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Wilma Ramony de Souza spent 14 years rising through the ranks at JPMorgan, starting as an analyst in São Paulo at 24 and eventually becoming a vice president in New York. But in November 2024, she quit banking for good, citing burnout, depression, and a loss of self.

“I was in my mid-twenties, blonde, and not even 5'2, so some of the guys on the trading desk questioned why I was excelling,” she told Business Insider. Before joining JPMorgan, Wilma spent four years at the Brazilian Financial and Capital Markets Association.

She credits her mentor, “a woman with a Spanish accent and bold style,” for shaping her confidence in a male-dominated industry. “People called us the cowgirls — two foreigners in an Ame

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