Jacqueline Novogratz (Acumen): When to Listen, When to Lead – Wisdom From The Top with Guy Raz – Beragampengetahuan

When the COO of Chase Bank told Jacqueline Novogratz that she had the potential for a high level career at Chase, she knew she had to quit her job. She continued to use the skills she learned from investment banking, and used them to change the way the world sees capitalism and philanthropy. Today Acumen has delivered more than 100 million dollars in loans, grants, and investments to projects and businesses that help low income people around the world.

It’s little wonder that as a child Jacqueline Novogratz was drawn to the stories of saints–or, rather, “narratives about women who directed their own lives,” as she tells Guy Raz in this conversation from 2020 (reprised, fittingly, during a month that honors the power and history of women).