Mellody Hobson

I love Obama. And Michelle. I was so grateful for them. They were such stunning people. We were lucky to have them.…

— Mellody Hobson

When I think of my career and why I leaned in, it comes down to basic survival.

— Mellody Hobson

I can't tell you how many resumes we get from business schools across the country from black women and black men and…

— Mellody Hobson

Bravery is not the absence of fear, it is overcoming it.

— Mellody Hobson

How many people, though, do I meet that I think have talent? Well actually a lot. That's what drives my enthusiasm in…

— Mellody Hobson

Having a financially illiterate society is dangerous, and we have to do something about that.

— Mellody Hobson

I've been thought to be a flight attendant many many times.

— Mellody Hobson

I always felt very insecure financially as a child. I was desperate to understand money as a child. I was desperate to…

— Mellody Hobson

I grew up going to a school where there weren't a lot of black kids. And so my mother, from a very,…

— Mellody Hobson

Now, race is one of those topics in America that makes people extraordinarily uncomfortable. You bring it up at a dinner party…

— Mellody Hobson

I know many members of our community steer clear of Wall Street because of the perception that the stock market is risky,…

— Mellody Hobson

I've told stories about people coming to my office and giving me their coats and requesting that I hang them up and…

— Mellody Hobson

I found my own orthodontist, my own high school. I set up interviews and did college trips. Despite her incredible concern and…

— Mellody Hobson

I know that my life is a miracle and because of that, I can't think my success is because I was so…

— Mellody Hobson

We cannot afford to be color-blind, we have to be color-brave.

— Mellody Hobson

You cannot be brave without fear.

— Mellody Hobson

Being aware of challenges doesn't make them sting less, but once you see them, you can assess the best way to handle…

— Mellody Hobson

I was in the Woodrow Wilson School of international relations and public policy at Princeton. You have to apply to get in,…

— Mellody Hobson

Black people use body lotion every single day.

— Mellody Hobson

Sometimes I feel like I could have been a Depression-era person, just because of my need to make sure that I'm conservative…

— Mellody Hobson

On my worst day I always tell myself I'm not in a field picking cotton.

— Mellody Hobson

When you're type A you always think you can fix anything. Sometimes there's nothing you can do.

— Mellody Hobson

The biggest risk of all is not taking one.

— Mellody Hobson

Sometimes those apartments we lived in weren't finished, sometimes the rooms would be heated by the gas stove, sometimes we would heat…

— Mellody Hobson

Diverse perspectives lead to a better outcome. There's so much data, when you look at the math, in terms of the investor…

— Mellody Hobson