UNC Alum Sallie Krawcheck: The Woman Who Took On Wall Street

Posted Jun 13, 2014
Sallie Krawcheck knows a thing or two about risk. Sure, she’s been successful. Krawchek’s one of the rare women who has scaled the granite peaks of Wall Street with aplomb. Over the past two decades she’s worked her way up from being a research analyst to the chief executive of Sanford Bernstein, then went on to become CEO of Smith Barney, CFO of Citigroup, and president of Bank of America’s wealth management. (Fast Company)

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