Biography
Carol Pepper is CEO of Pepper International, a family office located in New York City that she founded in 2001. She has over 25 years of experience in the wealth management industry. In 2012 and 2011, Pepper International was nominated for a Private Asset Management award. In 2009, Barron’s named Pepper International one of the top family offices in the U.S. Carol was named a Rising Star in Wealth Management by Institutional Investor News in 2007.
Carol lectures extensively around the world on issues of interest to the family office industry. Her current and past speaking engagement agendas are posted on the Pepper International website here.
Carol is an accomplished author. In 2012, Carol and co-author Camilla Webster published The Seven Pearls of Financial Wisdom: A Woman’s Guide to Enjoying Wealth and Power, www.thesevenpearls.com. In 2009, Carol published her first novel, a wealth management thriller, called Beyond Blood www.beyondblood.com.
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 also managed over $1 billion of private client assets as a Senior Relationship Manager and Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co., the multi-family office founded by the Rockefeller family. Carol also worked on the creation of a web-based virtual family office as a Principal at Morgan Stanley.
Carol graduated cum laude from Bryn Mawr College in 1984 with a BA in Philosophy and a Minor in Russian language. She obtained an MBA in Entrepreneurial Studies from Columbia University in 1989.
Carol is an active volunteer with non-profit organizations, including the Global White Lion Protection Trust, www.whitelions.org, and Bryn Mawr College.