What Will It Take to Close the Wealth Gap?

John W. Rogers Jr. is chairman, co-CEO and chief investment officer of Ariel Investments, the country’s oldest Black-owned asset management firm. Throughout his career, Rogers has worked tirelessly to close the widening racial wealth gap in America through programs, education and investment vehicles that empower minority entrepreneurs. He recently joined Katherine Klein, vice dean for the Wharton Social Impact Initiative, for an episode of the Dollars and Change podcast to talk about the historic factors that created the racial wealth gap and the systemic barriers that sustain it.