Jeff Brown

Jeff Brown

San Diego, California, United States
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Since 1996, I’ve been committed to developing customized solutions for high-net-worth…

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    San Diego State University

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    Activities and Societies: Sigma phi epsilon fraternity

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    Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity

Publications

  • Are you destined to go solo?

    Investment News

    Breaking up the band to go RIA is a huge decision for any advisor, no matter how ambitious. Advisors tell tales of going it alone.

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  • Jeff Brown: How to Successfully Transition From Financial Advisor to CEO

    Barron's

    Financial advisors who hope to succeed as CEO need to employ a different mind-set and playbook, says Jeff Brown, the president and founding partner of San Diego-based Stratos Private Wealth, which oversees $1.7 billion for more than 350 high-net-worth and ultrahigh-net-worth clients. He urges leaders to build a next-gen set of team leaders and empower them so that they take on ever increasing responsibilities, including ultimately being the lead advisor for clients.

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  • Advisors Expand As Clients Ask For ... Everything

    FA Mag

    Clients want financial planning from their financial advisors, but many are beginning to demand much more. Financial planning firms say they are solving this problem in a number of ways, including acquiring accounting firms, legal firms and estate planners outright.

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  • Ep 075: Jeff Brown: Building a Firm with a Commitment to Excellence

    The Evolving Advisor: Stratos

    In this episode, Jeff, Lou, and Jeff discuss:

    -Running a successful private practice to launching a national brand.
    -Reasons for going independent.
    -Creating the vision and keeping the local flavor of your firm.
    -Building a great team with next-generation talent.

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  • Building a National Brand: Stratos Private Wealth's Jeff Brown

    RIA+ with Mark Bruno

    Just several months after a re-launch and re-brand of his San Diego-based wealth management business, Jeff Brown has his sights set on one very specific goal: Building a one-of-a kind national firm that provides financial planning, investment management and life coaching services for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families.

    Jeff sat down with Emigrant Partner's Mark Bruno to share his vision and his plan for continuing to accelerate the growth of his firm…

    Just several months after a re-launch and re-brand of his San Diego-based wealth management business, Jeff Brown has his sights set on one very specific goal: Building a one-of-a kind national firm that provides financial planning, investment management and life coaching services for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families.

    Jeff sat down with Emigrant Partner's Mark Bruno to share his vision and his plan for continuing to accelerate the growth of his firm, Stratos Private Wealth, which is a division of Stratos Wealth Partners, one of Emigrant's Partner Firms. In this episode, Jeff specifically discusses his approach to delivering a truly differentiated client experience - as well as his strategy for growing of Stratos Private Wealth through a mix of creative marketing and recruiting approaches.

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  • #FA Success Ep 362: Developing Associate Advisor Compensation Plans And Career Tracks To Scale Capacity Past $1.5B AUM, With Jeff Brown

    Kitces

    In this episode, we talk in-depth about why Jeff decided on a growth strategy of having the firm generate prospects for its lead advisors and how it allowed them to hire and develop advisors that better connect with and serve (and retain) clients instead, the unique performance review plan and scoring system that Jeff implemented to both highlight when his associate advisors were ready for a promotion and is used to calculate their bonuses, and how the firm has leveraged client referrals…

    In this episode, we talk in-depth about why Jeff decided on a growth strategy of having the firm generate prospects for its lead advisors and how it allowed them to hire and develop advisors that better connect with and serve (and retain) clients instead, the unique performance review plan and scoring system that Jeff implemented to both highlight when his associate advisors were ready for a promotion and is used to calculate their bonuses, and how the firm has leveraged client referrals, content creation, social media, and M&A to bring in clients for its advisors on the way to growing to nearly $1.5 billion of AUM (and is now increasing the firm's marketing budget and hiring a dedicated marketing professional to help further expand his firm's reach).

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  • Playing the Long Game: Why a Former Wirehouse Advisor Built and Sold a $1.5B Independent Firm

    Diamond Consultants

    Jeff Brown wore many hats in his career as he transitioned his book of business from the wirehouses to independence. Yet a nagging “what if” feeling inspired him to conduct strategic due diligence, leading him first to sell a minority stake in his business and later a majority stake. Now, as President of Stratos Private Wealth, he shares a unique journey.

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