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Steve Shirley
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Steve Shirley

Entrepreneur · born September 16, 1933 · died 2025

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Dame Vera Stephanie Shirley was a German-born British information technology pioneer, businesswoman and philanthropist.

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  1. 75Named honorary doctorateApril 25, 2009
  2. ~80Named BBC 100 Women2013

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