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Elle Kaplan is an American entrepreneur and finance expert. Kaplan is the Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner of Lexion Capital Management, a fiduciary level asset management firm that is one of the only 100% woman owned asset management firms in the United States. Kaplan is also a business and finance columnist for Inc. (magazine) and contribues to various media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Reuters , Fox News , Yahoo! Finance, and CNNMoney.

Education and Career
Kaplan received her Executive MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School at Columbia University in New York City. Kaplan completed her undergraduate degree in English and Chemistry at the University of Michigan.

When Kaplan moved to New York City (from where?) she had no job, no place to live, and $200 in savings. Due to her educational background in English and chemistry, getting work on Wall Street was difficult. Kaplan eventually landed an interview for a receptionist position at a private equity firm. After looking at her resume, the interviewers thought she would be bored answering phones and Kaplan asked if they had an analyst position available, for which she was hired four days later. Kaplan went on to work as a private banker for JP Morgan Chase, a derivatives specialist at a British investment bank, and as Vice-President and a financial adviser at Bernstein Global Wealth Management. During this time, Kaplan completed her Executive MBA.

In October 2010, Kaplan founded Lexion Capital Management, LLC, a fiduciary standard investment firm. The firm was invitation-only to clients prior to opening its doors to everyone (when?). Kaplan remains the company's Chief Operating Officer and Founding Partner. The company provides customized investment solutions and fiduciary-level investment advice and wealth management services to individual and institutional clients.

Advocacy and Philanthropy
Kaplan is actively involved in groups that work to promote the empowerment of women in business. She is Director At Large of the 30 Percent Coalition, which works to achieve gender diversity among boards of publicly traded companies. Kaplan is a member of the advisory board of WIN NYC, a young women's professional networking group, and a SheSource expert with Women's Media Center.

Kaplan volunteers her time teaching investment seminars to women on the basics of investing and personal finance, which have been noted by feminist luminaries including Gloria Steinem.

Kaplan is also involved with animal rescue groups. In May 2013, she participated in Rescue the Runway, a fundraising event benefiting three animal welfare/rescue groups int he New York tristate area.