John Rogers

University Procurement Can Build the Pipeline for Diverse Board Directors

At Aspen Ideas: Economy, Ariel Investments chairman and co-CEO John W. Rogers Jr. argues that widening ownership requires more than changing who gets selected for leadership roles: people also need access to the investments and business opportunities that build wealth and qualify them for influence. In a conversation with The Atlantic’s John F. Dickerson, Rogers connects that case to his own introduction to investing as a child and to a family history of building businesses while fighting for fair treatment, including his great-grandfather’s experience in Tulsa’s Greenwood District.