The Blueprint for Success
These women have educated us on investing in many ways!
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Mellody Hobson: The Blueprint for Success - Hobson is a nationally recognized representative on financial literacy and investor education. She is a regular contributor and analyst on finance with CBS News, The Tom Joyner Morning Show and Black Enterprise magazine. (Photo: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)
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April Yvette Thompson - Not only is April Yvette Thompson an actress, writer and producer, she also finds time in her crazy schedule to be a life coach for artists. But most importantly, she is one of the most incredible Black women to participate in the TED Talks, where she schools us on how to make America live up to knowing who we are as Black people.(Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
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Juliana Rotich - Through Juliana Rotich's companies, which were started in Africa, she was able to build tools to even up the way information is shared, increase transparency, make crowdsourcing available and useful and also lower the barriers for individuals to share their stories by creating a tech collaboration hub. Her goal is to help Africa have an Internet space just as robust as they do in America and Europe. (Photo: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)
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Jamila Lyiscott - Jamila Lyiscott takes spoken word to new heights in her TED Talk as she challenges the three distinct flavors of English by breaking down and celebrating what it truly means to be articulate. (Photo: Jamila Lyiscott via Twitter)
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Dambisa Moyo - In Dambisa Moyo's TED Talk, she lets it be known that emerging markets will no longer blindly follow the ideals of capitalism, democracy and political rights that the West take for granted. She teaches us that emerging markets don't typically have the luxury to afford to rest on the laurels of the West. (Photo: David Levenson/Getty Images)
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Thandie Newton - TEDGlobal 2011 brought actress Thandie Newton to the stage to tell her story of finding her "otherness" or sense of self. As she grew up in two distinct cultures, she was able to dive deep into playing various characters that had many different selves, which helped her develop who she is. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Ory Okolloh - Ory Okolloh takes us on a journey through her life and her family, showing how the one sad, repetitive story of Africa is crippling for the nations of Africa. She urges African people to tell their positive stories! (Photo: Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for TIME)