Meredith Whitney starts her own business; Meredith Whitney LLC.

Meredith Whitney: A league of her own
In an exclusive interview with Fortune, the influential banking analyst talks about why it was time to go independent.

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Meredith Whitney, the Oppenheimer & Co. banking analyst who called Wall Street's meltdown, is leaving to start her own business. And she says Fortune had a hand in her decision.
"It was the incredible women I met at the Fortune Most Powerful Women's summit that gave me the final push and confidence to go for it," says Whitney. "I am overwhelmed with support from incredibly inspiring people, many of whom I met at that conference." (Conference organizer, senior editor Pattie Sellers, shares her own thoughts about Whitney's move.)
But even before the summit, she was already laying the foundation of her new business, to be called Meredith Whitney LLC. To keep her shop truly independent, she rebuffed interested investors and put up all of the capital herself. (Read More about Meridith Whitney's new business...)

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