>>> WERE BACK, WITH A HISTORIC MOVE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK.
>> THATS RIGHT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS 2
226-YEAR HISTORY, THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE HAS NAMED A WOMAN
AS ITS PRESIDENT.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH STACEY
CUNNINGHAM, WHERE ELSE, BUT ON THE FLOOR OF THE EXCHANGE.T ON
THE FLOOR OF THE EXCHANGE. SO, THIS IS MISSION CONTROL?
>> THIS IS MISSION CONTROL. ITS WHERE IT ALL HAPPENS.L.
ITS WHERE IT ALL HAPPENS. >> ITS INCREDIBLE TO THINK
ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY.
YOU WERE 19 YEARS OLD WHEN YOU
WALKED ON TO THIS FLOOR?
>> I WAS JUST A KID WALKING ON
TO THE FLOOR.
>> COULD YOU HAVE IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS IMAGINE YOU WOULD
BE TAKING THIS WALK AS PRESIDENT
OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
>> BACK THEN, I WASNT THINKING ABOUT IT.HEN, I WASNT THINKING
ABOUT IT.
I WAS TOO RAPTURED ABOUT WHAT
WAS HAPPENING AROUND ME DOWN
HERE.
>> Reporter: 43-YEAR-OLD STACEY CUNNINGHAM IS THE FIRST FEMALEY
CUNNINGHAM IS THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT IN THE 226-YEAR-OLD
HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE.
YOU MUST GET ADDICTED TO THE
ENERGY OF THIS PLACE.
>> HOW COULD YOU NOT?
YOU BRING SOMEBODY IN HERE LIKE YOU THAT HASNT BEEN HERERE LIKE
YOU THAT HASNT BEEN HERE BEFORE, WOW, LOOK AT IT.
THAT DOESNT GO AWAY.
I STILL FEEL THAT WAY WHEN I
COME IN.
COME IN.
IT HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY
HEART.
I LOOK FORWARD TO A DAY WHEN A WOMAN TAKING A JOB ISNT WHEN A
WOMAN TAKING A JOB ISNT NEWS-WORTHY.
NEWS-WORTHY.
BUT WERE NOT QUITE THERE YET. >> WHAT REACTION ARE YOU YET.
>> WHAT REACTION ARE YOU GETTING?
GETTING?
>> THE MOST SURPRISING REACTIONS ARE FROM THE MEN THAT I CAN TELL
MY DAUGHTER IN THE SAME DAY,
ITS REALISTIC SHE WILL BE THE
HEAD OF THE CIA OR THE HEAD OF
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, AS
A WOMAN.
A WOMAN.
>> ITS GOT TO FEEL GOOD. >> YES.GOT TO FEEL GOOD.
>> YES. >> WALL STREET IS NOTORIOUS FOR
BEING THAT OLD BOYS CLUB.
>> IT IS. WALL STREET AND TECHNOLOGY.
THEYRE BOTH INDUSTRIES THAT ARE
VERY MALE-DOMINATED.
VERY MALE-DOMINATED. >> IT COULDNT HAVE BEEN EASY
FOR A WOMAN ON THE TRADING
FLOOR.
FLOOR.
>> IT WAS GREAT. I LOVED IT.REAT.
I LOVED IT. >> WASNT A LITTLE BIT OF A
LOCKER ROOM SCENE?
>> THERE WERE MOMENTS OF THAT.
I DREW MY BOUNDARIES.
I MADE IT CLEAR AS TO WHAT WAS
OKAY AND WHAT WASNT OKAY.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THATS
CLEAR ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND IS
YOU DIDNT STAY ON THIS PATH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. I LEFT AND WENT TO CULINARY
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL.
TOOK SOME TIME OFF. WHATS INTERESTING IS THE
ENVIRONMENT IN THE KITCHEN IS
VERY MUCH LIKE THE ENVIRONMENT
ON THE TRADING FLOOR.
>> IT GETS HOT IN THERE?
>> ITS HOT IN THERE.
AND THE PACE IS THE SAME.
>> WHATS YOUR MESSAGE TO YOUNG
WOMEN WHO ARE YOU GOING TO LOOK
AT YOU AND SEE SOME
POSSIBILITIES FOR THEMSELVES
THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN
BEFORE?
BEFORE?
>> EMBRACE IT.
EMBRACE AMBITION. I HAVE BEEN INCLINED TO THINK
IM NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT JOB.
AND IVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE
MENTORS THAT PUSHED ME.
>> DO WE SELL OURSELVES SHORT?
>> WE DO.
>> WE DO. WERE LESS INCLINED TO GO OUT
AND ASK FOR SOMETHING.
>> YOU COME IN AT A TIME OF
CHALLENGE IN A SENSE THAT SO
MUCH IS DIGITAL NOW.
ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL
NOT BE PRESIDING OVER THE
CLOSING OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE?
>> YES.
>> YES. I AM VERY CONFIDENT.
WE PROCESS 50 BILLION MESSAGES A
DAY.
DAY. JUST TO PUT THAT IN SCALE, I
READ THERES 3.5 BILLION GOOGLE
SEARCHES A DAY.
IM READY FOR THE FUTURE. >> Reporter: AS CUNNINGHAM IS
SETTLING INTO HER NEW ROLE, WALL
STREETS GIRL STATUE IS GETTING
A NEW HOME.
SHE WILL NO LONGER FACE THE BULL BUT RESIDE IN FRONT OF THE NEWLL
BUT RESIDE IN FRONT OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU ARE THE FEARLESS GIRL.EOPLE, YOU ARE THE
FEARLESS GIRL. >> I THINK THERES SO MANY
FEARLESS GIRLS OUT THERE.
TAPPING INTO THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT.
FINDING THAT SPIRIT WHERE YOURE
REALLY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD, WE
HAVE TO BE DOING THAT.
>> SHES INCREDIBLY DOWN TO
EARTH.
YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HER WALKING ON THE NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE FLOOR IN 1994, 19 YEARS
OLD.
OLD.
THE TRADERS ARE NOTORIOUS.
IT IS A GUYS CLUB. AND SHE CAN HANG WITH THEM.
AND I CAN SEE WALKING AROUND
WITH HER, HOW POPULAR SHE IS AND
HOW BELOVED SHE IS BY THE