Emma

I can almost certainly say you've shed the second day girl thing. So you've been first in the family to graduate from college. You graduate from Princeton. Yes. And you then go straight to Aerial Investments, which is where you are now. You were an intern, and that is where you spent your entire career.

I can almost certainly say you've shed the second day girl thing. So you've been first in the family to graduate from college. You graduate from Princeton. Yes. And you then go straight to Aerial Investments, which is where you are now. You were an intern, and that is where you spent your entire career.

Well, because nobody does that these days. I feel like we're almost trained in so much of a way. And I honestly think this about my own stuff because people come and they come for two to three years. It's so unusual that anyone stays even for five or six. So I can imagine for you that even during that tenure, you have done a lot of different things.

Well, because nobody does that these days. I feel like we're almost trained in so much of a way. And I honestly think this about my own stuff because people come and they come for two to three years. It's so unusual that anyone stays even for five or six. So I can imagine for you that even during that tenure, you have done a lot of different things.

You don't start as the intern and end up where you are.

You don't start as the intern and end up where you are.

Because I was like... You wanted to stay where you were at.

Because I was like... You wanted to stay where you were at.

But it was yours and you owned it. I had shoes in the kitchen. When did you buy that apartment?

But it was yours and you owned it. I had shoes in the kitchen. When did you buy that apartment?

And I do think there's so much to be said for someone like you. You've done so many things in your career, but how have you been able to architect that career over the last 30 years? What did that look like for you?

And I do think there's so much to be said for someone like you. You've done so many things in your career, but how have you been able to architect that career over the last 30 years? What did that look like for you?

And how have you gotten so good at that? Like it, because it's such a difficult thing. And I do, you know, I almost hate what I'm about to say, but I feel like finance is still one of those things. And it doesn't matter if you meet a female founder, female CEO, she will somehow extrapolate herself very, very often and more often than not from the finance piece.

And how have you gotten so good at that? Like it, because it's such a difficult thing. And I do, you know, I almost hate what I'm about to say, but I feel like finance is still one of those things. And it doesn't matter if you meet a female founder, female CEO, she will somehow extrapolate herself very, very often and more often than not from the finance piece.

And I find myself and have done earlier in my career saying, you know, the first person I get around me is like the CFO because that's where I'm weak.

And I find myself and have done earlier in my career saying, you know, the first person I get around me is like the CFO because that's where I'm weak.

And I think the moment I stopped saying that and I took responsibility for my own learning, for my own understanding, for my dyslexia and not allowing that to be an excuse, I became infinitely more powerful in my own businesses, but also in my own life. So, Like, I just need to understand, like, that is so, it's such an incredible thing for me that you are so powerful in finance.

And I think the moment I stopped saying that and I took responsibility for my own learning, for my own understanding, for my dyslexia and not allowing that to be an excuse, I became infinitely more powerful in my own businesses, but also in my own life. So, Like, I just need to understand, like, that is so, it's such an incredible thing for me that you are so powerful in finance.

So you always had your job at Ariel, and then you would be- I have 17 jobs. Right, yes. But you'll be in the entertainment sphere as Melody Hobson, the financial expert. And talking about what happened in the world of money.

So you always had your job at Ariel, and then you would be- I have 17 jobs. Right, yes. But you'll be in the entertainment sphere as Melody Hobson, the financial expert. And talking about what happened in the world of money.