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.
Sallie KrawcheckIf you haven't had a major fail in your career - face-plant level - you aren't trying hard enough.
Sallie KrawcheckI was lucky. My children didn't have health issues, didn't have big school problems, etc. And as I watched some of my peers go through this, you can see how quickly a family can get derailed when they are not lucky.
Sallie KrawcheckThe industry financial advisers, on average about 85% male, tends to be a more mature financial adviser - so I think in their 50s, really. For so many companies, in their 60s. In fact, there is one company that was telling me they had more financial advisers over the age of 80 than under the age of 30.
Sallie Krawcheck