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Carol Roth

Carol Roth
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Carol Roth 2012
Born 1973 (age 43–44)
Chicago, IL
Residence Chicago, IL
Alma mater Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Occupation Radio host, TV Panelist, Author, Investment banker
Years active 1995-Present
Agent ICM
Notable work The Entrepreneur Equation (ISBN )
Television Varney & Co, Piers Morgan Tonight, Closing Bell, MSNBC’s Your Business
Website www.carolroth.com

Carol Roth (born 1973) is an American radio host, television personality, bestselling author and investor. She was the host of WGN Radio's The Noon Show, and author of the New York Times bestseller book, The Entrepreneur Equation. Roth appears weekly on national cable television networks including Fox Business, CNBC, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. As a self-styled "recovering" investment banker, she has completed more than $2 billion in capital raising, mergers & acquisitions and related transactions and invests in private companies.

Roth was born in the northern suburbs of Chicago, Illinois and attended Deerfield High School. Her father Bernie is a retired union electrician. Her parents divorced while she was in high school and her mother Sheri died from leukemia in 1998, as did her step-mother from lung cancer in 2004. She attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated magna cum laude in 1995.

Roth is an advocate for entrepreneurship and small business. She was named a Top 100 Small Business Influencer by Small Biz Trends in 2011 and again in 2012. A number of her television segments and writings are related to small business and she was the event moderator for the New York Times Small Business Summit in 2012.

Roth joined San Francisco based investment bank Montgomery Securities in 1995 as a financial analyst and member of the consumer corporate finance team. She became an officer of the firm by age 25.


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