B. Pagels-Minor
B. Pagels-Minor is an American technology product advisor, business consultant and LGBTQ rights activist.
Early life and education
B. Pagels-Minor was born in Mississippi. They attended Duke University for college followed by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University for a major in history. Later, they earned an MBA and a master's degree in information systems from Robert Morris University.Career
B. Pagels-Minor started their career with a technology start-up in Chicago. They later worked with Apple Inc. and Sprout Social, a media management company.B. Pagels-Minor joined Netflix in 2020 as a data product manager and also co-led the employee resource group for TGNC+ employees. While at Netflix, they were reportedly responsible for the October 2021 Netflix walkout, a labor dispute against the release of The Closer, a standup comedy special. Pagels-Minor was terminated from the job at the company in 2021 alleging leak of financial documents, which is denied by them.
As of 2022, Pagels-Minor serves on the board of Howard Brown Health, a healthcare non-profit organization and the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago. They are also a board director at Northwestern Alumni Association.
Pagels-Minor is the first openly transgender person to own a venture capital firm, DVRGNT Ventures.