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Karen Finerman

Karen Finerman

American journalist

Karen Lisa Finerman (born February 25, 1965) is an American businesswoman and television personality.

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Early life and education

Finerman was born to a Jewish family,[1] the daughter of Jane and Gerald Finerman. She was raised in Beverly Hills, California with sisters Wendy, Leslie, and Stacey, and a brother, Mark.[2][3] Finerman graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1983. In 1987, she graduated from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.[4][5]

Career

Co-founder of Metropolitan Capital Advisors, Inc., Finerman is also President of the firm.[6][7]

Finerman serves on the Board of Advisors to The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.[8]

She is a board member of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research and trustee of the Montefiore Medical Center.[4] She is a member of the board of GrafTech International, Ltd.[9]

Finerman is a panelist on the show Fast Money on CNBC.[10][11]

She is a founding Master Player of the Portfolios with Purpose contest.[12]

Her first book, Finerman's Rules: Secrets I'd Only Tell My Daughters About Business and Life was published by Hachette Book Group's Business Plus on June 4, 2013.[13]

She also hosts the women's business podcast How She Does It on Airwave Media and HerMoney.[14][15]

Personal life

Finerman has four children (two sets of twins) and is married to Lawrence E. Golub, who manages Golub Capital, a credit asset manager.[16][17]

References

  1. [1]
    Spiro, Amy (October 18, 2010). "Jewish Girls And Money". The Jewish Week. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  2. [2]
    "An excerpt from Karen Finerman's "Finerman's Rules"". MSNBC. May 6, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Paid Notice: Deaths FINERMAN, JANE". The New York Times. March 28, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  4. [4]
    Schawbel, Dan. "Karen Finerman: How Women Can Best Navigate The Workplace". Forbes.
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    Schmidt, Michael S. (November 3, 2006). "No Longer the 1980s". The New York Times. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
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    Johnson, Rebecca (March 1, 2009). "The Survivor: Silda Spitzer". Vogue. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
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    Karen Finerman Profile CNBC Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  8. [8]
    "Board of Advisors". Wharton Executive Boards. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  9. [9]
    "Karen Finerman". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014.
  10. [10]
    "Karen Finerman". Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  11. [11]
    Williams, Geoff (February 19, 2014). "Should Women Use Female Financial Advisors?". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
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    "CNBC". CNBC Video Archive. Archived from the original on December 28, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  13. [13]
    "CNBC - Karen Finerman Bio Front Page". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012.
  14. [14]
    How She Does It, a Women's Business Podcast from Karen Finerman and HerMoney, Airwave Media, June 26, 2023
  15. [15]
    Airwave and HerMoney Unveil Upcoming Podcast "How She Does It" with CNBC's Karen Finerman, Business Insider, June 26, 2023
  16. [16]
    MacDonald, Marianne (September 9, 2007). "The Guardian: "She's worth $100m, runs a $400m hedge fund, has two sets of twins and four nannies ..."". Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  17. [17]
    Grayce, Melanie (June 22, 2011). "Couple Aids Parkinson's Research". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 19, 2017.

Further reading

  • Welling, Kate; Gabelli, Mario (2018). Merger Masters: Tales of Arbitrage. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 141–151. ISBN 978-0-231-19042-8.
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