Where are all the women investors? | Seema Hingorani | TEDxPenn

As Chief Investment Officer of the New York City Pension Fund, Seema Hingorani kept hearing the same excuse for why there were so few women managing money – “we just don’t get resumes from women.” So she made a deal with the industry: “I will find them, if you hire them.” In this talk, she shares how that challenge seeded Girls Who Invest, a program which has brought more than 4,000 college women into investing in the past decade, and why women need to control far more of the world’s capital. Seema Hingorani is the Founder and Chair of Girls Who Invest, a non-profit organization focused on increasing the number of women in the asset management industry. Her career is characterized by deep expertise in investment management coupled with a longstanding passion to advance gender equity in finance. She previously served as Chief Investment Officer of the New York City Retirement Systems and held senior leadership roles at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, including Managing Director, Senior Client Advisor, and member of the Operating Committee. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx