Women, Wealth and Investing—A Story of Evolution | Morgan Stanley (2024)

¹ “Women as the Next Wave of Growth in U.S. Wealth Management,” by McKinsey & Co., July 29, 2020https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/financial-services/our-insights/women-as-the-next-wave-of-growth-in-us-wealth-management

² The 2021 SpencerStuart Board index, SpencerStuarthttps://www.spencerstuart.com/research-and-insight/us-board-index

³ “Patience Pays Off for U.S. Startups That Stayed Private,” by Financial Times, December 2021https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2020/12/21/us-startups-stay-private.html#:~:text=US%20companies%20in%20this%20year's,become%20commonplace%20in%20Silicon%20Valley.

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