Jopwell came to life on the trading floor of Goldman Sachs, where Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams began their professional careers and first met. On top of their day-to-day jobs, they were often tapped to support diversity recruiting efforts.

Porter and Ryan noticed a gap between the desire to recruit and hire underrepresented talent and the available solutions to reach communities of color at scale.

They knew there had to be a better way to connect top talent with employers while building a diverse professional community, so they left Wall Street to build Jopwell.

In April 2023, Jopwell entered an agreement to be acquired by True, the premiere global platform of innovative talent management products and services. As part of the True platform, Jopwell community members and partners benefit from connections to True’s global network of executives and innovative businesses from startups to major public companies.