From Goldman to Founder: The £500M Banker Who Walked Away to Build Wealth for Women

I managed half a billion pounds for some of the wealthiest people in the country. Not one of them built that wealth from their salary.To close out Season 1 of Femme & Fortune, Ayesha Ofori turns the tables. After a whole season asking other women how they built their wealth, this time she's in the guest seat, answering the questions she gets asked most about her own journey.From a state primary to a private school in Hampstead, where she first saw what real wealth looked like (a school friend with a lift in her living room), to a physics degree at Imperial, an MBA at London Business School, and a career at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs advising ultra-high-net-worth clients. Ayesha walks through the decisions, the turning points and the hard-won lessons that shaped how she thinks about money today.She opens up about the moment she realised that climbing the corporate ladder would never make her wealthy, why owning assets rather than earning a salary is what actually builds wealth, the golden handcuffs that quietly trap high earners, and the day she finally walked into her boss's office, dropped her resignation letter on the desk, and left to build something of her own.In this episode: What she learned about money growing up, and why your money habits are set by age seven How she fell into investment banking (and the free popcorn maker that started it all) What the ultra-wealthy do differently that most people never get to see Why high income does not equal wealth, and what does Why she left a successful career at Goldman to help women build wealth instead The truth about being a solo founder, raising funding as a Black woman, and building in a regulated industry Where she's headed nextWhether you're just starting to think about investing or you're rethinking what wealth really means, this one is a masterclass in building it on your own terms.About Femme & Fortune Femme & Fortune is the podcast on how women actually build wealth, hosted by Ayesha Ofori. Every episode unpacks the real decisions, risks and strategies behind building lasting wealth.