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Karen Brethauer

Karen Brethauer, CFA

Vice President, Co-Head Of Office, Chicago
karen.brethauer@gs.com
312-698-4403

Karen Brethauer, Chicago, advises clients on all facets of financial and estate planning, helping them chart a financial course for lifetime wealth creation at the Chicago office of Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management, within the Asset & Wealth Management business of Goldman Sachs.

She joined the investment counsel firm Hotchkiss Associates following graduation from The University of Illinois. That firm became a part of what is now Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management.

Karen earned a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her Masters of Management through the night program offered by Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She also holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Karen is an avid reader, an enthusiastic walker and the proud mother of two adult sons.

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