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After running Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney, Krawcheck left Wall Street's biggest wealth management desks to build Ellevest — a digital investment platform designed around women's actual earnings, lifespans, and financial realities — now serving hundreds of thousands of members.
Sallie Krawcheck is the Co-Founder and former CEO of Ellevest, the digital investment platform she founded in 2014 specifically for women.
Before Ellevest, she held some of the most senior positions on Wall Street, including CEO of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and CEO of Smith Barney. She is the bestselling author of Own It: The Power of Women at Work and a leading advocate for closing the gender wealth gap.
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