CEO Jacob Walthour, Kourtney Gibson and The 49th Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris onstage at the 2026 Power100 Honoree Dinner at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on May 3, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California.

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The Power100 gathering on the sidelines of the Milken Institute Global Conference took on a different tone this year as its diverse leaders in finance attendees fight to reclaim the narrative about people of color and women .

"We are trying to show the world what success looks like," said Jacob Walthour , co-founder of Power100 and founder and CEO of Blueprint Capital.…