Brooke Sharpton Quit A Six-Figure Finance Career To Build The Furniture Brand Black Women Actually Deserve

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Most people who leave JP Morgan end up at another bank, a hedge fund, or something in fintech. Especially in this economy, where people are looking for something safe and adjacent (if that even exists anymore). 

Brooke Sharpton left to start a furniture company, and the industry she was walking into had no idea what was coming.

She was at

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