By Danielle Beurteaux
In the spring of 1995, Adam Karr was 23, six months away from starting Harvard Business School—and hearing the call of Wall Street. Even at that age, Karr, who is African American, had no illusions about the lack of diversity in the industry's C-suites. "Stepping back and looking at the big picture, there aren't a ton of African Americans in the world of finance," he says.
Adam Karr
That's when he approached the Robert Toigo Foundation, an Oakland, Calif., organization that supports minority students who want to pursue careers in finance. As a Toigo (pronounced "TWEE-go") fellow, Karr knew he'd have an unsurpassed support system to guide him and open doors.
