7 top Wall Street veterans share their best career advice

• Orientation in professional life can be a challenge, especially at the beginning.
• BI asked senior Wall Street executives for their best advice for moving up.
• Respondents hold top positions at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, BlackRock and others.

What does it take to get to the top? Well, who better to ask than those who are already there?

Navigating your career can be challenging, especially in a rapidly changing economy. But those in senior leadership roles on Wall Street have cracked that code and risen through the ranks thanks to their decades of experience.

Because these top Wall Street money managers, economists and strategists are among those best placed to offer career advice, BI recently asked them in interviews about the best words of wisdom they would pass on to young professionals.