Bank of America
Year Up is a training program for non-traditional candidates to get Wall Street tech jobs.
Cathy Bessant, Bank of America s top tech exec, told Insider how the bank partners with YearUp.
Bessant, who comes from a modest background, calls Year Up fundamental to the new capitalism.
Greg Boucicaut was working at a retail pharmacy when he first started dreaming of a career in banking. He had started watching the show Shark Tank and became enthralled with the excitement of watching angel investors like Mark Cuban and Kevin O Leary evaluate companies that pitched to them.
Boucicaut, who immigrated to New York City from Haiti at age 11, struggled to find his path after high school. He started attending community college but dropped out of the program due to financial hardships. He then got a job working in-store at a large retail pharmacy.