Limor Fried founded Adafruit Industries from her dorm room at MIT. A veteran of DIY hardware hacking, she wanted to make building electronics at home easier. In 2005, the "maker culture" pioneer officially launched her online store and started selling all the tools and equipment any hacker could want. Today, Adafruit earns more than $40 million annually selling over a thousand different parts.
2009
Pioneer Award by the Electronic Frontier Foundation
2011
Most Influential Women in Technology award by Fast Company magazine
2012
Entrepreneur "Entrepreneur of the Year". Of the 15 finalists, she was the only female.
2015
White House Champion of Change (Making)
2018
Forbes' America's Top 50 Women In Tech.
2019
STEP Ahead Honoree, Women in Manufacturing by The Manufacturing Institute
2019
Women in Open Source Award (Community) by Red Hat
