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>> Back to April 15th Edition 2020<\/a><\/div>\n

Hetty Green was born in 1834 to a family that made millions from whaling and shipping. She read the financial pages to her grandfather, took over accounting for the business when she was 13, and at 14 declared that she knew \u201cas much about finance as any man.\u201d By investing in government bonds, real estate, and railroads, she later turned her inheritance into a fortune that rivaled those of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie. But it was her gender that made her career the subject of \u201cendless comment, curiosity, and astonishment,\u201d the New York Times wrote upon her death in 1916.<\/p>\n

Much has changed for women working in finance in the century-plus since, although there is plenty of room for improvement. Women remain under-represented in the top echelons of U.S. finance, at an estimated 25%. But there\u2019s good news, too: Their clout has never been greater, nor their contributions more in demand.<\/p>\n

For proof of that, look no further than the stature and achievements of the women named to Barron\u2019s<\/em> inaugural list of the 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance<\/strong>: chief financial officers at major U.S. companies, leading executives at some of the nation\u2019s largest banks and brokerages, investment managers and securities analysts, financial advisors and wealth managers, and public servants and policy makers, all of whom have helped shape the modern financial-services industry and are leading it confidently into the future.<\/p>\n

To create Barron\u2019s<\/em> 100 Most Influential Women list<\/strong>, we solicited nominations from Barron\u2019<\/em>s readers, finance-industry executives, and our in-house experts: the writers and editors at Barron\u2019s who cover markets every day, and make it their business to know who\u2019s calling the shots on Wall Street and elsewhere in the financial sector. Culling an initial list of hundreds of names was no easy task, given the creativity and accomplishments of the women nominated. The final list was assembled by a panel of Barron\u2019s<\/em> journalists.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t just about women. It\u2019s about diversity of thought, of background, of ethnicity, of gender.\u2026We\u2019re at a moment where people recognize the business imperative of diverse thinking.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014 Alison Mass, Goldman Sachs<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The women on our list are all U.S.-based. (Please consult our sister publication, Financial News<\/em>, for the latest list of the 100 Most Influential Women in European Finance.) Other criteria for inclusion were positions in money management, investment research, banking, financial regulation, trading, brokerage, family offices, advisory services, and financial policy and advocacy. We also considered, and included, notable CFOs of major non-financial companies, but not CEOs or other senior management.<\/p>\n

The 100 women on the list were chosen based on their accomplishments and leadership within their organization, influence within their sector, and the capacity to shape their business or the industry in the future.<\/p>\n

Barron\u2019s decision to recognize and honor influential women in finance comes at a time when business institutions themselves have begun to realize that their long-term competitiveness, and the health of the capital markets, require remediating the industry\u2019s gender gap. In the financial world, men have generally made more money than women and dominated management.<\/p>\n

Increasing the number of women managers leads to diverse thinking and better decision-making, however. For example, research shows that putting women on boards of directors helps to moderate management overconfidence. Companies also want to ensure they\u2019re attractive to younger employees, some 50% of whom are female.<\/p>\n

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Illustration by Charlotte Delarue, Barron’s<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Read the full story<\/a><\/strong> by Leslie P. Norton that includes the alphabetical list of The 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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