Hailed “The Oracle of Wall Street” by Bloomberg, Meredith Whitney has been ahead of the curve during America’s largest credit crisis since the Great Depression. Whitney’s rise to international prominence was triggered in October 2007 when she made one of the most controversial and highly publicized calls in Wall Street history. A Wall Street veteran of over 15 years, Whitney’s career has been defined by her bold predictions which have garnered global attention.
Named one of the world’s 100 Most Influential People of 2009 by TIME Magazine, Whitney is widely recognized as “one of the most respected voices on Wall Street.” Also one of Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, Whitney is a renowned expert in the finance industry and is frequently quoted in Fortune, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and The New York Times.
She is the CEO of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, LLC, a macro and strategy-driven investment research firm. Well followed for her core research, Ms. Whitney and her team also focus on a broad section of financials including large, small, and mid-size banks, brokers, independent commercial and consumer finance companies.
Prior to founding Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, Whitney was a Managing Director and Senior Financial Institutions Analyst for Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Throughout her tenure at Oppenheimer, Meredith was most noted for her research on the ultimate decline in home prices, the future of the US mortgage industry, and the consumer lending market, including specific focus on the credit card industry. In 2007, she wrote prolifically on the threats surrounding the weighted influence of the rating agencies on regulatory capital determinants and the risks of the monoline insurers on financial institutions. In 2006, Ms. Whitney presented to the FDIC on the U.S. consumer and the risks in the sub-prime market.
At the podium, Whitney lives up to her reputation as Wall Street’s star analyst, offering audiences a profound and comprehensive insight into our economic situation. As the leading authority on America’s credit crisis, Whitney demystifies our financial system for novices and industry experts alike. She explains how we can recover from the economic issues that even Wall Street struggles to understand. “Life is all about how much you prepare, and if you over prepare, you will always succeed,” she says.
Whitney graduated with honors from Brown University, and lives in New York City with her husband.
