Kari Firestone
Karen Firestone is the Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Aureus Asset Management, a wealth advisory firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. She has a strong focus on risk-taking, fully understanding how it plays a major part in almost every decision made, professionally and personally. Firestone is also a Contributor at Harvard Business Review and The Huffington Post.
Kari Firestone Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer
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Portfolio Manager
Academic History
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MBA in Economics
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BA in Economics, Magna Cum Laude
CAREER AT FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
- Firestone spent 22 years at Fidelity Investments.
- She began her career as an assistant fund manager to Peter Lynch on Magellan fund.
- She was a diversified fund manager of the Destiny 1 fund, the Large Cap fund, Advisor Large Cap fund, and several institutional non-profit and pension funds.
- She managed several sector funds, including the Leisure and Entertainment fund, the Media fund, Air Transportation fund, Transportation fund, Biotechnology fund, and Health Care fund.
MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS
- Firestone is a regular contributor to CNBC, where she appears regularly on Halftime Report and Squawk Box.
- She gave a TEDx talk on “Becoming a Sensible Risk-Taker.”
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
- Chairman of The Commonwealth School
- Trustee Emerita of the Advisory Board of Trustees of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Director of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston
- Member of the Boston Athletic Association
OTHERS
- Firestone was twice named to the Institutional Investor Best of the Buy-Side All-Star team.
- She is an avid runner, tennis, and bridge player.