Jennifer Fitzgerald

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Jennifer Fitzgerald
NationalityAmerican
OccupationCEO of Policygenius

Jennifer Fitzgerald is an American CEO and co-founder of an online insurance site, Policygenius. [1] [2]

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Early life

Born in the Philippines, where her father was stationed in the Air Force, Fitzgerald would eventually move with her family to Dayton, Ohio. After living in Ohio for two years, the family moved to Biloxi Mississippi, then to Albuquerque, New Mexico and eventually to San Antonio, Texas. After her father retiring from the military, the family moved again to West Virginia when Fitzgerald was 14 years old. [3] Fitzgerald went to Graham High School in Bluefield, Virginia and was a Peace Corps volunteer for the World Bank. [4] [5] She later graduated from Florida State University, with a double major in Political Science and International Affairs. The ambitious Fitzgerald wanted a 'hard reset on her career'. Moving away from the world of international policy and international development Fitzgerald wanted to enter the business world and attended Columbia Law School. [6] [2] [7]

Career

Fitzgerald started her career at McKinsey & Company as a consultant in 2008. [8] In 2014, Fitzgerald co-founded Policygenius; an online marketplace for insurance that lets consumers compare rates and learn everything they need to know to make informed decisions about their financial future. [9] At Policygenius, she secured $52 million in venture capital, making her one of four women in fintech to raise over $50 million. [10]

In 2018 and 2019, Fitzgerald was named to the Inc.'s Female Founders 100. [11] In 2019, she was named Ernst & Young LLP (EY) Entrepreneur of the Year New York. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "How This Founder Overcame Hundreds of Rejections to Finally Raise $52 Million". Inc.
  2. 1 2 "Jennifer Fitzgerald '08 Disrupts the Insurance Industry". Columbia Law School.
  3. ↑ "Policygenius: Jennifer Fitzgerald". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  4. ↑ "Bluefield Daily Telegraph Newspaper Archives". NewspaperArchive. 22 September 1994.
  5. ↑ "Jennifer Fitzgerald Cofounder and CEO, Policygenius". FastCompany.
  6. ↑ "Jennifer Fitzgerald, CEO & Co-Founder of Policygenius". Women in Business Q&A.
  7. ↑ "Policygenius: Jennifer Fitzgerald". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  8. ↑ "10 Innovative Women Building Mega-Successful Businesses That Are Shaking Up Their Industries". Inc.
  9. ↑ "Policygenius: Jennifer Fitzgerald". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  10. ↑ "One Of The Five Female Fintech Founders To Have Raised Fifty Million In Funds". Forbes.
  11. ↑ "The 100 Women Building America's Most Innovative and Ambitious Businesses". Inc.
  12. ↑ "Policygenius CEO Jennifer Fitzgerald named EY Entrepreneur of the Year". NBC2 News. 18 July 2019.
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