Carol Roth

Carol Roth is a “recovering” investment banker. She’s also an entrepreneur, a TV pundit and host, and of course a keynote speaker; If that’s not enough, she’s also an economic, business, and financial commentator as well as a content developer… AND she’s a New York Times bestselling author: Her books include The Entrepreneur Equation, The War on Small Business and now, You Will Own Nothing (Broadside Books, available 7/18/2023)

Carol Roth has more than a quarter century of business advisory experience, which began at investment banking firm Montgomery Securities in San Francisco (subsequently Banc of America Securities- no, that’s not a typo), where she rapidly rose internally to become one of the youngest officers of the company by age 25. Her experience has encompassed a wide variety of products and services, including initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary offerings, private equity placements, private debt placements, buy-side M&A, sell-side M&A, LBOs/MBOs, recapitalizations, valuations, fairness opinions, licensing, marketing services, franchise work, start-up advisory and general strategic advisory work. She has completed licenses and joint ventures between her clients and a variety of high profile companies including Paramount, Disney, Fox, Hasbro and even the pop singer Katy Perry.

All this serious business aside – Carol isn’t without a wry sense of humor and fun. She has coined a number of terms and phrases ranging from “Cirque-du-So-Lame” (something that is beyond pathetic and pitiful) to “jobbie” (a hobby disguised as a job, career or business) to “Business Beer Goggling,” (No explanation needed there) and deemed Harvard to be a hedge fund with a university attached to it. Offering thoughtful and witty political commentary, she advocates for small business, small government, and big hair. She has an infectious energy on stage and is a dynamic keynote speaker.

But back to serious business: Carol’s latest talk (Though she prefers the Q&A / Fireside Chat format) is based on her latest book, “You Will Own Nothing”. This book is based on her research into why certain globalist think tanks have been touting this mantra of owning nothing, and what that will mean for your financial and personal life. If you will own nothing, you can rest assured that you’ll be renting something from somebody who does. This is a can’t miss talk that will give your audience a framework for “Owning” their lives again – so more of us can live a rent free life, full of abundance. Hopefully her next book will be “You Will Own A Lot”!

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Full Biography

Carol has worked in a variety of capacities across industries, including currently as an outsourced chief customer officer (CCO), as a director on public and private company boards, and as a strategic advisor and C-level consigliere. Carol Roth’s experience overlaps content creation, on-camera and in-person hosting, finance, business, economics, pop culture and even comedy.

On the content side, Carol is a national media personality, with more than a dozen years of on-camera expertise. Formerly, she has been a judge on the Mark Burnett-produced technology competition series, America’s Greatest Makers, on TBS and the Host of Microsoft’s Office Small Business Academy show, as well as a panelist on Fox Business’s Bulls & Bears and CNBC’s Closing Bell. She is also developing content across a range of formats, from historical fiction to game shows.

Carol can currently be seen weekly on a variety of networks and shows. Her multimedia commentary covers big and small business and the economy, current events, politics and pop culture topics. She formerly hosted the podcast The Roth Effect and was a radio host on WGN in Chicago.

Her avid defense of capitalism, free markets and reason finds her op-eds published in a variety of outlets. Carol has also been seen weekly on a variety of national television outlets over the years including Fox Business, CNN, CNBC, HBO, Fox News and MSNBC. She has also appeared in several financial/economic documentaries, including one about the auto bailouts. Carol has created the legacy planning system Future File, with both analog and software versions of the product.

Carol has worked with hundreds of companies, ranging from a single entrepreneur with an idea to Fortune 500 businesses, on all aspects of business and financial strategy. Collectively, she has helped her
clients complete more than $2 billion in deal transactions, including capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and high-profile licensing and partnership deals, as well as create 7-figure brand loyalty
programs. She also helps private equity investors evaluate potential deal targets in key industries.

Carol also acts as a brand spokesperson, ambassador and influencer for a number of companies and brands that are seeking to reach a broader audience, with a focus on those looking to reach small business owners and entrepreneurs, professional women and retail investors. She also creates proprietary and licensed content across a variety of formats for companies.

Through her firm, Carol also invests in/holds equity positions in a limited number of private companies. Her preferred investments are in established brands and companies looking for bridge or later stage growth capital. Ms. Roth also has public company board member experience as a former Director of Travelzoo (NASD:TZOO), and is an advisory board member for Commonspace and TRO Investment Group, which has a number of diversified portfolios of private alternative investments.

Carol has been an emcee, keynote speaker and event moderator for a number of high-profile events, including The New York Times Small Business Summit, The Chicago Cubs Convention, Microsoft, Virgin Atlantic/Richard Branson and The Inc. 500 Conference, among many others.

Ms. Roth holds a B.S. Degree from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. To supplement her active media participation, Carol has completed media and improv training with The Second City, the leading improvisational comedy
school in the US.

Carol has coined a number of terms and phrases ranging from “Cirque-du-So-Lame” (something that is beyond pathetic and pitiful) to “jobbie” (a hobby disguised as a job, career or business) to “business
beer goggling,” and deemed Harvard to be a hedge fund with a university attached to it. She also is known for her proprietary Customer Loyalty 3.0 methodology to engage business senders and spenders. She is well-versed on popular culture and consumer trends and has attracted quite a bit of attention for her Twitter exchanges.

Ms. Roth splits her time between both coasts but maintains her primary residence in Chicago with her husband, who is also a recovering investment banker (and her former business partner). They have no
children, pets or plants and are avid sports fans (particularly of NFL football and the Chicago Blackhawks).

Ms. Roth is also a recovering toy collector, trading in a portion of her collection for a more sophisticated toy (a Simpsons pinball machine). She also has her own fashion doll / action figure made in her likeness.

Speech Topic

YOU WILL OWN NOTHING

Personal wealth, and the freedom and independence that goes along with it, comes from ownership. So, when Carol Roth first heard that the World Economic Forum, an organization littered with the global elite, was predicting the end of private property ownership in less than a decade, she thought it was a conspiracy theory. Then, she did the research.

Right out in the open, the WEF’s 2030 predictions included the stark warning under the guise of sunshine and rainbows, “you will own nothing and be happy.” And that’s just the beginning.

From killing your purchasing power via monetary and fiscal policy to corporations and investors buying up land and water rights and competing with you when you try to purchase a home, and even Big Tech’s desire to make your life a subscription service, individual ownership is under fire at every turn. You need to fight back.

In this powerful keynote presentation or Fireside chat¸ Roth reveals how world governments, globalist organizations, Big Tech, Wall Street and other powerful elites are proactively trying to control every finite resource and determining who has access to such resources. Her book and this talk based on it, is an essential guide to stopping the elites’ agenda and taking control to preserve your and your family’s future, freedom and wealth.

Carol has other topics she loves to talk about, ask for more info on:

The War On Small Business
Generating Business Growth Through Customer Loyalty

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The Testimonials from The Book:

“When Wall Street, world governments, and radical activists join forces in the name of ‘saving the planet,’ there can only be one goal: they get richer, while everyone else gets poorer. You Will Own Nothing is a well-researched and well-written wakeup call to everyone who wants to make sure that this does not happen.” — MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER, founder and president of Environmental Progress and bestselling author of San Fransicko and Apocalypse Never

“If you don’t want to lose everything, own nothing, and live on a diet of bugs, then buy Carol Roth’s You Will Own Nothing—your battle plan for surviving the war with the new financial world order.” — DANA LOESCH, host of the nationally syndicated Dana Show and bestselling author

“When it comes to who really rules the world and what kind of future they are shaping for the rest of us, so many things whispered and dismissed over the years have come into clear and undeniable focus. It’s not enough to know what’s happening and simply complain. Carol has laid out a plan for how to fight back and win.” — CHARLES PAYNE, CEO of Wall Street Strategies and television anchor

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