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- Yemi Rose is the founder of OfColor, a startup helping workers of color build generational wealth.
- The 3-year-old business has partnered with major enterprise clients such as MetLife.
- Rose shared his insights on how small businesses could reach pay equity for employees of color.
When Yemi Rose moved to the US from Jamaica, he was shocked by the lack of financial support for people of color.
"I was fascinated at how a country that was so wealthy tolerates what we tolerate," Rose said. "We tolerate this really large racial wealth gap that if it was anywhere else in the world, we would be screaming about economic apartheid."