Carol Roth

Carol Roth is an incredibly successful businessperson. She may also be the only entrepreneur to have been immortalised with their own action figure. The figure was developed as a marketing tool for her debut book, The Entrepreneur Equation, which quickly became both a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Yet entrepreneur and bestselling author are just two string on Roth’s ever-growing bow. She is also a ‘recovering’ investment banker — by 25, she had been made an officer of the investment bank she worked at —as well as a business advisor, company director, investor, keynote speaker, and in-demand television personality.

Never shy of having strong opinions, Roth is a regular contributor to business and news programmes such as CNBC’s Closing Bell, and a whole host of shows on the Fox Network, including Bulls & Bears, Fox and Friends, America’s Newsroom, and America Live with Megyn Kelly. She was also a judge on the hit TV series America’s Greatest Makers. Roth has 0penned numerous columns and opinion pieces for outlets as diverse as Fox, The Huffington Post, and New York Times. One article she wrote for the CNBC website argued passionately for the legalisation of insider trading.

Roth is also unafraid to take to Twitter to express her views and, famously, had an argument with Piers Morgan over the Second Amendment, which went viral. Despite disagreeing with Morgan, Roth has a legion of fans, including Richard Branson, one the world’s best-known entrepreneurs, who offered her a standing ovation at a Virgin event she hosted. Fearless, famous, and forthright, Carol Roth is a force to be reckoned with.