Minding the Wealth Gap: Our Playbook to Close It Together
The US racial wealth gap is large, and it's compounding. It's time to close it. Minding the Wealth Gap shines alight on people doing this important work and explores how you can get involved too.Generations of public and private practices have left Black households $15 trillion and 400 years behind whitehouseholds.Engaging storytelling backed by data, Minding the Wealth Gap highlights the wide-ranging impactof this lack of wealth parity. It explores the intricate connections between issues such as housing disparities,employment opportunities, education, investment barriers, social networks, and over-policing, all of whichcontribute to the staggering wealth gap between Black and white households.While the numbers are astounding, there is also hope. Investment professional Cliff Goins IV shines a spotlighton the courageous efforts of nine Black entrepreneurs and executives who are actively working to bridge thischasm:—Kedra Newsom Reeves is a highly accomplished, very curious management consultant by day, serving asa partner at the Boston Consulting Group, where she drives holistic solutions to wealth creation.—Mark Wilson became an accidental entrepreneur, then used his platform to empower economic mobility forunder-resourced team members.—C-suite executive Selena Cuffe is a world traveler and a talented business. She is a poster child for the powerof cultivating diverse talent.—Lee Henderson leveraged his role as partner at Ernst & Young LLP to help launch a network of resources toaccelerate the growth of underserved ethnic minority-owned businesses.—Shundrawn Thomas champions underdogs and unleashes access to financial and human capital as CEO ofThe Copia Group, a private investment firm.—Tony Wilkins, an advisor for Google for Startups, is an entrepreneur whisperer, imparting wisdom and moneythat they need to flourish.—Corporate lawyer turned entrepreneur George Fatheree III advocates for real estate justice and turbochargeshome and land ownership.—Small business banker Steve Hall locates the diamonds in the rough, putting capital to work in overlookedcommunities.—Serial entrepreneur and sage Robert Blackwell Jr. is compelling large organizations to 'just do business' andfree the enterprises.These 'gap closers' have much to teach us, having pioneered initiatives such as empowering economicmobility, advocating for homeownership, and championing economic parity. Goins invites us to get in thegame and become gap closers ourselves, unleashing trillions of dollars of potential trapped in our poorestcommunities. Minding the Wealth Gap is both a powerful catalyst and a call to arms, urging America'sentrepreneurs, executives, government officials, and other leaders to join these efforts and take meaningfulsteps toward a more equitable future for all.
Cliff Goins IV (Author), James Shippy, TBD (Narrator)
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