num_pages: 320
description: From the South Bronx projects to the boardroomat only nineteen years old Cin Fabr ran with the wolves of Wall Street.Growing up Cin Fabr didnt know anything about the stock market. But she learned how to hustle from her immigrant parents saving money so that one day she could escape her abusive father and poverty in the Bronx.Through a tip from a friend Cin pushed her way into brokerage firm VTR Capitalan offshoot of Stratton Oakmont the company where the Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort had reigned. She was shocked to find an army of young workers mostly Black and Brown with no real prospects for promotion sitting at phones doing the drudge work of finding investment leads for white male brokers. But she felt the pull of profit and knew she would do whatever she had to do to be successful.Pulling back the curtain on the inequities she and so many others faced Wolf Hustle reveals how Cin worked grueling hours ascending from cold caller to stockbroker becoming the only Black woman to do so at her firm. She also discloses the excesses she took part in on 1990s Wall Streetthe strip clubs the Hamptons parties the Gucci shopping spreeswhile reveling in the thrill of making money.From landing clients worth hundreds of millions to gaining losing then gaining back fortunes in seconds Cin examines her years spent trading frantically and hustling successfully grappling with what it takes to build a rich life and ultimately beating Wall Street at its own game.
language: English
title: Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street
publisher: Henry Holt and Co.