Top 4 Most Successful Female Traders, Who Are Also Attractive

Women are still slowly invading the world of finances when it comes to trading. We have powerful women leading large companies, but it seems like stock market and trading are mostly a man’s world. There are fewer trading hotshots among women than men, but that’ll come around, too.

If we’re to trust The Forbes experts, the number of female traders will drastically grow in the near future, so look out, you male traders. Estrogen will soon invade the game and bring that unique, female perspective to the table.

Until that time comes, those few women dominating the world of finances are getting a lot of attention, not only because of their gender, but because of their brilliance. Top four women that made it on The Forbes “30 Under 30” list are:

• Jennifer Fan
• Miriam Klein
• Tracy Britt
• Lucy Baldwin

These four amazing women are old enough to have gained valuable experience, and young enough to have the whole exciting money-making life ahead of them. They have already worked in the toughest financial environments and proved they are the best of the best.

Jennifer Fan has managed a huge hedge fund for over a year now, but she’s been in the business since she graduated from NYU ten years ago. She graduated from the school of business (with degrees in finance, statistics and operation research) at the age of 19, when most “kids” her age are only starting college. She sharpened her claws at Morgan Stanley and later became a partner and portfolio manager at Arrowhawk Capital Management. She launched herself the $650 million hedge fund she is skillfully running now.

Lucy Baldwin

is the managing director at Goldman Sachs and leader of a European equity research consumer business unit. Viewed as the firm’s “rising young talent”, Ms. Baldwin is certainly a trader to follow.

Miriam Klein

is in the financial world since the age of 20 and is now a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. If hedge funds worth millions of dollars and private equity firms are listening to her advice, so could we.

Tracy Britt who, according to the press, is the successor to the third richest man in the world – Warren Buffett. He seems to be “grooming” her so she’ll take his place when he retires. Currently he trusts her with four of his billions-worth companies that she is running.

Tracy is an example of what iron will and dedication can accomplish. She worked for her parent’s firm in Kansas, Brit’s Garden Acres, growing vegetables and flowers, which she hated. What didn’t kill her, made her stronger. She learned how to stick to difficult commitments and that certainly helped her later in life, when she studied at Harvard, when she started working for Berkshire Hathaway (a company whose CEO is, surprisingly, Warren Buffett), and finally, when she started working for Mr. Buffett, who recognized the great potential and knew how to get the best out of her.

Looking at these ladies’ accomplishments, self-confidence and bravery can give us the much needed faith that women can be as successful in the money-making business as men. Next week we could look at the reasons why women aren’t as successful as their male colleagues in this field yet, and what inherent traits they have that could help them.