Kara Murphy, Chief Investment Officer, Kestra Investment Management, won CIO of the Year at Markets Media Group’s 2024 Women in Finance (U.S.) Awards.
Kara Murphy
What does receiving the CIO of the Year award mean to you, and how does it reflect your work and leadership in investment management?
Receiving the CIO of the Year award is a tremendous honor that I couldn’t have imagined when starting my first job on Wall Street. While in school, I never considered a career in finance. I saw the industry as a man’s world, one with sharp elbows and big egos. Having landed my first role largely by accident, I quickly discovered that investing represented an ever-changing intellectual challenge; twenty-five-ish years into this career and I have yet to be bored.
Over time,…
