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Earn Your Leisure

SECRETS Of The ONLY Black FEMALE CEO

Earn Your Leisure

iHeartPodcasts

Business, News, Careers, Education, Business News, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.97.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

TIAA CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett reveals the raw truth about what it actually takes to lead a $1.2 trillion company. Hint: It’s more than just hard work.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.3

Yeah, so I want to start.

0:05.7

So, you know, I think your accomplishments shouldn't be minimized as far as, you know,

0:09.8

being the CEO of a company that manages over $1.2 trillion.

0:14.5

For sure.

0:19.7

I believe the only black CEO of a Fortune 100 company.

0:23.9

I think there's only been three in history when it comes to a Fortune 500 companies.

0:28.4

So you're in very rare air.

0:31.3

And you don't really have many, you don't have any pairs.

0:34.7

So what is your journey to get to where you are now? I know you used to work

0:40.4

for Chase and, you know, a couple other institutions. So there's a lot of young people in the

0:45.3

audience and I'm sure in a lot of times they hear, you know, these things, but what are the actionable

0:51.1

items? What's your path that you took to become the CEO of KREP?

0:55.0

Right.

0:56.0

Well, first, it's just such a privilege to be these two amazing men that are making impact around the world to ensure that millions of people can earn their leisure.

1:07.0

You all give them another round of a clive. We were talking in order to make impact

1:15.6

and have to disrupt. And if you're not disrupting, then you're not shifting the game. And I just

1:22.5

have a lot of gratitude to see what you all are doing. And it's inspiring to see how you are connecting with young people and giving them a different narrative on how to make sure that they can grab the bag and keep the bag and see the bag compound.

1:37.3

So in terms of my story, I want to take it back because I think it's important for all of you to have context, especially

1:46.2

in this environment.

1:48.2

I know at a very young age it was clear to me that I am on the shoulders of giants.

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