COMPANIES

Pathstone

Office address: 10 Sterling Blvd, Suite 402, Englewood, NJ 07631
Website: pathstone.com
Year established: 2010
Company type: financial services
Employees: 775+
Expertise: investment advisory, wealth management, tax strategy and compliance, estate and trust planning, portfolio management, family governance and legacy planning, philanthropy and purpose-driven investing, risk management and cybersecurity, business and transaction advisory
Parent company: Pathstone Holdings LLC
Key people: Matthew Fleissig (CEO), Rahul Agrawal (president), Jessica Reed Saouaf and Eric Alt (co-CIOs), Michelle Johnston (CFO), Tricia Overdyke (COO), Laura Gray (chief of staff)
Financing status: private equity-backed

Pathstone is a privately held wealth management firm and registered investment advisor based in Englewood. It provides investment, tax, estate, and family governance services to ultra-high-net-worth families and institutions. The company has more than 775 team members and over $170 billion in aggregate assets as of 2025.

History of Pathstone

Pathstone started in 2010 when co-founders Matthew Fleissig, Steve Braverman, and Allan Zachariah built it as a partner-owned multi-family office.

The company offered tax, accounting, and property management services as an independent multi‑family office rather than a bank or brokerage. It began with about $1 billion in assets and a handful of ultra-high-net-worth client families.

Deals that reshaped Pathstone

What followed was a decade of deals that changed the company from the ground up. It acquired Veritable LP in 2023, one of the oldest multi-family offices in the country.

It then merged with Hall Capital in 2024, a bicoastal wealth advisory firm. It grew its total assets from $1 billion at launch to well past $100 billion in just 14 years.

A spot among the fastest-growing RIAs

The firm's track record also showed up in industry rankings during this stretch. It ranked 15th on the 2024 InvestmentNews Fastest-Growing Fee-Only RIAs list in the $1+ billion category. The list's 74 fee-only firms averaged 210.3 percent growth over three years, and Pathstone's spot proved its strategy was working.

The company also made the 2025 InvestmentNews Top Independent High-Net-Worth Advisors list in the Northeast region. The merit-based ranking, now in its second year, uses SEC filings and ownership data to identify top independent firms. Organizations on the list must manage at least $100 million in assets and operate without any broker-dealer ties.

A new brand for custom portfolios

The company wasn't just adding firms to grow its total assets during this time. It acquired Advisor Partners in 2022, a direct indexing firm, which rebranded to Concentric Innovation in 2025 to sharpen its focus. The move gave Pathstone a stronger set of tools for tax-optimized and custom portfolio management.

Pathstone products and services

Pathstone brings investment, tax, estate, and lifestyle services together under one open-architecture platform for ultra-high-net-worth clients:

Investment and portfolio services

  • investment strategy and management: tailored plans built around client goals
  • portfolio management and asset allocation: diversified strategies across global markets
  • direct indexing: tax-optimized portfolio tools via Concentric Innovation
  • open-architecture investing: independent manager sourcing without proprietary products

Wealth planning and advisory

  • strategic financial planning: long-term modeling for complex family finances
  • liquidity and cash flow planning: structured cash strategies for ongoing needs
  • personal CFO services: day-to-day financial operations and bill pay

Tax, estate, and trust services

  • tax strategy and compliance: planning, reporting, and tax optimization support
  • estate and fiduciary planning: structured plans for long-term wealth transfer
  • trust administration and governance: oversight and management of trust structures

Family, lifestyle, and risk services

  • family governance and legacy planning: frameworks for multigenerational wealth decisions
  • philanthropy and purpose-driven investing: charitable strategies aligned with client values
  • insurance, risk, and cybersecurity: protection across personal and digital assets
  • life, lifestyle, and property management: coordination of personal and property needs

Pathstone also provides dissolution services, business and transaction advisory, and health and global care planning. A 40+ person research team and a single investment committee support all client portfolios.

Culture and corporate values

The company describes its culture as one built on service, not selling. It does this through internal committees and initiatives led by team members. The firm organizes its approach around five core values:

  1. empathy
  2. foresight
  3. performance
  4. resourcefulness
  5. accompaniment

Pathstone calls its employees "Pathstonians." To support them, its benefits program covers several areas:

  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • life insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • flexible spending accounts
  • PTO

The company's open roles also span client service, investment research, and operations. It seeks "analytical thinkers" who can build multigenerational client trust and manage internal systems.

About CEO Matthew Fleissig and key people

Matthew Fleissig is co-founder and CEO of Pathstone. Fleissig previously worked at Harris myCFO Investment Advisory and at The Ayco Company. He studied economics at Muhlenberg College and completed an MBA in finance at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Fleissig leads Pathstone with the support of several senior leaders:

  • Rahul Agrawal serves as Pathstone president and CIO of Concentric Innovation, leading the firm's direct indexing and portfolio tools
  • Jessica Reed Saouaf is co-CIO, helping lead investment strategy across the company's portfolios
  • Eric Alt is also co-CIO, managing portfolio decisions alongside the investment research team
  • Michelle Johnston serves as CFO, overseeing the organization's financial operations and reporting functions
  • Tricia Overdyke works as COO and executive managing director, running day-to-day operations and business management at Pathstone
  • Laura Gray is chief of staff, coordinating firm-wide operations and supporting the executive team

Each leader handles a different part of the firm's operations. Their roles cover investment, finance, strategy, and day-to-day management.

The future at Pathstone

The company hired Eddie Brown, a veteran of Citi, Schwab, and Fidelity, as chief growth officer in late 2024. Pathstone takes what Brown calls an "inside out" approach to growth, starting with talent and technology. It plans to strengthen its team, invest in AI, and apply lessons from its 15+ past acquisitions.

The firm's growth ambitions don't stop with its latest leadership moves. Pathstone aims to become a trillion-dollar organization, Fleissig told InvestmentNews in 2026. The firm plans to get there by adding services, investing in AI, and pursuing more deals.

The latest Pathstone news

Displaying 25 results
Hightower knocks ‘baseless’ lawsuit as cyberattacks spread across RIAs
RIA NEWS APR 02, 2026
Hightower knocks ‘baseless’ lawsuit as cyberattacks spread across RIAs

The lawsuit comes amid a string of recent cyberattacks against wealth firms including Mercer Advisors, Edelman Financial Engines, Beacon Pointe, CW Advisors, Betterment, Pathstone, EP Wealth, Cetera and Ameriprise.

Mercer faces second class-action lawsuit after ShinyHunters cyberattack
Mercer faces second class-action lawsuit after ShinyHunters cyberattack

Millions of Mercer client records were allegedly exposed by ShinyHunters, which also targeted Beacon Pointe Advisors and Pathstone Family Office.

From the Beckhams to the Murdochs: Why family feuds often intensify as wealth and fame grow
From the Beckhams to the Murdochs: Why family feuds often intensify as wealth and fame grow

Pathstone’s MD of wealth planning tells InvestmentNews why wealth can make family conflict harder to manage.

Custom portfolios at scale: From idea to infrastructure
RIA NEWS NOV 17, 2025
Custom portfolios at scale: From idea to infrastructure

A closer look at how Concentric's lot-level precision and tax optimization are changing the math on customization.

Savvy Wealth hires first-ever CIO in bid to elevate in-house investments
RIA NEWS SEP 23, 2025
Savvy Wealth hires first-ever CIO in bid to elevate in-house investments

Having broken past the $3 billion AUM mark, the tech-forward RIA platform has hired a veteran leader to lead efforts to upscale its portfolio and investment decision-making capabilities.

Savvy Advisors adds $270 million Perspective 6 team with medical technology niche
RIA NEWS JUL 31, 2025
Savvy Advisors adds $270 million Perspective 6 team with medical technology niche

"We've actually found that the best advisory teams and solo advisors have figured out a niche that they work well with," Savvy Wealth CEO Ritik Malhotra tells InvestmentNews, as his firm's $2 billion RIA affiliate grows to 68 advisors.

What's the biggest growth challenge for family offices? Ask a chief growth officer
What's the biggest growth challenge for family offices? Ask a chief growth officer

Eddie Brown from Pathstone discusses his "energizing" first six months as CGO, the biggest hurdles confronting family offices today, and the "inside out game" of growth.

What should RIAs have on their regulatory radar right now?
What should RIAs have on their regulatory radar right now?

With a new regime at the SEC, Savvy Wealth's Lisandra Wilmott speaks out on ongoing and unfolding risks around off-channel communications, AI, and private market investments.

Savvy Wealth builds legal foundation with former Pathstone general counsel
RIA NEWS APR 16, 2025
Savvy Wealth builds legal foundation with former Pathstone general counsel

The tech-forward advisor platform's newest RIA division hire also has experience from LPL and JPMorgan.

Top Independent High-Net-Worth Advisors 2025
BEST IN WEALTH MAR 26, 2025
Top Independent High-Net-Worth Advisors 2025

InvestmentNews presents the Top Independent High-Net-Worth Advisors from across the US

Fastest-Growing Fee-Only RIAs in the USA
BEST IN WEALTH JAN 22, 2025
Fastest-Growing Fee-Only RIAs in the USA

Recognizing the fee-only RIAs that have seen a speedy rise in AUM and clients due to forward-thinking strategies and trusted advice

$18B RIA Homrich Berg welcomes tax planning lead to boost UHNW service
RIA NEWS JAN 06, 2025
$18B RIA Homrich Berg welcomes tax planning lead to boost UHNW service

The Atlanta-based firm is raising its appeal to the affluent with a newly created position within its family office and ultra-high-net-worth division.

$112B Pathstone taps ex-Schwab family office leader as chief growth officer
RIA NEWS NOV 14, 2024
$112B Pathstone taps ex-Schwab family office leader as chief growth officer

The ultra-high-net-worth RIA's newest executive, who's also a Fidelity alum, is tasked with fueling strategic growth and innovation to strengthen its position.

COMPANIES NOV 13, 2024
Kelso & Company

Kelso & Company is a New York-based private equity firm founded in 1980 with $16 billion in capital. It has completed 140+ investments across multiple sectors.

Dynasty Financial firm Americana Partners gets backing from Lovell Minnick Partners
RIA NEWS OCT 24, 2024
Dynasty Financial firm Americana Partners gets backing from Lovell Minnick Partners

The $8.5B AUM ultra-high-net-worth firm is looking to its next phase of growth fueled by a strategic private equity investment.