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Article: So, you want to work on Wall Street? (four Black investment banking partners discuss the investment business as a career option: includes a related article on what happened to Blacks that entered the industry in the 1970s and 1980s)(Cover Story)(Panel Discussion)
- Article from:
- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- October 1, 1996
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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KNOWING WHO'S REACHED THE TOP MEANS little if you don't know how to get there yourself. With that in mind, BLACK ENTERPRISE invited four managing directors from four major investment banking firms to a private dinner to discuss the myths and realities of life the Street for black professionals.
To ensure a candid, detailed and honest discourse, we kept the group small and assured them anonymity. Thus, the names you'll read below are fictitious, but their stories and opinions are as real as it gets.
BE: Characterize Wall Street's commitment to bringing African Americans into line positions on the Street.
CHARLES DEAN: The firms are tripping over ...