Karen Lisa Finerman (born February 25, 1965) is an
American businesswoman and television personality.
Early life and education
Finerman was born to a
Jewish
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family, the daughter of Jane and Gerald Finerman. She was raised in
Beverly Hills, California with sisters
Wendy
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, Leslie, and Stacey, and a brother, Mark. Finerman graduated from
Beverly Hills High School
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in 1983. In 1987, she graduated from the
Wharton School of Business
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at the
University of Pennsylvania
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.
Career
Co-founder of Metropolitan Capital Advisors, Inc., Finerman is also President of the firm.
She is a board member of the
Michael J. Fox
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Foundation for Parkinson's Research and trustee of the
Montefiore Medical Center.
She is a member of the board of
GrafTech International, Ltd.
Finerman is a panelist on the show ''
Fast Money'' on
CNBC
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.
She is a founding Master Player of the
Portfolios with Purpose contest.
Her first book, ''Finerman's Rules: Secrets I'd Only Tell My Daughters About Business and Life'' was published by
Hachette Book Group
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's
Business Plus on June 4, 2013.
Personal life
Finerman has four children (two sets of twins) and is married to
Lawrence E. Golub, who manages
Golub Capital
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, a credit asset manager.
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American broadcast news analysts
Living people
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni
CNBC people
People from Beverly Hills, California
Jewish American journalists
Journalists from California
1965 births
21st-century American Jews