HerMoney with Jean Chatzky Impact Investing for Women: Building Wealth and Shaping the Future With Janine Firpo
Mar 6, 2026
Janine Firpo, impact investor and co-founder of Invest for Better who leads the Our Sheconomy initiative, explains data-driven modeling of gender parity and why unlocking women’s economic power raises GDP. She discusses auditing portfolios for impact, using ESG as risk management, and practical ways to start values-aligned investing with as little as $100.
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Parity Boosts Economic Capacity Not Redistribution
- Gender parity unlocked economic capacity rather than redistributing wealth.
- Our Sheconomy modeling shows GDP rises because women invest and lead differently, compounding better outcomes over time.
Women As Economic Generators
- Women generate measurable economic uplift when they invest and lead because they often outperform men.
- Janine Firpo notes cumulative effects: better returns and company performance compound into larger GDP over time.
Wealth Transfer Plus Rising Earnings Multiply Agency
- The wealth transfer includes both inheritances and rising earnings from women entering higher-paying jobs.
- Janine argues increased female earnings plus transferred capital together expand women's financial agency across age groups.