Tracing Career Success Back to Childhood Experiences and Lessons

When Jes Wolfe was in highschool her dad and grandfather taught her how to invest. Fast forward to today, Jes contributes much of her success to that early encouragement that she belonged, and in fact, had a knack for business. After more than a decade of various finance and strategy roles, she set out on a new challenge as CEO of Rebel Girls: raise the most confident and inspired generation of girls the world has ever seen. With Jes at the helm, Rebel Girls’ mission is to reach 100 million girls by 2030. Jess shares how she navigated a new role as CEO during the height of the pandemic, why she thinks control is an illusion, and how the Rebel Girls community inspired her to disrupt the antiquated world of publishing.