Karen Firestone

Kari Firestone is Executive Chairman and co-founder of Aureus Asset Management, an investment firm that manages over $6 billion of assets for families, individuals, and non-profit entities. Previously, she spent 22 years at Fidelity Investments, most recently as a diversified fund manager of Destiny 1 Fund, the Large Cap Fund, Advisor Large Cap Fund and managing numerous sector funds, including Biotechnology, Health Care, and Media.  Her Fidelity career began as an assistant fund manager to Peter Lynch on the Magellan Fund.  She was twice named to the Institutional Investor "Best of the Buy Side" All Star team.