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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
American stock trader
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
1994
The details
Biography
Introduction
Lauren Simmons (born 1994) is an African American former stock trader for Rosenblatt Securities. On March 6, 2017, at age 22, she became the youngest and only current (but not the first) full-time female trader at the New York Stock Exchange. She also became the second African American woman in the Exchange's history to have such a position.
Film adaptation
Actress Kiersey Clemons will produce and star in a biographical film based on the life of Simmons.
Awards
She was named Ebony's Power 100 2018 honoree.
Simmons was awarded 2018 Women of Impact by Politico.