Sallie Krawcheck explains what women’s rights and financial power have to do with one another, and what to do when you realize it’s up to you to change it all. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Sallie Krawcheck – Financial Feminist, Power Shifter, Money Boss.
Timestamps:
1:05 – I’ve never had a guest that’s been fired on the front page of The Wall Street Journal…TWICE.
4:33 – “It was that moment, where someone gave me permission to be ambitious and to go…”
7:45 – Research analysts became rockstars.
13:30 – “We almost went out of business.”
16:33 – “We are going to partially reimburse these clients. It is the ethical thing to do, it’s the right thing to do, it’s the business savvy thing to do.”
17:31 – “I was fired because I was different.”
23:40 – “I have two kids, two step kids, two cats, and a husband. And for them, I wanted to be average.”
27:20 – “What you see across the numbers is that we tend to be more comfortable funding women in categories that are very female.”
31:05 – “We got convinced that we were competing, when in fact what the men had been doing the whole time is collaborating.”
41:15 – “We’re told that it’s sort of cute to be bad with money.”
49:49 – “She said, ‘You changed my life.’”
55:40 – What are you doing to thrive in these moments?
57:30 – “I was bullied in middle school…ate lunch alone, picked last for the team.”
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Sallie Krawcheck is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ellevest, a digital-first, mission-driven
investment platform for women. Ellevest, one of the fastest growing digital investment platforms and has been named a #24 on CNBC’s top 50 “Disruptor” list, #14 on LinkedIn’s 50 “Most Sought-After Startups” ( #2 in New York), and one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 100 Brilliant Ideas. Before launching Ellevest, Krawcheck built a successful career on Wall Street: She was the CEO of Merrill Lynch, Smith Barney, US Trust, Citi Private Bank, Sanford C. Bernstein and CFO for Citigroup. Krawcheck has been called one of the top 10 up and coming entrepreneurs to watch by Entrepreneur Magazine, has landed on Vanity Fair’s “The 2018 New Establishment List” and is considered one of the “Most Influential People in ESG Investing” by Barron’s.
Washington Post Best Selling Author and Motivational Keynote Speaker, Laura Gassner Otting, inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo because her presentations make listeners think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their limited scope of belief.
She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares listeners to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges. She leads them to seek new ways of leading, managing, and mentoring others.
