The gig: Pam Marrone, 60, heads Marrone Bio Innovations in Davis, Calif., a leader among start-ups competing for a slice of the market in natural pesticides. Marrone tried again, founding her company in 2006 and taking it public in a $57-million offering in 2013. For a while, Marrone Bio Innovations was an up-and-comer in a burgeoning tech hub sprouting around UC Davis. “I’m in it because I believe these products should be the base of ecologically based pest management. We have great products, and we have more coming, and this is the future.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 21, 2016 18:00 UTC