named to the board of directors at CarGurus, a Cambridge-based automotive marketplace website.
2018
Helped orchestrate the sale of PillPack to Amazon.
SIMILAR PROFILES
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