This is a very out there theory, but I believe awkward white men have the most power in the tech economy mainly for their awkwardness. The kids who grew up afraid of socializing, had far more time to spend behind a computer and commit more time than people with social lives. All of those years add up to thousands and thousands of hours more than the typical person with a normal social life. I speak from experience. Compare that to women, that's a much rarer experience for them. I think it has to do with the gender roles where if you're a girl, you generally get invited out without having to do much work. If you're generally more sociable and thus not relegated to nerdy activities, such as programming. As women start entering the tech space because it losses it's identity as being for weirdos, the actual weirdos with no social lives will move on to something else and probably be first to that party too.
The social isolation among middle income white males is a very fascinating issue to me. I think it creates an extreme range of outcomes (from starting a giant tech company to going on a shooting spree). Whereas people who are more 'neurotypical' probably won't go on a rampage, but probably won't create a billion dollar company either.
