Ellen Pao will appeal gender discrimination case against Kleiner

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ellen Pao will appeal the result of a gender discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers, her spokeswoman said on Monday.

A San Francisco jury cleared Kleiner Perkins in March of claims it short-circuited former partner Pao's career because she is a woman, in a case that helped spark a wide discussion about gender at the center of the U.S. technology industry.

(Reporting by Sarah McBride and Dan Levine; Editing by Chris Reese)