Sallie Krawcheck is a financial feminist and CEO and co-founder of Ellevest, an innovative digital investment platform for women. She is the chair of Ellevate Network, the global professional women’s network, and of the Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Index Fund, which invests in the top-rated companies in the world for advancing women.

She is also the bestselling author of Own It: The Power of Women at Work. Before becoming an entrepreneur, she was CEO of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Smith Barney, and Sanford Bernstein.

Krawcheck has also been named among the top ten of Fast Company‘s “100 Most Creative People in Business” list, as well as one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Entrepreneurs to Watch,” and she has also been referred to as one of the most successful and influential executives in financial services.