Sallie Krawcheck: Investing In Professional Women

WUNC News | By Frank Stasio,

Andrew Tie

Published May 20, 2016 at 11:50 AM EDT

Sallie Krawcheck has gone from Wall Street executive to leading Ellevate, a women's professional network.

Note: This is a rebroadcast

Sallie Krawcheck was once one of the most senior executives on Wall Street with top positions at Smith Barney and Merrill Lynch.

She held her own in a male-dominated industry, but after two public firings from those positions, Krawcheck took a different career path.

She became an entrepreneur and purchased a women’s professional network, rebranding it asEllevate. It is a way to connect professional women with each other.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Krawcheck about women in business and why diversity matters.

Sallie Krawcheck: Investing In Professional Women

Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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Andrew Tie