Lessons From the Female Titans of Wall Street: Alexandra Lebenthal
There are a lot more women going into the industry than there used to be, so there is a greater pool from which to start. In addition, there has been a focus on diversity that actually goes back ten or twenty years. In many cases, women’s networks that were created to address this need were more focused on networking, social events, and development, but over the years they have become a way to identify and advance talent. Lastly, there are more and more men who realize that women add tremendous value, earlier in their careers and in some ways (for some women), even more so after having children.
A legendary banker once told me that women made better investment bankers than men, because of how much they had to do to get to the top. In acknowledging the need for more women, something very meaningful came out of…
