>>> LAST WEEK I HONORED THE
WOMEN WHO MADE THIS YEAR’S
FORBES AND KNOW YOUR VALUE 50
OVER 50 LIST, CELEBRATING THOSE
WHO FOUND SUCCESS AND THEN SOME
LATER IN LIFE, SHATTERING AGE
AND GENDER NORMS.
TAKE A LOOK.
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>> HELLO, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME
TO THE FOURTH ANNUAL 50 OVER 50
LUNCHEON.
[ APPLAUSE ] ♪
>> I’M NOT YET OVER 50, BUT THIS
IS OVER-50 INSPIRATION.
WE’RE GOING TO NEED TO SEE SOME
ID.
THIS BRAND I THINK IS REALLY
IMPORTANT NOT JUST FOR WOMEN
OVER 50, BUT YOUNG WOMEN LIKE
MYSELF, MILLENNIAL WOMEN TO KNOW
THAT THERE’S MORE.
JUST WHEN WE THINK WE’VE GOT IT
ALL DONE, THERE’S MORE TO DO.
>> IT MADE US REALIZE WE’RE
DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS.
>> WOMEN HAVE NO BARRIERS.
IT MEANS WE CAN COME TOGETHER,
NETWORK AND ULTIMATELY MAKE THE
PATH BETTER FOR THOSE BEHIND US.
>> ABSOLUTELY AN ADVANTAGE BEING
OVER 50 IN MY LIFE’S WORK,
BECAUSE I THINK IN MANY WAYS IT
MEANS I CAN BRING ALL OF MY
SKILL SETS, ALL OF MY EXPERTISE
AND KNOWLEDGE.
>> I’M A WOMAN IN A LEADERSHIP
TRADITION.
IT GIVES PEOPLE HOPE TO SEE WE
CAN STILL DO AMAZING THINGS IN
THE SECOND HALF OF OUR LIFE IS
REALLY MOTIVATING.
>> 50 OVER 50 IS A COMMUNITY OF
WOMEN, A COMMUNITY OF YOU, WHO
ARE PROVING THAT SUCCESS AND
INNOVATION HAS NO AGE LIMIT.
>> THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID
ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE POWER OF
BEING IN A ROOM WITH WOMEN LIKE
YOU, AND I’LL TELL YOU WHY.
WE’VE HAD A PANDEMIC.
WE’VE HAD A LONELINESS EPIDEMIC
THAT’S BEEN WELL REPORTED.
WE HAVE YOUNG WOMEN WHO DON’T
HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAD
FIVE YEARS AGO.
IT MAKES THE URGENCY OF WHAT WE
DO AND THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU ALL
SHOW US IN THE WORLD ALL THAT
MORE IMPORTANT.
>> THERE’S NO AGE, NO SEX, NO
RELIGION, NO POLITICAL
AFFILIATION.
I DON’T CARE IF YOU ARE 20, IF
YOU ARE 30, IF YOU ARE 50 OR YOU
ARE 73 LIKE I AM.
I LOOK GOOD, DON’T I?
>> YOU WILL NEVER BE POWERFUL IN
LIFE UNTIL YOU ARE POWERFUL OVER
YOUR OWN MONEY.
>> RETURN IN TIME TO DECIDE WHAT
YOU WANT YOUR LIFE TO LOOK LIKE,
NO LONGER BOUND BY BIOLOGY OR
SOCIETY OR CULTURE OR ANY
NARRATIVE YOU CAN SET.
>> IF YOU WERE TO TELL ME 50, I
WOULD SAY, OH NO, THAT’S OLD,
50’S OLD.
THAT’S OLD PEOPLE.
THE OLDER I GET, THE YOUNGER I
FEEL.
>> IF YOU HAVE A SPONSOR, YOU’RE
20% MORE LIKELY TO GET PROMOTED.
LET’S COMMIT TO SPONSORING WOMEN
THAT ARE AT ANY STAGE OF THEIR
CAREER.
>> WE HAVE A MOMENT HERE IN OUR
COUNTRY THAT A LOT MORE IS
REALLY AT STAKE, I THINK, THAN
JUST WHO WINS THIS ELECTION.
I THINK IT IS ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF OUR COUNTRY.
WE APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE
LITERALLY TEETERING HERE ON THE
BRINK.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID,
WELL, WHAT CAN I DO, DOES MY
VOTE MATTER?
YES, IT DOES.
I DON’T BELIEVE IN POLLS.
AND I ACTUALLY STRONGLY BELIEVE
THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WILL
WIN, BUT IT’S ONLY BECAUSE OF
THE ENERGY THAT WE SEE AROUND
THIS COUNTRY, COMING
PREDOMINANTLY FROM WOMEN.
>> THIS HAS BEEN A TWO-WEEK SPAN
OF CRISIS ON EVERY LEVEL.
AND COUNTING DOWN DOTO THE
ELECTION OF AMERICA’S LIFE.
THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES PLAYING
OUT FOR WOMEN OVER THE PAST TWO
YEARS WHICH HAS MADE WHAT WE DO
HERE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.
AND BEING ON THIS LIST TOGETHER,
WE’RE DOING SOMETHING VERY
COLLECTIVE AND VERY IMPORTANT
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
WE ARE CRUSHING, CRUSHING
OUTDATED STEREOTYPES COMPLETELY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> HERE’S TO YOU ALL, TO THE 50