Susannah Stroud Wright, Chief Legal Officer, Credit Karma

Susannah Stroud  Wright, Chief Legal  Officer, Credit Karma

Susannah Stroud Wright, Credit Karma

A strong compliance background with Elon Musk’s Tesla and Solar City prepared Susannah Stroud Wright for her first CLO role at Credit Karma.

Becoming general counsel was actually not anything I ever planned. What led me here was a series of jumping on opportunities and being willing to take a few risks along the way.

After law school, I clerked for a judge, then I was at a law firm for a couple of years, and then I went to the District Attorney’s office. I always wanted to be a trial lawyer, and I really loved the criminal side of law. I thought I would be a prosecutor for the rest of my career.

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