Jenny Bitter Liske, Stanford MBA
“Up until about age 30, the competitive side was such the driving force. I thought that money and power made you happy, and I don’t think that’s true anymore.”
After seeing my MBA classmate’s smiling face appear as a realtor in the local newspapers, I decided to sit down with Jenny Bitter Liske and ask about her surprising career switch from I-Banker to Realtor.
Jenny grew up modestly, and her Dad had always encouraged her to become the best at whatever she was good at, in order to climb to the top professionally. In her case, she excelled at math, which led to accounting, business school and a career in finance. Jenny had a more typical MBA path at Lehman Brothers in New York City after we graduated. Continue reading