Catching Up to FI

Vote Your Money: Values Aligned Investing | Janine Firpo | 139

Apr 27, 2025
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ANECDOTE

Janine's Career Shift Inspiration

  • Janine Firpo took a solo backpacking trip to sub-Saharan Africa which inspired her career shift.
  • She decided to use her skills to address poverty through tech and impact investing.
INSIGHT

Investments Shape Society

  • Our investment dollars shape the products and services available in the world.
  • By controlling investments, we influence social outcomes like maternal health and safety product design.
ANECDOTE

Trailblazing Woman in Tech

  • Janine was the only female programmer in her early tech career and faced misogyny firsthand.
  • She quit Apple when denied remote work, pioneering telecommuting since 1991.
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