Since 1993

Who We Are

Veterans on Wall Street (VOWS) is an initiative dedicated to honoring former and currently military personnel by facilitating career and business opportunities in the financial services industry.

With the help of its strategic charity partner, the Bob Woodruff Foundation, and through a combination of educational initiatives, mentoring, outreach to the military, employee affinity groups, and an annual conference, VOWS promotes career development, support, and retention of veterans throughout the global financial services industry. [read more]

About Us

VOWS Pledges...

...to continually recognize and support our country’s service members and their families in peace, in crises and in war.

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...to fully recognize, honor and enforce the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-Employment Rights Act (USERRA).

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...to ensure their managers and supervisors will have the tools they need to effectively manage those employees who serve in the Guard and Reserve.

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Since 1993

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History of VOWS

  • 2010

    VOWS is founded as a 3-year coalition of 5 bulge-bracket...
  • 2013

    VOWS renews its mission based on industry interest; partners with...
  • 2015

    VOWS expands remit to year-round events; launches Task Force; expands...
  • 2019

    Veterans on Wall Street engages year round efforts with over 100 active...

PRESENTING VOWS SPONSORS

Citi Logo
HSBC Bank
UBS Logo

LEGION OF MERIT PARTNER

BRONZE STAR PARTNER

Barclays Logo
RBC logo
Near Logo

PURPLE HEART PARTNER

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BNP Paribas Logo
Bank of the West BNP Paribas Logo
Bloomberg Philanthropies
BlackRock Logo
Bridgewater Logo
Citadel

COMMENDATION PARTNER

Academy Securities
AmeriVet Securities Logo
CME Group
Cushman & Wakefield Logo
Drexel Hamilton Logo
DTCC Logo
Macquarie
MetLife Logo
Napier Park Logo
Santander Logo
Senator Logo
Skadden Logo
Slate Logo
Tudor Investment Corporation Logo
Union Square Advisors Logo

Connecting Veterans to Careers

We’re proud to partner with WayUp to help connect veterans with careers at VOWS companies. As the go-to job platform for over 5.7 million users, WayUp is known for helping early-career candidates launch their careers. Veterans can create a free candidate profile on WayUp that highlights their unique skill set. From there, the platform will match them with open roles with top employers across the country while providing assistance throughout the entire recruitment process – including offering interview prep materials, veteran-specific webinar content, soft-skills feedback, and more. Employers on the WayUp platform will also have the ability to quickly and efficiently search for veteran candidates using a veteran sourcing tool, which is offered to all VOWS companies free of charge.

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Make an Impact

Interested in more? Have an idea for an event that may benefit a veteran seeking a career? Learn more about becoming a sponsor.