Margot Lee Shetterly

At-a-Glance

Author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller "Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race"
Scholar in Residence at the University of Virginia with joint appointments in the McIntire School of Commerce and the School of Engineering
Founder of The Human Computer Project Inc, dedicated to archiving the work of women mathematicians and engineers at NACA-NASA
Worked in investment banking at J.P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch on Foreign Exchange and Fixed Income Capital Markets desks
Board Member at Terra Alpha Investments LLC since 2018
Graduated from the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce with a B.S. in Commerce, Finance

Biography

Margot Lee Shetterly is an American nonfiction writer, researcher, and entrepreneur, widely recognized as the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book "Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race." Published in 2016, the book chronicles the contributions of African-American women mathematicians at NASA who were crucial to the success of the United States space program.