These 40 tech leaders just signed a statement against 'discrimination' laws like the one passed in Indiana
The move is a response to bills like the religious discrimination law currently under contention in Indiana.
"We believe it is critically important to speak out about proposed bills and existing laws that would put the rights of minorities at risk. The transparent and open economy of the future depends on it, and the values of this great nation are at stake," the statement says.
The effort to organize this statement was spearheaded by Max Levchin, CEO of Affirm.
Here's the full list of signatories to this statement:
- Max Levchin, CEO, Affirm
- Mark Pincus, Chairman, Zynga
- Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO, Yelp
- Marc Benioff, CEO, SalesForce
- Jack Dorsey, CEO, Square
- Dick Costolo, CEO, Twitter
- Joe Green, CEO, Lyft
- Brian Chesky, CEO, AirBnB
- Joe Gebbia, CPO, AirBnB
- Nathan Blecharczyk, CTO, AirBnB
- Ron Conway, CEO, Axon JuriMed Group LLC
- John Donahoe, CEO, Ebay
- Paul Graham, CoFounder, YCombinator
- Rich Barton, Chairman, Zillow Group
- Chad Hurley, CEO, Mixbit
- Adora Cheung, CEO, Homejoy
- Phil Libin, CEO, Evernote
- Trevor Traina, CEO, IfOnly
- Nirav Tolia, CEO, NextDoor
- Dion Lim, CEO, NextLesson
- Bret Taylor, CEO, Quip
- Joe Lonsdale, CEO, Formation 8
- Thomas Layton, Chairman, Elance-odesk
- Fabio Rosati, CEO, Elance-odesk
- Dave Morin, CEO, Path
- Mark Goldstein, Chairman, BackOps
- Kevin Rose, CEO, North Technologies
- Yves Behar, CCO, Jawbone
- Padmasree Warrior, CTSO, Cisco Systems
- Tony Conrad, CEO, about.me
- Sunil Paul, CEO, Sidecar
- Michael Moritz, Chairman, Sequoia Capital
- Dan Schulman, President, PayPal
- Devin Wenig, President, eBay Marketplaces
- Robert Hohman, CEO, Glassdoor
- Laurene Powell Jobs, Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective
- Mohan Warrior, CEO, Alphalight
- David Spector, CIO, Penny Mac
- Shervin Pishevar, CoFounder, Sherpa Ventures
And here's the full statement, per the HRC website:
The HRC says that it expects more leaders to sign onto this statement later today - Apple CEO Tim Cook is notably absent from the list of signatories, despite his public opposition to the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act.