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When I started on Wall Street, there was pretty good diversity in those junior ranks. And you know what? It hasn't made it to the top.

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Sallie Krawcheck
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: November 28
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Greater diversity drives better business results.
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I would say one of the reasons that women don't invest to the same extent that men do, is because we still think of it in some ways as a male pursuit.
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I'm really putting my life towards helping women to invest, and there's a circular reference here because if women can invest and give themselves the opportunity to earn higher returns, they can start those businesses. They can go to work with a little more confidence to ask for that promotion, to ask for the new assignment, etc.
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Women, girls and young ladies tend to be as good or better at math than boys, but you didn't think that either.
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We don't recognize the power of compounding.
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Companies that put a mandated parental leave in place save money in the first year, FIRST YEAR. Because they don't have to hire to replace the woman.
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I had very good bosses, very good companies for which I worked. I worked in industries where the results really mattered it wasn't the perception of results, it was just the facts.
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What I saw a thousand times during the downturn was, 'We'd like to give her that opportunity, but we need to go with the sure thing - we can't afford diversity right now,'
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The truth is, if you are a woman saving 10% of your income for retirement, and you put it in the bank account, your chances of retiring well - living on 90% of your pre-retirement income for your full life - is 0%.
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If a woman waits 10 years to invest, I'm busy, I've got to do this, I can put it off, I gotta find the right financial... It costs her $100 a day. $100 a day! And if we had money falling out of her pocketbook at the rate of $100 a day, we'd change our pocketbook we'd fix our pocketbook.
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How about mandated parental leave.? Oh, okay. Less than 20% of companies in America have it. Most of them think about it as an expense. What's the bigger expense? The bigger expense occurs if women have babies and don't come back to work.
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As we work together and pool our resources, there's room for everyone to be successful.
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Fundraisers treat men completely differently than women. As a matter of fact, many of them have the default on their direct mail set up to read Mister, and it really rankles a lot of women.
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If a woman is making $85,000 a year, putting aside 20% of her income, putting it in a bank, earning very little...Over the course of her life vs. investing, this can cost her $1.5 million, $2 million, $2.5 million. Life changing amounts.
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Women tend to have a better track record in investing - when they invest - than men do, because they tend to take a longer-term perspective. They tend to trade less. They tend to shift in and out of stocks or mutual funds less often.
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In our corporate culture, because someone may have to take some flexibility because of family issues, somehow we continue to believe they aren't fully dedicated.
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If you haven't had a major fail in your career - face-plant level - you aren't trying hard enough.
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Nothing bad happens when women are in positions of power.
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I want to buy a house. I want to retire well. I want to have baby.
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I prefer the word engagement. Instead of empowerment, it's enabling women to engage in business.
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