Sallie Krawcheck, CEO/Co-Founder of Ellevest – Wall Street Tales, Building Grit, & Overcoming Bias

Miguel Armaza sits down with the legendary Sallie Krawcheck, Co-founder and CEO of Ellevest, an innovative digital investment platform built by women, for women, providing solutions for all stages of women's financial lives to help them invest more, save more, and earn more. Founded in 2015, Ellevest recently crossed over $1B in Assets Under Management, backed by some of the most impressive names in the industry, including PSP Partners, Khosla Ventures, Mastercard, Paypal, Allianz, Eric Schmidt, Max Levchin, and Mohamed El-Erian. Sallie is one of the highest-ranked women to have ever worked on Wall Street, is an influential writer and thinker, and without a doubt one of the most impressive people to join us on this podcast. We also want to extend a special thank you to professor Adam Grant for his help in making this episode a reality. We discuss: - Sallie’s storied career on wall street and how it felt to be publicly fired not one but two times, and the lessons she learned from these experiences - Inspiration behind Ellevest, and what she wished she knew before venturing into entrepreneurship - Overcoming cultural beliefs and other particular challenges of building an investment firm for women - The most meaningful moment from her time at Ellevest, and why it still gives her chills to think about it. - Why Sallie is concerned about the progress of gender diversity in the corporate world - Lessons for leaders and entrepreneurs and the importance of seeing problems where others don’t - And a whole lot more! Sallie Krawcheck Sallie Krawcheck is the Co-founder and CEO of Ellevest, an innovative digital investment platform designed to help women reach their financial goals. She is also Chair of Ellevate Network, a professional networking community whose mission is to advance women in business. She is one of the highest ranked women ever to have worked on Wall Street, having held posts such as CEO of Smith Barney, CEO of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, and CFO of Citigroup. She is one of the most-read “Influencers” on LinkedIn, and has been profiled as one of Fast Company’s “Most Creative People” in business, as well as in The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, and more. Krawcheck attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds an MBA from Columbia University. About Ellevest Ellevest is a financial company built by women, for women, providing solutions for all stages of women's financial lives to help them invest more, save more, and earn more. Ellevest's offerings include digital investing tools, banking services, discounted access to professional coaching, and learning resources, as well private wealth management for high net worth clients who want a customized financial strategy that may include investing for impact. Ellevest has built a community of 3+ million Elle Raisers working toward financial equality. To learn more, check out ellevest.com. For more FinTech insights, follow us below: Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech WFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech Miguel's Twitter: twitter.com/MiguelArmaza Miguel's Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3jWIpqp