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Black Investor Professionals Forum

 

Building a stronger community of Black investment professionals

The need for gender and racial equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace is strong and growing stronger. McKinsey has spent years examining the barriers to equity and identifying solutions to building a stronger, more inclusive workforce.

The private market wields enormous influence on the economy, with private equity now controlling over $3.9 trillion in assets under management (AUM) across nearly 10,000 firms worldwide. By narrowing gender and racial inequities at these firms and their more than 45,000 portfolio companies, the industry has the opportunity to become a leader in the global economy for changing the face of business.

Our forum aims to help advance the careers of Black investors working in private markets by hosting a series of networking events and training initiatives.

Featured Insights

Building supportive ecosystems for Black-owned US businesses

– The right business ecosystems can mitigate or negate the effects of structural obstacles to business building for Black business owners—and add $290 billion in business equity.

Women in the Workplace 2022

– Women leaders are switching jobs at the highest rates we’ve ever seen, and ambitious young women are prepared to do the same. To make meaningful and sustainable progress toward gender equality, companies need to go beyond table stakes. That’s according to the latest Women in the Workplace report from McKinsey, in partnership with LeanIn.Org.

Three ideas from our first Black Investor Professionals Forum

– McKinsey recently held a discussion around increasing diversity within private equity.

Racial equity in financial services

– The financial services talent pipeline shows a lack of representation of people of color, most acutely at senior levels. Changes in three key areas can help companies make progress.

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McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility

Our goal is to inspire, empower, and sustain action that leads to the economic development of Black communities across the globe.

Contact us to learn more about the forum.