Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Pepper International, LLC
Pepper International is a highly respected firm that has received significant recognition in the financial services industry:
Carol has been nominated as Power Woman North America for 2020 by Citywealth UK.
In 2019, Carol received the Bronze award of Power Woman of the Year North America by Citywealth in the United Kingdom.
In 2017, Pepper International was named Boutique Firm of the Year Award by STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Planners).
In 2017, Citywealth in the UK named Carol one of the Top 50 CEOs in Wealth Management and a Power Woman.
In 2017, Pepper International was nominated for three PAM Private Asset Management Awards in the US: Best Outsourced CIO Solution, Best Family Office Consultant and Best MFO for Client Service under $2 Billion in AUM.
In 2016 and 2015, Carol was named one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Private Wealth by Private Asset Management.
In 2014, 2012 and 2011, Pepper International was nominated for Private Asset Management awards for Best MFO with AUM under $2.5 billion.
In 2009, Barron’s named Pepper International as one of the top family offices in the United States.
In 2007, Carol was named a Rising Star in Wealth Management by Institutional Investor.
Carol acts as the External CIO to wealthy families and Single Family Offices. She oversees all asset classes and puts in place a comprehensive consolidated reporting system. She is an expert in Impact Investing.
Carol acts as a consultant to families that would like to create their own family offices and has built family offices around the globe. She also helps restructure existing Single Family Offices to bring them to top global standards and to prepare them to work with the next generation. She works with top international families.
In 2019, Carol launched a new venture, www.familyofficebootcamp.com. This online site provides curated courses on how to create a family office, educating the next generation in investing, as well as in-depth courses of interest to wealthy families worldwide.
In 2019, Carol became a co-founder with Sheila Barry Driscoll and Deanna Guerreiro of the “Explore, Empower, Enlighten” private conferences for women of wealth, www.eeesummit.com. The first conference will be held in 2020 in Key Biscayne, Florida.
Carol sits on the Advisory Board of New Maple Holdings, a private Canadian Cannabis Company.
Carol lectures extensively around the world on issues of interest to wealthy families. She also appears regularly in the financial press and on television, including the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Fox Business and Bloomberg, commenting on the markets. She now co-hosts CNBC London for two hours on a regular basis when in London.
Carol has over 25 years of experience in the wealth management industry. Prior to forming Pepper International in 2001, Carol had extensive experience as a private banker at JP Morgan Private Bank, Citibank Private Bank and Credit Suisse Private Bank. She managed over $1 billion of private client assets as a Senior Relationship Manager and Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co., the multi-family office formed by the Rockefeller family. As a principal at Morgan Stanley, she was instrumental in creating a web-based virtual family office prototype.
Carol graduated cum laude from Bryn Mawr College with a BA in philosophy and a minor in Russian language. She obtained an MBA in entrepreneurial studies from Columbia University Business School.
Carol is co-author, with top journalist Camilla Webster, of The Seven Pearls of Financial Wisdom: A Woman’s Guide to Enjoying Wealth and Power. The book's website is www.thesevenpearls.com. The book has received positive reviews from The Wall Street Journal, Economist Nouriel Roubini, Morgan Stanley Chief Investment Strategic David Darst, and CEO Liz Lange, among others. The Seven Pearls was named one of the top five business books in 2012 by The Library Journal.
Carol self-published her first novel, a wealth management thriller called Beyond Blood, in October 2009. The book’s website is www.beyondblood.com. The book won a 2010 Indie Book Award and was named as an Editor’s Choice Book by iUniverse.
Carol has been involved in numerous philanthropic causes over the course of her career. Currently, she is assisting the Global White Lion Protection Trust in South Africa, www.whitelions.org. She also supports local causes in Bay Shore, New York.
Carol lives in New York and Miami with her husband, daughter and canine furry son, a Shipoo (Shih Tzu-Poodle mix) named Maradona.