Developing Diverse Developers: The Economic Case For Broader Representation In Commercial Real Estate

Too Diverse and Young to Lead?

I was 24 years old when I was asked to lead housing research for Goldman Sachs. Eighteen months later, I was asked to co-lead the Firmwide Black Network for the Global Investment Research department, a diverse affinity group that was there to support Black employees of the firm. I was proud to do this work, but I also felt a little out of place.

As a 26-year-old I was one of the senior most Black people, globally, in a department of almost 1,000 people. Something felt odd about that though.