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Jun 2024
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78. What It Takes to Become the Most Pow...

Kristen and Jen
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Send us Fan Mail Today we are speaking with Zoe Cruz, who was the Head of the Fixed Income Division at Morgan Stanley when Jen started her career as a summer intern back in 2005, and who ultimately went on to become President of the firm when Kristen started full-time at MS in 2007.  She rose to the absolute upper echelons of high finance at a time when it w ... Show More
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