Wealth Partners Capital Group is an investor in and partner to three
nationally recognized RIAs. We provide capital and strategic support to these
firms, and assist them in acquiring like-minded RIAs and advisors seeking growth, expanded business capabilities and succession solutions.
The founders of Wealth Partners Capital Group (WPCG) have collectively been one of the most prominent investment groups in the industry, having executed transactions that represent in aggregate over $120 billion in client assets.
WPCG’s mission is to help our partner firms provide RIA owners, IBD teams, advisors and their clients with access to best-in-class client-first planning and investment capabilities. Whether an advisor is seeking a succession solution for retirement or looking to accelerate growth, our partner firms offer both liquidity and opportunity.
IN CURRENT PARTNER FIRM
CLIENT ASSETS
(AUA)
IN ACQUIRED AUA
ACROSS PARTNER FIRMS
ACQUISITIONS
EXECUTED
(collectively)
BALANCE SHEET
(consolidated)
*Includes related entities LGL and Bala, as of 12/31/17
**Includes related entities LGL, Bala and Optima, as of 12/31/20
***Compound annual growth rate in AUA, 12/31/17 to 12/31/20
We have partnered with industry-leading wealth management firms to help independent RIAs, IBD teams and advisors achieve successful outcomes for themselves and their clients. With our help, our partners provide capital, investment and management expertise, centralized compliance, and state-of-the-art technology and operational infrastructure.
We are experts at investing in and supporting exceptional RIAs. Under our leadership,
our predecessor firm became one of the largest investors in independent wealth
management firms in the country, growing from zero to $42 billion in AUM in six years.
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315 Montgomery Street
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San Francisco, CA 94105
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New York, NY 10013
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EP Wealth Advisors is an entrepreneurial firm founded by two childhood friends. It has grown to be one of the largest independent wealth management firms on the West Coast.
"Many people are anxious around their finances. Our goal is to alleviate this anxiety by providing objective financial and investment advice that helps our clients meet their life goals. We believe we can scale this mission by providing capital and infrastructure to advisors who share our commitment to client service. The tremendous investment we have made in our business and the depth of our expertise provide partnering advisors with a better place to deliver unbiased advice and grow their business over the long-term."
BRIAN PARKER, PATRICK GOSHTIGIAN & DEREK HOLMAN
PRINCIPALS, EP WEALTH ADVISORS
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EP Headquarters
Torrance, CA
Fred Henry, Jul ’16
Caves & Associates, Sept ’18
Harris Financial Advisors, Inc., Nov ‘20
Abbas A. Heydari, Jan ‘21
Chicago, IL
Guidant Wealth Advisors, Dec ‘19
Dallas, TX
International Research & Asset Management, Feb ‘20
Denver, CO
Moore Financial Group, Jan ‘15
Rampart Wealth Advisors, Oct ‘18
Lafayette, CA
Ballou Plum Wealth Advisors, Jan ‘16
Millie Capital Management, Feb ‘18
Personal Financial Consultants, Aug ‘19
CPIC International, Oct ‘19
Orange County, CA
Phoenix, AZ
Pathlight Investors, Jul ‘19
Providus Advisors, Jul ‘20
Salt Lake City / Logan, UT
The Insight Group & Financial Insight Center, Sept ‘20
San Diego, CA
Donnelly Wealth Advisors, May ‘18
San Mateo, CA
Private Capital Management Associates, Jun ‘17
Seattle, WA
Conlon Dart Wealth Management, May ‘19
Valencia, CA
Vancouver, WA
New Focus Financial Group, Jan ‘21
West Los Angeles, CA
Locations
Established in 1973 on a handshake between Arnold Palmer and sports agent Mark McCormack as part of IMG, MAI is a leader in independent wealth management.
"MAI helps advisors plan their succession by ensuring clients are cared for after the advisor’s departure. We provide capital, but more importantly, we offer scaled resources, a fiduciary culture and a focus on client relationships."
JIM KACIC & RICK BUONCORE
PRINCIPALS, MAI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
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MAI Headquarters
Cleveland, OH
Calfee Financial Advisors, Jan ‘18
CCI Financial Group, Apr ‘19
Rodman Capital Management, Dec ‘19
HW Financial Advisors, Jan ’21
Cincinnati, OH
John D. Dovich & Associates, Jun ‘19
Columbus, OH
Irvine, CA
Little Rock, AK
Smith Capital Management, Dec ‘20
Nashua, NH
New York, NY
J.M. Hartwell, Dec ‘19
Grisanti Capital Management, May ‘20
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Raleigh, NC
Curi Capital JV, July ‘19
Reston, VA
MTX Wealth Management, Jun ‘19
St. Louis, MO
Greenway Family Office, Nov ‘20
Locations
Merit Financial Group is one of the most significant hybrid RIAs in the U.S. that seeks to educate clients and establish and satisfy their financial goals.
"Our commitment to clients drives our desire to add capabilities, expertise and expand our national presence. WPCG embraces this mission, and our partnership with them positions us to accelerate our long–term growth."
RICK KENT & KAY LYNN MAYHUE
PRINCIPALS, MERIT FINANCIAL GROUP
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ALABAMA
Birmingham
GEORGIA
Merit Headquarters:
Alpharetta
Financial Development Systems, Oct ‘17
Botsford Financial Group, Oct ‘17 (also in Frisco, TX)
Atlanta
Financial Development Systems, Oct ‘17
Lawrenceville
Allegiance Retirement Solutions, June ‘16 / July ‘16*
Roswell
Consilium Financial Group, Jan ‘20*
CALIFORNIA
San Diego
Reason Financial, Oct ‘20*
COLORADO
Colorado Springs
I.M. Wealth Care, Sept ’19*
Greenwood Village
I.M. Wealth Care, Sept ’19*
CONNECTICUT
Wilton
Price Financial, Jan ‘20
FLORIDA
Boynton Beach
Bautz Family Financial, Sept ‘20
Daytona Beach
Merit Financial Advisors, Dec ‘14*
Jacksonville
CPA Retirement Network, Jan ‘12
Maitland
Merit Financial Advisors, Dec ‘14*
Mount Dora
Merit Financial Advisors, Dec ‘14*
Orlando
Merit Financial Advisors, Dec ‘14*
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte
Sharp Advisors, Jan ’20 (also in Raleigh, NC)
Davidson
King Financial Partners, July ‘15
Blu Hawk Wealth Management, June ‘17*
Denver
Simplified Financial, Apr ‘18*
Raleigh
Sharp Advisors, Jan ‘20 (also in Charlotte, NC)
OKLAHOMA
Norman
Union Financial Advisors, Jan ‘21*
Perry
Union Financial Advisors, Jan ‘21*
Tulsa
Union Financial Advisors, Jan ‘21*
TEXAS
Frisco
Botsford Financial Group, Oct ‘17 (also in Alpharetta, GA)
Southlake
Kirsch & Associates, Nov ‘19
John is a Partner of Wealth Partners Capital Group. Before starting the firm, John was President of AMG Wealth Partners from 2011 to 2017. Prior to AMG Wealth Partners, he was the senior partner of one of Morgan Stanley’s largest Private Wealth Management teams. Earlier in his career, John served as Managing Director at Lehman Brothers and as Managing Director for E-Commerce and Wealth Management at Credit Suisse First Boston. He began his career in 1988 in the Private Client Services Group of Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he rose to Managing Director. John holds a B.A. Magna Cum Laude from Georgetown University, an M.S. from the Sloan School of Management at MIT and a J.D. Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School.
Rich is a Partner of Wealth Partners Capital Group. Before starting the firm, he was a Managing Director of AMG Wealth Partners from 2014 to 2017. Prior to AMG Wealth Partners, Rich was Managing Director at Focus Financial Partners. He founded and managed the Focus Connections program, which helped advisors from major brokerage firms establish their own independent wealth management businesses. Earlier in his career, Rich served as Director in Charles Schwab’s Strategy Group and was an analyst at Silver Lake Partners. Rich is a graduate of St. Catherine’s College, Oxford.
Sean is a Partner of Wealth Partners Capital Group. Before starting the firm, Sean was a Director of AMG Wealth Partners from 2014 to 2017. Prior to AMG Wealth Partners, he was Senior Vice President and Director of Sabadell Bank & Trust’s Palm Beach office, focused on private banking, wealth management and corporate development. Sean began his career as an Associate at Dearden, Maguire & Weaver. He holds a B.S. in Finance and a minor in Economics from the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University.
Allison is the Chief Administrative Officer of Wealth Partners Capital Group. Previously, Allison was an Associate of AMG Wealth Partners from 2011 to 2017. Prior to AMG Wealth Partners, she spent five years at Affiliated Managers Group in the New Investments group and Office of the CFO. Allison holds a B.A. with honors from Stonehill College.
Paul is the Corporate Counsel of Wealth Partners Capital Group. Prior to Wealth Partners Capital Group, he was an attorney at the law firm of Holland & Knight from 2011 to 2019 specializing in corporate law, securities, and mergers and acquisitions. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Master of Accounting from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC, and a J.D. Magna Cum Laude from the Florida State University College of Law.
Dan is a Director at Wealth Partners Capital Group. Prior to Wealth Partners Capital Group, Dan was an Associate of AMG Wealth Partners from 2015 to 2017. Earlier in his career, he was a Financial Analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York, where he worked for three years in Private Wealth Management. Dan holds a B.S.B.A from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
Nick is a Director at Wealth Partners Capital Group. Prior to Wealth Partners Capital Group, Nick was the Head of Business Development at StratiFi, a financial technology company based in San Francisco. Previously, he was an Associate on the M&A team at Focus Financial Partners in New York City. He began his career as an Analyst at Morgan Stanley. Nick holds a B.A. in Economics from Colby College.
Chris is a Senior Financial Analyst at Wealth Partners Capital Group. Prior to Wealth Partners Capital Group, Chris was a Senior Strategic Financial Analyst at HD Supply, Inc. in Atlanta, where he focused on M&A, Treasury, Investor Relations, and Market Intelligence. Throughout college, Chris worked as a finance intern at The Coca-Cola Company within the Global Business Services team. Chris holds a B.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.
Jillian is an Associate at Wealth Partners Capital Group. Previously, she was a member of AMG Wealth Partners from 2012 to 2017 after spending two years with Affiliated Managers Group. Jillian holds a B.A. in Strategic Communication and a minor in Business from Ohio State University.
Mac is an Associate at Wealth Partners Capital Group. Prior to Wealth Partners Capital Group, he spent three years at PIMCO in New York City, where he worked as an Account Associate and as a Specialist in the Portfolio Analysis Group. Mac holds a B.S. in Business & Enterprise Management from Wake Forest University.
Sean is an Associate at Wealth Partners Capital Group. Previously, he was a Business Development Associate at GlassView in New York City. Sean holds a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Formal Organizations from Trinity College, in Hartford, CT.
Shannon is an Associate at Wealth Partners Capital Group. Previously, she was a Director of Operations and Investor Relations from 2017 to 2020, where she worked in alternative asset management in the Greater Philadelphia region. Shannon is a former Division 1 athlete, she holds a B.S., as well as a M.S. in Experiential Research from Saint Joseph’s University.
Michelle is an Executive Assistant at Wealth Partners Capital Group. Previously, she was an Executive Assistant to the CFO at Rendina Healthcare Real Estate. Prior to that, she was an Office Assistant at Affiliated Managers Group. Michelle holds a B.A. from the University of Central Florida.
Kathleen is the Founder and Managing Member of Wealth Partners Compliance Consulting, LLC. Before starting the firm, Kathleen was a Director of Compliance - Affiliate Legal and Support for AMG Wealth Partners. Prior to AMG Wealth Partners, she served in progressively senior compliance roles at firms including Franklin Resources, Inc. and Credit Suisse Group - Private Equity Division culminating in serving as the Chief Compliance Officer for boutique registered investment advisers. Kathleen holds a BA in Business Administration from St. Joseph's College, a JD summa cum laude from Taft University School of Law and a LL.M. cum laude in Corporate Transactions and Finance from the University of Alabama School of Law.
Eric Schwartz is CEO of 76 West Holdings, a private investment firm with a focus on the financial services industry. He serves as Chairman of an online consumer finance company, a working capital finance company, a wealth management firm, and a precious metals dealer. He is the principal owner of the professional basketball franchise in Paris, France.
Earlier in his career Eric served on the Management Committee of Goldman Sachs, where over time he was co-CEO of the Global Equities and Investment Management Divisions and was a partner in the Equity Capital Markets unit of the Investment Banking Division. At the time of his departure in June 2007 he was also co-head of the firm’s Partnership Committee, tasked with supervising the process of promoting new partners.
He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S.E. (summa cum laude) and M.B.A. in 1984 and 1985, respectively.
Dan is a former Partner of Goldman, Sachs, & Co. He joined the firm in 1981 and became a Partner in 1994. During his career, Dan managed the firm’s global Private Wealth Management business, started and managed the Global Securities Services business, and served as Head of Institutional Equities Sales. After leaving the firm in 2003, Dan co‐founded Samson Capital Advisors, a global fixed income and alternatives‐focused asset management firm, which was sold in 2015.
Dan graduated summa cum laude from Canisius College where he received his B.S. in Finance in 1979. He received an M.B.A. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1981.
Bob is Founder, Former CEO and Chairman Emeritus of Intech Investment Management, LLC. He joined the company in January 1991 and helped build the firm from a single product provider into a solutions-based global investment manager with over $50 billion in assets under management. Bob is now the Chairman of TIKD, LLC. TIKD is a Consumer Services company headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Bob earned his M.B.A. at Georgia State University in 1976 with special emphasis on investment theory.
Robby Markose is a Partner of Samson Investment Partners and helps direct and manage the firm’s private equity investments. Robby currently serves on the board of directors of Five Point Dental Specialists, Milner Media Partners, and Scottish American Capital. He previously served on the board of Alternative Biomedical Solutions. Before joining Samson, Robby worked at J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. from 2004 to 2007, where he helped advise technology companies on a wide range of transactions including mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, and management buyouts.
Robby received his Bachelor of Business Administration, summa cum laude, from The University of Texas at Austin and his MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Financial Planning – RIA Leaders 2020
Barron's - Top 100 RIA Firms
Inc. - Inc. 5000: Fastest Growing Private Companies
Financial Advisor – RIA Survey and Ranking
Financial Advisor – Top 50 Fastest Growing Firms
Los Angeles Business Journal - Most Influential Wealth Managers
Financial Times - FT 300
Los Angeles Business Journal - Money Management Firms
Forbes – Best-In-State Wealth Advisors: California
RIA Channel - Top 100 Wealth Managers 2019
Barron's - Top 50 RIA Firms
Inc. - Inc. 5000: Fastest Growing Private Companies
Los Angeles Business Journal - Most Influential Wealth Managers
Financial Advisor - Top 50 Fastest Growing Firms
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Financial Times - FT 300
Forbes - Best-In-State Next-Gen Advisors: California
Investment News - RIA Rundown 2019: Largest Fee-Only RIAs
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Los Angeles Business Journal - Money Management Firms
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Financial Advisor - RIA Survey and Ranking
Financial Times - FT 300
Los Angeles Business Journal - Money Management Firms
Financial Advisor - RIA Survey and Ranking
Financial Advisor - Top 50 Fastest-Growing Firms
Barron's - Top Advisor Ranking: California
Financial Planning – Top 150 RIA Firms
Forbes – 100 Fastest Growing RIAs Over Ten Years
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Barron's - Top Advisor Ranking: California
Financial Planning – Top 150 RIA Firms
Financial Advisor - RIA Survey and Ranking
Barron's - Top Advisor Ranking: California
Forbes – Best-In-State Wealth Advisors: Ohio
2020 Smart Business – Medical Mutual Pillar Award for Community Service
Crain's Cleveland Business – 40 Under Forty
Barron's - Top 100 RIA Firms
Financial Advisor – RIA Survey and Ranking
Financial Advisor – Top 50 Fastest Growing Firms
Crain's Cleveland Business - Top Money Managers
Financial Times - FT 300
Forbes – Best-In-State Wealth Advisors: Ohio
Barron's - Top 50 RIA Firms
Forbes - Top Wealth Advisors
Financial Advisor - RIA Survey and Ranking
Financial Times - FT 300
Crain's Cleveland Business - Top Money Managers
Forbes - Best-In-State Wealth Advisors: Ohio
Barron's - Top 40 RIA Firms
Forbes - Top Wealth Advisors
Financial Advisor - RIA Survey and Ranking
Financial Times - FT 300
Crain's Cleveland Business - Top Money Managers
Barron's - Top Advisor Ranking: Ohio
Barron's - Top 100 Independent Advisors
Financial Times - FT 300
Smart Business - Northeast Ohio Smart 50
Crain's Cleveland Business - Top Money Managers
Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead 100
Barron's - Top 100 Independent Advisors
Financial Advisor - RIA Survey and Ranking
Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead 100
Barron's - Top 100 Independent Advisors
Financial Advisor - RIA Survey and Ranking
Financial Times - FT 300
Inside Business - NEO Success Winner
Forbes
Best-in-State Wealth Advisors: Georgia & Connecticut
Citywire
50 Growers Across America
InvestmentNews
Best Places to Work for Financial Advisers
Inc.
Inc. 5000: Fastest Growing Private Companies
Forbes
Best-in-State Wealth Advisors: Georgia
Forbes
Top Women Wealth Advisors
Financial Times
FT 300
Women’s Choice Award
Best Financial Advisors
InvestmentNews
Best Places to Work for Financial Advisers
Inc.
Inc. 5000: Fastest Growing Private Companies
Forbes
Top Women Wealth Advisors
Women’s Choice Award
Best Financial Advisors