Karen Firestone

Area of Expertise: Portfolio management, equity research, asset allocation, alternative investments

Website: www.karenfirestone.com, www.aureus-asset.com

Twitter Feed: @karen_firestone

Books: "Even the Odds: Sensible Risk Taking in Business, Investing, and Life”

Topics Presented in Speeches: "Sensible Risk Taking Using Four Key Tenets"

Email: kfirestone@aureus-asset.com

Biography:

Kari Firestone is co-founder of Aureus Asset Management and serves as chairman and CEO. Prior to starting Aureus, she spent 22 years at Fidelity Investments, most recently as a diversified fund manager in the growth group with oversight of the Destiny I Fund, Large Cap Fund, and Advisor Large Cap Fund. Prior to that, Firestone managed several sector funds and followed numerous industries as an analyst. She began her Fidelity career as an assistant fund manager to Peter Lynch on Magellan Fund.

Firestone’s book, “Even the Odds: Sensible Risk Taking in Business, Investing, and Life” was published in 2016 by Bibliomotion. She is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review blog and the Huffington Post and has appeared many times on Squawk Box and Half Time Report, both on CNBC.

Firestone received a bachelor of arts degree in economics, magna cum laude, from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She is the chairman of the board of The Commonwealth School. She has served on committees at Harvard University, and is also a member of the board of trustees of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.