10 Top Powerful Black People on Wall Street You Should Know

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Edith W. Cooper

Cooper is the partner, managing director and global head of human capital management of Goldman Sachs. She has been in the financial industry for 25 years. Cooper is responsible for a 33,000-member workforce.

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Amy Ellis-Simon

Ellis-Simon is head of Americas corporate access and specialty sales of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. She started as an intern and worked her way up the ladder. Ellis-Simon is the first Black woman to be managing director and co-founder of the Global Banking and Markets Women’s Leadership Council.