Carol Roth

Carol Roth has driven over $2 billion in capital raising and mergers & acquisitions throughout her distinguished career as an investment banker, becoming an officer of Montgomery Securities by age 25. She honed her financial expertise after graduating magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1995, subsequently joining Montgomery Securities as a financial analyst that same year. Leveraging this robust foundation, Roth continues to actively invest in private companies, demonstrating a sustained impact in high-level finance. Roth transitioned her expertise into acclaimed authorship and dedicated advocacy for entrepreneurship and small businesses.

Further expanding her public profile, Carol Roth has established significant visibility as a media personality. She served as a judge on Mark Burnett’s ‘America’s Greatest Makers’ on TBS and was a weekly panelist on ‘Bulls & Bears’. Her television presence includes regular appearances on national networks such as Fox Business, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC, with recurring roles on programs including ‘Cavuto Coast-to-Coast’, ‘Making Money with Charles Payne’, and ‘Varney&Co’. In radio, Roth hosted ‘The Noon Show’ on WGN Radio from January to June 2013 and has acted as a fill-in host for various stations across Chicago and New York.

She further solidifies her status as a leading voice in business through her contributions as a columnist for publications like FoxNews.com, FoxBusiness.com, and Entrepreneur.com. Roth continued her impactful work as an author with ‘The War on Small Business’, which critically examined the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic implications for small businesses. Her third book, ‘You Will Own Nothing’, cemented her status as a bestselling author, reaching the top of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestseller lists. Through her diverse roles, Roth remains a prominent figure in business strategy and media.