--- title: Women-First Financial Innovation – Ellevest CEO Sallie Krawcheck description: In this podcast episode, Women-First Financial Innovation, we speak with Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and Co-Founder of Ellevest. image: https://blog.venturefuel.net/hubfs/0328_sallie-krawcheck_1200x630-1200x630.jpeg --- ![](https://blog.venturefuel.net/hubfs/0328_sallie-krawcheck_1200x630-1200x630.jpeg) # Women-First Financial Innovation – Ellevest CEO Sallie Krawcheck Published by [Vanessa Rosado](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/author/vanessa-rosado) on Mar 21, 2023 5:42:42 PM ## "If we decided tomorrow that we were going to all invest for impact, we would starve the companies that are destroying the world and we would feed the companies that are looking to make the world a better place. We don't need to be empowered. We have power." – Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and Co-Founder, Ellevest This week’s episode features Sallie Krawcheck, Co-Founder & CEO of Ellevest, the only financial company built for women, by women. Listen as she shares her point of view on the role of authenticity in her Founder’s story during this year's Rogue Women VI: Authenticity to Fuel Growth, our annual women in innovation event held in New York City on March 9, 2023, in partnership with the Rogue Women's Fund. Sallie is one of the highest ranked women ever to have worked on Wall Street, having held posts such as CEO of Smith Barney, CEO of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, and CFO of Citi. She is one of the most-read “Influencers” on LinkedIn and has been profiled as one of Fast Company's “Most Creative People” in business, as well as in The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, and more. Ellevest has a community of more than 3 million, raised a $53 million Series B funding round and has $1.5 billion in assets under management. Learn why “nothing bad happens when women have more money," during Sallie's keynote; find out why she launched Ellevest and how she’s achieving her mission of putting more money in the hands of women to change the world.   VentureFuel builds and accelerates innovation programs for industry leaders by helping them unlock the power of External Innovation via startup collaborations.  [![Meet VentureFuel](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/9106794/a45798f5-cdf8-41c7-a319-32b9f9c8276a.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/9106794/a45798f5-cdf8-41c7-a319-32b9f9c8276a) Tags: [Innovation](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/tag/innovation), [podcasts](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/tag/podcasts), [Fintech](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/tag/fintech), [Rogue Women](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/tag/rogue-women), [VentureFuel Visionaries](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/tag/venturefuel-visionaries), [Authenticity](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/tag/authenticity), [Finance](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/tag/finance), [Financial Company](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/tag/financial-company), [Ellevest](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/tag/ellevest) [Back to Blog](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov) ## Related Articles ## [Financial Impact Challenge – Comcast, SoLo Funds & Honeycomb Credit](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/financial-impact-challenge-comcast-solo-funds-honeycomb-credit) “Both of these companies are taking really novel approaches to what have been legacy... [Read More ](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/financial-impact-challenge-comcast-solo-funds-honeycomb-credit) ## [From Cyrpto to Investing – The Future of FinTech with Kristin Smith, Nisha Desai and Dax Grant](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/from-cyrpto-to-investing-the-future-of-fintech) “As an invenstor, when I look at fintech, I'm really looking at 'Is this a business... [Read More ](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/from-cyrpto-to-investing-the-future-of-fintech) ## [The Intersection of Gaming, Fintech & Tomorrow - Xsolla's Chris Hewish](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/the-intersection-of-gaming-fintech-and-tomorrow-xsolla-president-chris-hewish) "I really expect that the divide between consumer and creator, which is already... [Read More ](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/the-intersection-of-gaming-fintech-and-tomorrow-xsolla-president-chris-hewish)