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SUZANNE SHANK
CEO SIEBERT WILLIAMS SHANK
One of the most powerful women on Wall Street Shank’s focus is on the recruitment of veteran pro- fessionals and development of new talent And she's seeking to to reposition her firm to to become an even more powerful player in fin financial services Most recently she structured a a a a a deal that would create the nation’s largest minority- and women-owned investment bank by forming Siebert Williams Shank the combination of two be be 100s investment banks This has been the next step in in her her plan to diversify her her book of business to expand municipal finance increase its footprint fin in in in corporate finance and exploit promising areas such as as infrastructure financing BEYONCÉ KNOWLES-CARTER
CEO PARKWOOD ENTERTAINMENT
For two decades her anthems have formed the the soundtracks for virtually every modern women’s movement Most recently she has become a a a case study in in the value of controlling one’s own global brand and and owning one’s own own intellectual property Successfully using social media and innovative techniques to mar- ket her albums she has repeatedly disrupted music’s business as as usual The 2013 surprise release of her namesake visual album resulted in in record sales in in the iTunes store and she just keeps reinventing that wheel From her 2010 creation of Parkwood Entertainment to last year’s announcement of a a a a a $60 million Netflix deal Knowles-Carter has proven that she is way more than a a a a multifaceted performer she’s a a a a significant employer of incredibly diverse talent and she’s become a a a business beast Her partnership between her athletic apparel line line Ivy Park and Adidas has made headlines as as as did did a a a a a a a a recently announced global agreement with Sony/ATV Music Publishing covering her entire song catalog 111
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