Ep. 26 | Vanessa Wieliczko - Women In Leadership: How Being Patient can Get You What You Want

On this episode of The Rich Equation Podcast, Ashish is joined by guest Vanessa Wieliczko. Ashish and Vanessa discuss a series of topics including her career journey after college, obstacles and challenges she faced as a woman in finance, her investment philosophy and her long term mindset of wealth creation. Ashish and Vanessa also speak about balancing family life with work life and her aims for her kids as adults. 

HIGHLIGHTS:

0:00 – Intro
0:10 – Ashish shares a brief introduction to his guest Vanessa
0:36 – Ashish states that this episode will cover the topics of Vanessa's career journey after college, the obstacles and challenges she faced as a woman in finance, her investment philosophy and her long term thinking about wealth creation. Vanessa also shares how she balances being a mom of three boys and a successful career
4:04 – Vanessa shares some insight into her career journey after college
8:53 – Vanessa speaks about how it’s rare that people stay at the one firm for 13 years and how her experience working at the same firm for that long really served her
11:20 – Vanessa shares some of the struggles and challenges she experienced whilst working at the same firm for 13 years as a woman
13:30 – Vanessa speaks about being a mom of 3 boys
15:30 – Vanessa talks about aspects of her career that she didn’t expect and that surprised her
19:50 – Vanessa mentions how she thinks sometimes people feel too restrained mid-career but how it’s completely ok to completely shift your career path at 40
20:42 – Vanessa speaks about her investment philosophy
21:53 – Ashish asks Vanessa about what her clients are asking her and what are they wanting from their investments
25:00 – Ashish asks Vanessa about what conversations are happening within her boardrooms about potential risks and catastrophes that could happen and what people can do to think through those things
27:35 – Vanessa states that all the research shows that equity markets do trend up over time
32:37 – Vanessa talks about the Cathy Woods of the world who are trying to create more transparency within the investment ecosystem and explains why she thinks it’s a double edged sword
34:47 – Vanessa speaks about women in leadership and her experience with being a woman within finance
41:11 – Ashish asks Vanessa what is she most afraid of
44:15 – Vanessa mentions how she hopes that her children learn to be aware of their feelings and learn how to communicate effectively
47:17 – You can contact Vanessa through LinkedIn: Vanessa Wieliczko