As founder and CEO of Maple Stone Capital Advisors, Ms. Spurge began her 40-year financial career with Drexel Burnham Lambert and became one of the most successful women on Wall Street. She helped raise more than $200 billion of debt and equity capital for growth companies. The capital she helped raise was crucial to hundreds of companies, including MCI Communications, McCaw Cellular, Warner Communications, Healthtrust, Charter Medical, Movado, and MGM Resorts and Studios. After Drexel, she became an entrepreneur and helped build companies like International Capital Access, Spurge Ink!, MetWest Financial, and Guggenheim Partners.