Elle Kaplan is an American entrepreneur. Kaplan is the

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and founding partner of LexION Capital, a New York-based

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wealth management firm. Kaplan received her B.S. from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

in English and chemistry, and her Executive MBA in finance from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

. Kaplan has been featured as a personal finance expert and entrepreneur in a variety of business and consumer publications. She has also been featured on a variety of radio shows and podcasts. Kaplan was named an Enterprising Woman of the Year in 2013 by Enterprising Women Magazine. Kaplan has been featured as a keynote speaker for several entrepreneurial and business organizations, including Inc.'s 2013 GrowCo Conference and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Women in Business Summit 2014. Kaplan is also a business and finance columnist for

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. Since October 2012, she has been a bi-weekly correspondent on local and national news shows, speaking on topics ranging from saving for retirement to the state of unemployment.

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