From family members to business trailblazers, we find out about the heroes who four women bossing it in two of the most competitive industries look up to
WE’RE ALL aware of the difference representation can make. Seeing people that look like us succeeding – especially against the odds – can have a powerful impact on our aspirations, regardless of whether their achievements are in the field that we want to pursue or an entirely separate one. Tia Counts, global corporate and investment bank and EMEA head of advancing black leaders at JP Morgan
“I mean, I’ve had people that have mentored me without knowing they’ve mentored me just because I find inspiration in the works that they leave around for all of us who take the time to pick them up and read them.”One of our main speakers at our last conference was Julia Collins and she created the company Zume Pizza which went on to be a billion dollar business, so she’s literally the first black woman to create a billion dollar business in tech.