Tracy Young (entrepreneur)
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Tracy Young is a entrepreneur that was most notable for being a founder of PlanGrid, along with Ralph Gootee, Ryan Sutton-Gee, Antoine Hersen, and Kenny Stone in 2011.[1][2] As of 2023, Tracy is the co-founder of TigerEye, a piece of software that helps leaders make decisions faster.[3]
History[edit]
Tracy Young studied construction engineering management at California State Univerity in Sacramento in 2008.[4][5] When she was done with college, she worked as a construction project engineer for the Rudolph and Sletten.[6] It was about this time when she was working on two hospitals where she realized that the technology wasn't helping the construction crew that much, which was her inspiration for PlanGrid.
In 2011, they founded the company PlanGrid. At the same time, she asked her friends (the other founders) to quit their jobs and to come work with her.[6] They started to build with their software in 2012.
On December 20, 2018, Autodesk completed the transaction to buy PlanGrid for $875 million.[5]
After she sold PlanGrid, she worked for Y-combinator in the years of 2020 to 2021 as a visiting partner.[7] In the year 2022, she started TigerEye and raised $30 million from investing firms Initialized Capital and Next47.[8]
Accomplishments[edit]
- Tracy Young was named to Fast Company's "Most Creative People in Business" in 2015.[9]
- Tracy recieved "Technology Entrepreneurship Abie Award" by the Anita B organization.[10]
- Tracy was in the forbes "top 50 in women tech" in 2018.[11]
- Tracy had done a TED talk in Jan 2021.[12]
- Tracy was nominated for the "Harnessing the Winds of Change Award" by the London Business School in 2018.[13]
- Tracy was awarded the "Rising Star of the Year" by Construction Drive in 2017.[14]
- Tracy was awarded the "Maverick Award" by BuiltWorlds in 2018.[15]
- Tracy was recognized as the "SaaS Report's top 50 CEOs of 2018", winning 11th place.[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Tracy Young". Techonomy. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ↑ Mañalac, Kat (September 3, 2014). "Founder Stories: Tracy Young of PlanGrid".
- ↑ "Tracy Young's LinkedIn". Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ↑ Lee, Allen (2020-07-21). "10 Things You Didn't Know about Tracy Young". Money Inc. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "My startup was acquired for $875 Million after I scaled it to 450 employees. I'm Tracy Young, CEO & Co-Founder of PlanGrid". elpha.com. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hutcheson, Susannah. "How I became a female CEO in construction: Tracy Young of PlanGrid". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ↑ Georgiadis, Candice (2022-10-20). "Women Of The C-Suite: Tracy Young of TigerEye On The Five Things You Need To Succeed As A Senior…". Authority Magazine. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ↑ Kokalitcheva, Kia (September 8, 2022). "PlanGrid's Tracy Young has a new startup and $35 million in funding". Axios. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
- ↑ Taylor, Miriam (May 11, 2015). "Tracy Young most creative person 2015". Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ↑ "Tracy Young". Grace Hopper Celebration. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ↑ "Tracy Young". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ↑ Young, Tracy. "Tracy Young | Speaker | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ↑ "Votes open for the 2018 Real Innovation Awards". London Business School. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ↑ "The Construction Dive Awards for 2017". Construction Dive. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ↑ BuiltWorlds (2018-04-12). "The Maverick Awards". BuiltWorlds. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ↑ admin (2018-08-21). "The SaaS Report's Top 50 SaaS CEOs of 2018 | The Software Report". Retrieved 2023-08-30.
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