The Most Powerful Women in Banking

Martin manages NYSE's five equity exchanges — NYSE, NYSE Arca, NYSE American, NYSE National and NYSE Chicago — plus its two options exchanges, NYSE Arca Options and NYSE American Options. 

As managing partner at Edward Jones, Pennington's in charge of 8 million clients, more than 19,500 financial advisors and $2.1 trillion assets under management.

Knox leads more than 4,500 professionals at Bank of America Private Bank, which generates $3.6 billion in annual revenue and has $640 billion in client balances from high-net-worth individuals, families and institutions. 

Yeshaya leads a team of 3,600 employees managing the financial resources of a firm that has swelled to $1.2 trillion in assets following landmark growth in wealth management.

Under McShane's guidance, Wells Fargo became No. 1 in real estate investment banking for the first time, achieving a market share of 15.2%.