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Kent L. Karosen is an American businessman, author and philanthropist who serves on the board of several charitable organizations. He is the President and CEO of the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, a nonprofit health organization.

For many years he has been a Managing Director and Partner at Cantor Fitzgerald, a Wall Street firm. The company's offices, located on floors 101 to 105 of 1 World Trade Center, were destroyed by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, killing 658 of the company’s 960 New York employees.

On October 1, 2001, Karosen organized a memorial service in New York’s Central Park for over 4,000 family members and friends of those killed. He continues to put together an annual celebration of life event for the families of Cantor Fitzgerald’s victims on the anniversary of the attacks.

In the fall of 2016, Karosen wrote, with children’s book author Chana Stiefel, "Why Can’t Grandma Remember My Name?", which juxtaposes paintings and drawings created by children with those created by Alzheimer’s patients. It tackles a child’s questions such as “How can I have fun with Grandma?” and “Will Grandma get worse?” and offers advice for families coping with the illness, with royalties benefiting the foundation.

Karosen is on the Board of Trustees of the Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum Foundation and is the chairman of its investment committee.

He serves on the Board of Directors of Temple Emanu-El Synagogue in Miami Beach, Florida.