John W. Rogers, Jr., Chairman, Co-CEO & Chief Investment Officer of Ariel Investments, has been a longtime role model for his business success, philanthropy, advocacy for diversity, and public service. In this installment of Perspectives, NAIC’s online video series, we ask Rogers who his role models were. From his mother – the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Chicago Law School – and others he met early in his career, Rogers shares his memories of those who helped shape his professional and personal triumphs.