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Wolf Hustle

A Black Woman on Wall Street

Cin Fabré

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ISBN10: 1250871409
ISBN13: 9781250871404

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320 Pages

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Growing up, Cin Fabré didn’t 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.

Wolf Hustle reveals how Cin ascended from cold caller to stockbroker, becoming the only Black woman to do so at her brokerage firm. From landing clients worth hundreds of millions to gaining, losing, then gaining back fortunes in seconds—and reveling in the excesses of the 1990s while she was at it—Cin examines her years spent trading frantically and hustling successfully, grappling with what it takes to build a rich life and, ultimately, beat Wall Street at its own game.

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Praise for Wolf Hustle

“What an amazing voice! What a clear-eyed and powerful story! Wow! She takes us back into her Haitian roots, through her life as a young person, and into the bowels of Wall Street to shine a deep and thoughtful light on everything from the Black immigrant experience in America to capitalism. Everyone needs to read this.”—Jacqueline Woodson, bestselling author of Red at the Bone

“Long before the culture of Silicon Valley came to power, the Wall Street ‘bros’ established a business culture that lives for money, prizes excess and debauchery, and excludes women and people of color. In Wolf Hustle, Cin Fabré offers an engrossing and unflinching portrait of surviving and succeeding in an arena dominated by men, adding a welcome and necessary voice to the story of the financial foundation of America.”—Emily Chang, author of Brotopia

“Extraordinary, electrifying and wholly inspiring, Wolf Hustle is a study in untamed audacity. Cin Fabré’s rebellious journey from a working class neighborhood to the peaks of Wall Street is a blueprint on boldly beating odds and daring to defy.”—Zain E. Asher, anchor for CNN International and author of Where the Children Take Us

“In her zesty debut memoir, the author recounts her surprising journey from roach-filled public housing to becoming one of the 'youngest Black female stockbrokers' . . . A stark exposé of Wall Street’s corrupt underside and an inspiring story of overcoming adversity.”Kirkus Reviews

“Her success story will appeal to general audiences and be of interest to teens and entrepreneurs. Readers will be drawn into her conversational style and glean important lessons in overcoming obstacles in life and specifically in the workplace.“Booklist

“Her prose and attitude toward her career—and why she eventually left it—are no-nonsense and unblinkered, keeping her account engaging, whether she’s relating her childhood trick of reselling lunch tickets to fellow students or the over-the-top excesses of parties in the Hamptons . . . An absorbing, instructive look at the victories and pitfalls of a life driven by the hustle.“Library Journal

“Fabré recounts the highs and lows in vivid detail—as with descriptions of the unrelenting sexual harassment she faced—and the author’s exuberance is contagious . . . The result is as memorable as it is inspiring.”Publishers Weekly

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Chapter 1

For many, “the American Dream” is an empty phrase—not a dream so much as the half-conscious state that’s found between sleeping and waking. It’s that wait at the bus stop, shifting from one foot to the other; that intake...

About the author

Cin Fabré

Cin Fabré is a New Yorker born and raised in the South Bronx and Queens. At the age of nineteen, she joined a brokerage house on Wall Street, eventually becoming a high-earning broker at a top firm, before leaving in search of a more meaningful life. Today, she divides her time between New York City and Europe and enjoys spending time with her wife and four children. Wolf Hustle is her first book.

Cin Fabré

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