The Wall Street Women Who Traded Finance Careers for Influencer Success

Going Viral The Wall Street Women Who Traded Finance Careers for Influencer Success These pros ditched spreadsheets and trading floors to go after brand deals and social media fame. Jennifer Saarbach got her start in interest-rate sales at Lehman Brothers before taking a series of other Wall Street jobs. Now she makes TikToks about her years in finance: offering interview tips, explaining trading jargon and breaking down fictitious deals struck on the hit television show Industry. “I was told it was a one-way ticket when I left Wall Street,” says Saarbach, 42, who’d resigned from a vice president role. “It was like, ‘How dare you leave? We all worked so hard to elevate you to this position. You’re just going to walk away from that?’”