The Black Informant | African American Commentary, News and Community Building

President of one of the largest African American-operated capital management firms in the world, Mellody Hobson was born April 3, 1969, in Chicago. Hobson is the youngest of six children, who range from nine to twenty-five years older than her. After graduating from St. Ignatius College Preparatory in 1987, Hobson attended Princeton University, where she received a B.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of International Relations in 1991.

While in college, Hobson interned at Ariel Capital Management and T. Rowe Price Associates, both investment firms. Upon graduation, she took …-more-