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She has been known as the most powerful woman on Wall Street.
Krawcheck is the co-founder and CEO of Ellevest, a digital investment platform for women. Ellevest's goal is to work to close the gender investing gap in the U.S. by "redefining investing for women."
Is the former head of Bank of America's Global Wealth and Investment Management division and is currently the CEO and co-founder of Ellevest, a digital financial advisor for women launched in 2016.
Krawcheck grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. She has described her childhood as "half Jewish, half WASP-y". She attended the Porter-Gaud School. While in high school, she was a local track star, and in 1983, as a high school senior, she was honored as a South Carolina Presidential Scholar.
Krawcheck started her business career as equity analyst covering the Wall Street firms, rising to become Director of Research and then chairman and CEO of sell-side research firm Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.
Krawcheck was named CEO of Citigroup's Smith Barney unit, for which she was named to Time's 2002 list of "Global Influentials" and Fortune's Most Influential Person Under the Age of 40.
In 2004, Krawcheck was appointed Chief Financial Officer for Citigroup Inc.
In 2007, Krawcheck was named CEO of Citi's wealth management business, which included returning to Smith Barney and adding the Citi Private Bank.
Krawcheck left Citi on September 22, 2008.
Following the acquisition of Merrill Lynch in 2009, Bank of America hired Krawcheck to head the new division.
Krawcheck acquired 85 Broads Unlimited LLC in 2013 and is now the chairwoman of the organization.
In 2008, she was named to Investment Advisor magazine's IA 25, the list of the 25 most influential people in and around the investment advisory business.
She was recognized by the World Economic Forum as one of its Young Global Leaders.
In 2012, she was credited by The Daily Beast as remaining one of the "rare honest voices on Wall Street."
In December 2017, she was listed in a TechCrunch feature on 42 women succeeding in tech that year.
Krawcheck established a needs-based scholarship at her former secondary school, Porter-Gaud, awarding full tuition to students of exceptional aptitude.
