Karen Finerman

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Karen Finerman
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Finerman is a panelist of CNBC's Fast Money
Born
Karen Lisa Finerman

(1965-02-25) February 25, 1965 (age 59)
Occupation(s)Television panelist and businesswoman
Notable creditPanelist of CNBC's Fast Money
Spouse Lawrence E. Golub
Children4
Relatives
Website www.metrocap.net/team-finerman.php (archive)

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]

She started her career in finance as a trader at First City Capital, a risk arbitrage fund for the Belzberg family and later Finerman joined the risk arbitrage desk of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) as the lead research analyst. [8]

Finerman serves on the Board of Advisors to The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. [9]

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. [10]

Finerman is a panelist on the show Fast Money on CNBC. [11] [12]

She is a founding Master Player of the Portfolios with Purpose contest. [13]

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. [14]

She also hosts the women's business podcast How She Does It on Airwave Media and HerMoney. [15] [16]

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. [17] [18]

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