Pinterest has agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle a gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit from Françoise Brougher, its former chief operating officer. The case is one of the largest publicly announced individual settlements for gender discrimination. in one of the largest publicly announced individual settlements for gender discrimination. The agreement stipulated that Pinterest did not admit to any liability. Additionally, the company and Ms. Brougher announced that they planned to jointly donate 2.5 million towards charities that actively work towards increasing the number of women and underrepresented minorities in tech.
See "Pinterest Settles Gender Discrimination Suit for $22.5 Million", Erin Griffith, The New York Times, December 14, 2020