Mellody Hobson: ‘The Fire Was Lit by Scarcity’

The Long View

Morningstar

Finance, Dan Lefkovitz, Amy Arnott, Entrepreneurship, Investing Leaders, Jeff Ptak, Investors, Christine Benz, Influential Investors, Careers, Long-term Investing, Financial Services, Business, Investing, Morningstar

4.5 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Ariel Investment’s dynamic co-CEO talks about her upbringing, her career, and her new children’s book.

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0:00.0	At Jackson, we've created a digital retirement planning experience with you and mine.
0:05.5	Visit jackson.com to explore our easy-to-understand resources and user-friendly tools
0:10.1	that are designed to enable financial professionals and clients to plan a path to financial freedom.
0:15.5	Jackson is short for Jackson Financial Incorporated, Jackson National Life Insurance Company, Lansing, Michigan,
0:20.5	and Jackson National Life Insurance Company of Lansing, Michigan, and Jackson
0:21.4	National Life Insurance Company of New York, purchase New York.
0:26.5	Please stay tuned for important disclosure information at the conclusion of this episode.
0:32.7	Hi and welcome to The Longview. I'm Christine Ben's Director of Personal Finance and Retirement Planning for Morningstar.
0:39.4	And I'm Amy Arnaut, portfolio strategist with Morningstar.
0:43.0	Our guest on the podcast today is Melody Hobson. She's the author of a new book for children called Priceless Facts About Money.
0:50.7	In addition, she's co-CEO of Ariel Investments, where she is responsible for management,
0:56.2	strategic planning, and growth for all areas of Ariel outside of research and portfolio
1:02.0	management. Additionally, she serves as chairman of the board of Trustees of Aerial Investment Trust,
1:08.2	the company's publicly traded mutual funds. Prior to being named co-CEO, Melody
1:13.7	spent nearly two decades as the firm's president. Outside of Ariel, Melody has been active on
1:19.3	corporate boards, including Starbucks, J.P. Morgan Chase, S.D. Lauder, and DreamWorks Animation.
1:25.8	Melody Hobbson, welcome to the Longview. Thank you so much for having me.
1:30.0	Well, thanks for being here. You have been on our wish list of guests since we launched this podcast,
1:34.7	so it's really fun to finally have you here. We want to talk about your book. We'll start out by
1:40.0	talking about your children's book, Priceless Facts About Money. First, we just want to talk about your
1:44.9	passion for financial education and teaching kids about money and investing. Can you talk about
1:50.7	what lit the fire in you to care about this issue and want to work on this issue?
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