Billionaire cabana meetings and secret confessions: Milken's male-heavy conference for the global elite shows finance is all talk when it comes to gender equality

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Female finance executives say the industry cares more about marketing than investing in women.

There was as the Equality Lounge, an outdoor patio space sponsored by Citi and the Female Quotient, with an elevated stage that held the occasional gender and diversity-themed programming. At a table in the corner were jars of candy and chocolate covered pretzels with a sign indicating that a bag of treats would cost men $1.00, while women would pay just $0.80 — a reference to the median gender pay gap in the US.

"The statement is, 'I will not be alone ever.' It doesn't matter if it's at a ballgame. Lunch. Brunch. Drinks," said Warren, who dismissed such men as misguided. Draper, whose venture firm has invested in 50 startups, said she saw 5,000 deals last year, all which had at least one female founder. Her struggle, she said, is getting support from limited partners — the people and institutions who invest their money in her fund.

 

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Let’s accept it! Men don’t want women around for “supposedly” serious stuff they are involved in. They want their men’s club stay as is..deep inside their hearts, this will never change

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