Karen Brethauer, CFA
Vice President, Co-Head Of Office, ChicagoKaren 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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