How Nasdaq C.E.O. Adena Friedman Beat the Odds on Wall Street<br />Look at this great space camp you can go to.” It was not at all like, “Oh, that’s hard.”<br />It was more like, “Great, let’s get you well positioned to be able to do that.”<br />Did you always want to get into finance?<br />But once we make a decision, or if there’s something that I really need the guys to just go do, I just say, “Guys, this is a mandate.”<br />Nasdaq recently signed the Parity Pledge, committing to interview at least one qualified woman for every senior executive role.<br />Ms. Friedman, the chief executive of Nasdaq, grew up around finance, and knew from an early age that she wanted to work in the industry.<br />If you really don’t feel you’re getting the opportunities<br />that you should be getting, maybe you should look for a different place to work or a different person to work for.
