Sallie Krawcheck

President, Global Wealth & Investment Management

Sallie L. Krawcheck is president of Global Wealth & Investment Management for Bank of America, one of the largest wealth management businesses in the world with more than 20,000 Financial Advisors across the entire wealth spectrum and $2 trillion in total client assets. Global Wealth & Investment Management provides comprehensive wealth management to affluent, mass affluent, high net worth and ultra high net worth clients, individual and institutional retirement plans, philanthropic management and asset management.

Prior to joining Bank of America, Krawcheck was chief executive officer and chairman for Citi Global Wealth Management, responsible for the Citi Private Bank, Citi Smith Barney and Citi Investment Research. During her time as CEO, she was also a member of Citi's senior leadership committee and executive committee. Krawcheck joined Citi in October 2002 as chairman and chief executive officer of Smith Barney, where she oversaw the global management of the Smith Barney and Citi Investment Research businesses. In 2004, Sallie was appointed chief financial officer and head of Strategy for Citigroup Inc. Prior to joining Citi, Krawcheck was chairman and chief executive officer of Sanford C. Bernstein & Company, where she became one of the most influential voices for research quality and integrity.

For six straight years, from 2002 to 2007, Fortune magazine recognized Krawcheck as one of the "Most Powerful Women" in business. Forbes magazine, in 2006, listed her as #6 in the rank of the "World's 100 Most Powerful Women." She was also the recipient of CNBC's "Business Leader of the Future Award" in 2007. In 2002, she was recognized as one of Time magazine's "Global Business Influentials" and, in 2003, Fortune magazine named her the "Most Influential Person Under the Age of 40."

A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Krawcheck attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on the Morehead Scholarship and graduated in 1987 with academic honors and a Bachelor of Arts. In 1992, she received a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University. An active participant in the affairs of her alma maters, Krawcheck has endowed her former secondary school, The Porter Gaud School, with the Krawcheck Scholarship, a needs-based scholarship awarding full tuition to students of exceptional aptitude. She is a member of the board of directors of Dell Inc., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Foundations, Inc., and Carnegie Hall; the board of overseers of Columbia Business School; and the board of trustees for The Economic Club of New York.