It's International Women's Day, so we're publishing our first ever list of the 25 most powerful women on Wall Street.
For the list, we talked to several people on Wall Street to see whom they regarded as the most powerful. Some of them we selected ourselves.
A big thanks to Bloomberg TV and anchor Stephanie Ruhle who helped provide names. Bloomberg TV "Market Makers" featured a bunch of these awesome ladies on-air today.
If you feel we missed someone big, feel free to send an email to jlaroche@businessinsider.com. We're always open to adding more women.
Irene Dorner
Firm: HSBC
Title: President and CEO, HSBC USA
Street Cred: Dorner joined HSBC thirty years ago starting out at HSBC as an in-house lawyer and progressing throughout the organization holding myriad positions.
American Banker named her the most powerful woman in banking last year.
She also beat ovarian cancer last year.
Nancy Peretsman
Firm: Allen & Co.
Title: Managing Director
Street Cred: She's currently a managing director at boutique investment bank Allen & Company. She's been working there since 1995.
Her previous experience on Wall Street includes working at Salomon Brothers, where she led the worldwide media investment banking business as a managing director.
During her banking career, she's worked with clients such as Barry Diller, Rupert Murdoch, Gerry Leybourne, Oprah Winfrey and Eric Schmidt, according to CityFile.
Sonia Gardner
Firm: Avenue Capital (co-founder)
Title: President, Managing Partner, Co-Founder
Street Cred: She co-founded Avenue Capital, a hedge fund that specializes in distressed debt, with her brother Marc Lasry.
She serves on the board of directors of the Managed Funds Association and is a member of the board of trustees at Mount Sinai Medical Center.
She holds a bachelor's degree with honors in philosophy from Clark University and she received her J.S. from Cardozo School of Law.
Source: CNBC, Source: 100womeninhedgefunds
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