How Yoky Matsuoka Of Google's Nest Helps You Save Money And Energy

Yoky Matsuoka (center), CTO of Nest, speaks at the 2018 Forbes Women Summit. Yoky Matsuoka's passion for smart devices started with a personal need. The semiprofessional tennis player dreamed of becoming pro but was sidelined by injuries. She vowed to keep pushing toward a tennis career by building a tennis robot buddy for herself. Now the CTO of smart home device company Nest, Matsuoka looks fondly on her journey from tennis robot to energy- and money-saving thermostat.