Butternomics the Business of Culture

Jai Ferrell Runs a $25M Empire and You Think It's Just Cookies

April 14, 2026·49 min
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Jai Ferrell is the first Black woman CEO of the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta in over 100 years. She walked into a $25 million business with 125 employees, three properties, horses, and 2,000 acres of land. Before this, she was managing billion-dollar portfolios at the busiest airport in the world. In this conversation, she breaks down the real enterprise behind the cookie, why women and girls receive less than 2% of all philanthropic giving, and what it actually looks like to make hard calls at scale.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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