Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez
Women’s ambition isn’t the problem. The problem is what we do to ambitious women
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Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez is a writer covering ambition, money and power

With bylines in Bloomberg, CNBC, Glamour UK, Newsweek, USA Today and Business Insider. She is also a producer and the host of Real Simple Magazine’s “Money Confidential” podcast, named one of Spotify’s “Best New Shows of 2021”, a 2022 Webby award honoree, a 2022 Eddie & Ozzie award-winner, and a Signal gold award winner.

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Stefanie Talks Ambition with TIME Magazine

"O’Connell Rodriguez thinks it’s dangerous for people to think they’ve simply stopped being ambitious on an individual level without considering larger cultural factors, like unsustainable workloads, unfair or unsafe working conditions, and health care being tied to employment."

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The “Money Confidential” Podcast Wins

Stefanie celebrates another season of hosting Real Simple magazine's "Money Confidential Podcast with a Webby Award Honor, an Eddie & Ozzie Award win and a Signal Award Gold Win

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Stefanie on CBS News

Stefanie joins CBS News in-studio for several recent segments, including when and what to consider when hiring a financial professional.

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How the Ambition Penalty Keeps Women From Building Wealth

In this OpEd for Bloomberg, Stefanie writes about how the social, professional, and financial costs women face for their ambition contribute to and reinforce the gender wealth gap.

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Forget the ambition gap, it's the ‘ambition penalty’ that's really holding women back at work

In this column for Glamour UK, Stefanie challenges common explanations for gender gaps in pay, power and leadership and proposes a new framework for understanding what's really hurting women in the workplace: the ambition penalty.

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A newsletter for women navigating money and ambition on their own terms. If you’ve ever been called “Too Ambitious”, we’d love to have you join our club.

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The Myth of the Shopaholic and Female Overspender

How Women Can Get More of What They Want When Negotiating

My Job Didn’t Burn Me Out, But My Fight For a Fair Salary Did

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Stefanie’s work and advice has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, CNBC, Glamour, Cosmopolitan and more. A go-to expert on money, career and ambition, Stefanie has appeared on CBS, ABC World News, Fox Business, Bloomberg, The Doctors and local television stations across the country.

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