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The percentage of women holding top jobs at Utah businesses has dropped since 2014 — and the tech boom may be to blame

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Students learn how to make a paper rocket in February at a SheTech Explorer Day at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy — an event held to help interest girls in science and math. Research from Utah Valley University on the State of Women Leaders in Utah Business found that the small percentage of women in top-level jobs at Utah businesses has decreased in 2014, and the report speculates that could be connected to the number of male leaders who come with Utah’s growing tech industry.