A Silicon Valley venture capital firm has emerged victorious from a three-year high profile case accusing executives of gender discrimination. Reddit interim CEO Ellen Pao, 45, sued her former employer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers for four counts of discrimination after she was fired. In a case that prompted a broad discussion about gender bias in the tech industry, Pao painted the firm as sexist, crude, and quarrelsome. On Friday, a jury of six men and six women rejected every claim after less than 72 hours of deliberation in San Francisco Superior Court. Scroll down for video Lost: Ellen Pao (pictured after the verdict) sued her former employers for four counts of gender bias after she was fired. The Reddit CEO claimed her career crumbled at Kleiner after ending an affair with a partnerEllen Pao sued Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers for four counts of gender discriminationThree-year case has sparked wide discussion about Silicon Valley sexismOn Friday jury ruled in favor of the venture capital firm on every countPao was seeking $16 million plus damages from the firmAfter verdict, jurors were ordered to deliberate one of the counts again due to an apparent miscount. They eventually voted against PaoGender was a factor when Kleiner Perkins failing to promote her and terminated her employmentKleiner Perkins retaliated against her when she accused the firm of gender discriminationKleiner Perkins failed to take reasonable steps to prevent gender bias against herThe firm retaliated against her lawsuit by terminating her employment
The case played out as _ saw a steady decline in the number of female venture capitalists.