ENSEMBLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
IS AN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FIRM
WHOSE INTERESTS ALIGN WITH YOURS

We offer CUSTOMIZED PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT SERVICES,
FEE-ONLY OBJECTIVE ADVICE and UNPARALLELED CLIENT SERVICE.

Ensemble Capital Management builds focused investment portfolios to help you preserve your success and enhance your future.

Serving clients with assets ranging from about $3 million to $250+ million, Ensemble offers a high level of personalized service to individuals, families, trusts, foundations and nonprofits.

Our Team

Questions, goals, new visions of your financial future-
Contact any of our Team Specialists
and we will assist you with all of your financial needs.

Sean Stannard-Stockton, CFA, CAP

President & Chief Investment Officer
Senior Principal & Shareholder

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Ludo Thomasson, CFP ®

Wealth Manager, Chief Advisory Officer
Senior Principal & Shareholder

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Matt Pearson

Chief Operating Officer
Chief Compliance Officer
Senior Principal & Shareholder

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Kelly Macias

Director of Talent & Culture

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Cathy Stannard-Stockton

Director of Business Operations
Senior Principal & Shareholder

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Liz Revenko, CFP®, CIMA®, CPCC, MA, MBA

Wealth Manager

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Mike Navone

Wealth Manager
& Shareholder

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Shilpa Andalkar, CFP®, CDFA®

Wealth Manager

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Julianne Jeffrey

Client Service Manager

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Randi Mills

Senior Operations Associate

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Martin Jakša

Senior Operations Manager

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Wern Cheen Chang

Senior Operations Associate

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Kyle Benner, CFP ®

Senior Investment Associate

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Laura Britton

Business Operations Associate

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Arif Karim, CFA

Senior Investment Analyst

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Eileen Segall

SENIOR INVESTMENT ANALYST

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Paul Perrino, CFA

Director of Portfolio Analysis
Principal & Shareholder

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John Kim, CFA

Portfolio Analyst

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Firm History

We are well into our THIRD DECADE of INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
with a SOLID HISTORY of SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE.

1997

After three decades working in the financial markets, Curt Brown founded Curtis Brown & Company in San Francisco. His desire was to form an independent firm, structured to serve clients in a clear and transparent manner. The business model was designed to remove the many conflicts of interest that plagued so many financial services firms.

2001

Curtis Brown & Company moved from San Francisco to Burlingame, located midway between San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

2004

Sean Stannard-Stockton became a Shareholder in the company, which was renamed Ensemble Capital Management.

2006

Ensemble Capital launched their philanthropic planning services and began to attract private foundations, charitable trusts and major donors to their growing client base.

2008

Matt Pearson joined Ensemble Capital to manage operations.

2011

Matt Pearson became a Shareholder in Ensemble Capital and the company moved into larger offices.

2014

Ludo Thomasson, CFP®, joined Ensemble Capital to manage the Wealth Planning services.

2015

Sean Stannard-Stockton became President and CIO. Ludo Thomasson became a Shareholder.

2016

Matt Pearson became COO & CCO.

2017

Curt Brown retired. His original vision to serve clients in a clear and transparent manner remains the core philosophy of Ensemble Capital.

2020

Ensemble Capital exceeded $1 billion in assets under management

2021

Ensemble Capital moves its office to San Francisco, where Ensemble originally started

Today

Ensemble Capital Management is now a leading investment advisory and wealth management firm in the San Francisco Bay Area and nationwide.

Our Philanthropic Commitment

We have a long history of philanthropic engagement

Making a social impact is long embedded in Ensemble Capital’s history and services. Our President, Sean Stannard-Stockton, is well known in the philanthropic community for the popular Tactical Philanthropy blog he authored from 2006 to 2012 as well as his regular columns in the Financial Times and The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Many Ensemble Capital employees reflect the same passion and serve or have served on nonprofit boards and actively participate with local, national, and international nonprofit organizations.

Ensemble Capital has a formal commitment to amplify their own philanthropic initiatives as a firm through three distinct and impactful programs:

COMMUNITY GRANTS
COMMUNITY GRANTS

We seek to deeply understand our philanthropic clients’ missions and visions. We direct a portion of our firm’s charitable budget toward the initiatives of our nonprofit clients and the grantees of our philanthropic clients.

ENSEMBLE CAPITAL SOCIAL IMPACT FUND
ENSEMBLE CAPITAL SOCIAL IMPACT FUND

We cultivate group learning around effective philanthropy. We commit 5% of net revenue from the Ensemble Fund to a high impact charitable organization selected annually by an internal committee based on a multi-step research process.

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  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
EMPLOYEE MATCHING PROGRAM
EMPLOYEE MATCHING PROGRAM

We encourage our employees to engage with their community around their own individual causes. Ensemble Capital matches donations to 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations aligned with our employees’ personal passions.

Sustainability | AWARDS & CERTIFICATIONS
  • Ensemble Capital became a Certified B Corporation™ in November 2022.

    Certified B Corporations are businesses that meet the highest standards of independently verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. This certification does not mean we will be making any changes to how we operate the company. Rather, this third-party certification recognizes the way we have long managed Ensemble Capital with an eye towards creating value for all our stakeholders, including customers, employees, vendors and society at large, in addition to shareholders.

  • Ensemble Capital headquarters is located at 555 Mission St in San Francisco.

    555 Mission Street is a LEED Platinum certified office tower. It was previously San Francisco’s first LEED Gold office certified new office tower when it was completed in 2008.

    LEED is a third-party green building certification program and the globally recognized standard for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings and neighborhoods. The rating system approach focuses on efficiency and leadership to deliver the triple bottom line returns of “people, planet and profit.”

Our Fee

Simple and Transparent

SIMPLE FEE SCHEDULE
SIMPLE FEE SCHEDULE

 

  • First $10 million: 1.00 % annual fees
  • Amounts in excess of $10 million & up to $25 million: 0.80 % annual fees
  • Amounts in excess of $25 million & up to $100 million: 0.60 % annual fees
  • Amounts in excess of $100 million:  0.50 % annual fees

Our fee encompasses investment management and advisory services. We don’t outsource your investment management.

ALL-INCLUSIVE
ALL-INCLUSIVE

We don’t bill for additional advice or services within the standard scope of wealth management.

ALIGNED INCENTIVES
ALIGNED INCENTIVES

We do well when you do well; our only incentive is to maximize your account value while limiting risk.

Recognition & Rankings
RIA Survey and Ranking
Financial Advisor Magazine
RIA Survey and Ranking2
RIA Survey and Ranking
Financial Advisor Magazine
RIA Survey and Ranking2
RIA Edge 100
Wealth Management.com
RIA Edge 1003
RIA Survey and Ranking
Financial Advisor Magazine
RIA Survey and Ranking2
Top 13 Financial Advisors in San Francisco
ADVISORY HQ
Top 13 Financial Advisors in San Francisco1
RIA Survey and Ranking
Financial Advisor Magazine
RIA Survey and Ranking2
Top 13 Financial Advisors in San Francisco
ADVISORY HQ
Top 13 Financial Advisors in San Francisco1
RIA Survey and Ranking
Financial Advisor Magazine
RIA Survey and Ranking2
Top 13 Financial Advisors in San Francisco
ADVISORY HQ
Top 13 Financial Advisors in San Francisco1
RIA Survey and Ranking
Financial Advisor Magazine
RIA Survey and Ranking2
Top 13 Financial Advisors in San Francisco
ADVISORY HQ
Top 13 Financial Advisors in San Francisco1
Top 13 Financial Advisors in San Francisco
ADVISORY HQ
Top 13 Financial Advisors in San Francisco1
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AdvisoryHQ | AdvisoryHQ compiled the listing based on its four-step objective methodology which ranks firms based upon the everyday client. It considers a firm’s fiduciary duty, independence, level of customized service, history of innovation, team excellence, quality of service and more. AdvisoryHQ analyzed 83 firms and Ensemble Capital was one of 13 firms ranked as a “Top Rated Wealth Management Firm” in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ensemble Capital did not pay a fee for inclusion in the listing. The listing does not evaluate client experience and is not indicative of the practice’s future performance. Ensemble Capital received this ranking in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

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Financial Advisor Magazine | To be eligible for the Financial Advisor Magazine RIA rankings, firms must be independent registered investment advisors and file their own ADV statement with the SEC. They need to provide financial planning and related services to individual clients and complete a survey. In 2023 Ensemble Capital was ranked by AUM at #260. Ensemble Capital did not pay a fee for inclusion in these listings. These listings do not evaluate client experience and are not indicative of the firm’s future performance.

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Ensemble Capital is independent of and unaffiliated with Wealth Management.com, the editors pick for RIA EDGE 100 list. The inclusion in the RIA EDGE 100 list was based on criteria and methodology defined by the Wealth Management.com. Ensemble Capital did not pay a fee to be included in the magazine or other publications. The reference in RIA EDGE 100 list is for informational purposes only and no warranty is either expressed or implied by their presentation. The inclusion in the RIA EDGE 100 list may not be representative of any one client’s experience because it reflects an average of all, or sample of all, the experiences of an adviser’s clients. Ensemble Capital’s inclusion in the RIA EDGE 100 list should not be considered a guarantee of future performance or results.