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Board Diversity Data; Fed Investment Ethics; The Homes of Holmes

Squawk Pod

CNBC

Business News, Investing, Business, News

4494 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Private venture- and private equity-backed companies have a homogeneity problem: Black directors have consistently held only 1 percent of board seats at these companies, and Latinx directors have held even less. Gabrielle Sulzberger of Two Sigma and Ursula Burns, former Xerox CEO, founded the Board Diversity Action Alliance, and they have data to prove that now is the time to make a change. CNBC’s Steve Liesman reports on Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan’s portfolio holdings after Kaplan made multiple million-dollar-plus stock trades in 2020. Coinbase had planned to release an interest-earning product in the coming weeks, but the SEC might take legal action against it. A jury of seven men and five women has been chosen to determine the fate of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. Holmes faces a dozen counts of wire fraud and conspiracy in connection with defrauding investors and patients, but she’s waiting for trial in the Silicon Valley suburbs. Plus, Apple sent out invitations to the media for its annual September event, where the company is expected to launch new iPhones. In this episode: Steve Liesman, @steveliesman Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin

Transcript

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0:00.0

Bring in show music please.

0:03.0

This is Squawk Pod.

0:06.0

I'm the NBC producer Katie Kramer.

0:08.0

Today on our podcast.

0:10.0

Boardroom Diversity from a company's earliest days, upending the trap of a tiny number of

0:15.1

black directors at startups.

0:17.0

Two Sigma's Gabby Solsberger.

0:18.8

We do this not because it's like a good thing to do.

0:21.4

We do this because this is a way of creating Alpha. By having

0:24.2

the broadest possible and most diverse set of experiences, all the data supports that you get

0:30.2

better outcomes. And how new leaders can get started

0:33.4

former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns.

0:35.8

Connect, connect, connect, connect.

0:37.2

You can start with me or Gabby or find a black leader,

0:40.7

find a Latinx leader, find someone, and at least connect with them.

0:45.0

Fed, President, and stock trader, debating the ethics of a high profile portfolio.

0:49.8

Some people are always going to say, if anyone in any position anywhere trade stocks that it

0:55.0

smells bad or that it looks bad. Those stories plus Tim Cooks save the dates Elizabeth

1:01.0

Holmes on trial and a stumble in the cryptiverse.

1:04.0

It's almost as everybody gets back like you said in September beginning of the year.

1:08.0

And this is just the great re-pricing?

1:09.0

It's Wednesday, September 8, 2021, Squack Pod begins right now.

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