One of the World’s Most Powerful Women, Fidelity Personal Investing President Kathleen Murphy, to Tell Her Story at the Benzinga Global Fintech Awards

DETROIT, MI / ACCESSWIRE / March 29, 2017 / Benzinga, a leading online financial media publication and data provider, announced today that Kathleen Murphy, president of Fidelity Personal Investing, will offer remarks during a fireside chat at the Benzinga Global Fintech Awards in New York City, May 11, 2017.

Murphy will be sharing her personal tips for success and how she rose to become Fidelity president, manage more than $2 trillion in assets, and be named one of Fortune’s “Most Powerful Women.” Murphy will also receive a Lifetime Achievement in Financial Services Award at the event.

The fireside chat will be a rare opportunity for those in the fintech space to learn directly from a financial pioneer. Murphy will share candid thoughts on how she built her impressive career and offer her perspective as the head of the nation’s retirement investing leader and a leading brokerage firm with more than 17.9 million customer accounts.

Murphy will be joining an “unprecedented” group of Benzinga Global Fintech Awards speakers, mentors, and judges.

The BZ Awards present an extremely rare opportunity for startups, because a free application to compete in the Awards allows select startups the chance to connect with and be mentored by leaders in the financial technology space.

The BZ Awards judges include:

Tricia Rothschild, Chief Product Officer, Morningstar, Inc.
Seth Merrin, Founder, LiquidNet
Pete Casella, Head of Fintech, Point72 Ventures
Yin Luo, Vice Chairman of Quantitative Research, Wolfe Research
Gene Munster, Founder, Loup Ventures and former Apple Inc. analyst
James Altucher, Serial Entrepreneur
Nicole Sherrod, Managing Director, Trading, TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (AMTD)
Tim Seymour, CNBC “Fast Money” host and Managing Partner, Triogem Asset Management
Kelli Keough, Global Head of Digital Wealth Management, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)
Amir Goldman, Managing Partner, Susquehanna Growth Equity Partners
Nicholas Britz, Google Fiber
Bill Nosal, Vice President of Business Development, Market Technology, Nasdaq Inc.
Adam Boyden, Managing Director, RPM Ventures
Steve Lau, Managing Director, WorldQuant Ventures
Matt Harris, Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures
Charlie Hartel, Director Of Product Management, Yahoo! Finance (YHOO)
Kim Trautmann, Director of Venture Capital Investments, DRW
Nathan Richardson, CEO, TradeIt
David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital
William Libby, Vice President of Systematic Market Making, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS)
Vicki Walia, Head of Digital Investment Solutions, AllianceBernstein Holding LP
Ed Skolarus, Chief Digital Officer, Investor’s Business Daily
Ken Schiciano, Managing Director, TA Associates

Jennifer Samalis, Senior Vice President, Brokerage Products & Customer Experience, Fidelity Investments

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About Benzinga Global Fintech Awards

Designed to uncover the most innovative companies within the financial technology capital markets sector, the Benzinga Fintech Awards provide winning finalists with new opportunities for growth and exposure. For last year’s winners, please visit www.benzingafintechawards.com or use the hashtag #BZAwards.

About Benzinga

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SOURCE: Benzinga

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