EP. #9: Tracey Benford, Goldman Sachs Exec, On Finance In The 80's & Why She Only Hires College Athletes
Description
Goldman Sachs MD and former Northwestern Basketball player Tracey Benford stars in this week's episode of The It Girls podcast. In this episode, Tracey talks about the challenges she faced throughout her career in finance, the lessons she learned from playing college basketball, why college athletes make the best hires, what it takes to be a winning woman in finance, and more.
Tracey also reveals what it was like working in finance during the 80's...
TIMESTAMPS
00:00-Intro
00:42-Getting to Know Tracey
08:00-Tracey’s Blue-Collar Upbringing
12:56-Northwestern Basketball Career
16:24-Working in Finance in the 80’s
20:23-Stanford Business School
20:26-Should I go to Business School?
25:24-Goldman Sachs
32:21-Lessons Learned from College Athletics
38:40-Juggling Family with Work
43:09-Life after Retirement
53:01-Best Piece of Advice
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