Karen Lisa Finerman (born February 25, 1965) is an American businesswoman and television personality.

She was raised in Beverly Hills, California with sisters Wendy, Leslie, and Stacey, and a brother, Mark.

[6][7] She started her career in finance as a trader at First City Capital, a risk arbitrage fund for the Belzberg family and later Finerman joined the risk arbitrage desk of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) as the lead research analyst.

[8] Finerman serves on the Board of Advisors to The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

[4] She is a member of the board of GrafTech International, Ltd.[10] Finerman is a panelist on the show Fast Money on CNBC.