MENTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC.
Firm details
- Headquarters
- CHICAGO, Illinois
- CRD number
- 123176
- Registered since
- April 3, 2020
- Website
- www.mentoradvisers.com
- Custodians
- CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.
- Fee structure
- Percentage of AUM, Hourly Charges, Fixed Fees
- Client types
- Individuals88.68%
- HNWI10.99%
- Corporations / Businesses0.33%
- Services
- Financial PlanningPortfolio Management for Individuals
Firm profile
FINTRXOverview
Mentor Capital Management Inc. is an independent registered investment adviser that serves individuals and families, with a business offering that combines accounting background and advisory services. The firm provides financial planning and portfolio management tailored to individuals and small businesses and charges clients using a mix of percentage-of-AUM, hourly, and fixed fees—suggesting flexibility for both ongoing relationships and one-off engagements. Mentor Capital is not structured as a capital allocator, and it does not position itself as an ESG or pension consultant firm; its activity profile is focused on traditional wealth management for private clients. Investment activity is concentrated in pooled public funds and mutual funds rather than direct-stock-heavy strategies. The firm favors broad mutual fund exposure for core allocations and supplements those exposures with income-generating instruments such as annuities and corporate debt. For clients who need alternative exposure, Mentor Capital allocates to real estate through third-party managers, rather than building direct operating platforms in-house.
Assets & Accounts
Investments & Alternatives
Location & Offices
Investment profile
FINTRXTraditional investments used
Alternative investments used
Active ESG investor
Technology & operations
FINTRXCRM & tech providers
TAMPs used
Clients
FINTRXClient base
Client personas
Asset composition
- Public Funds/Mutual Funds71%
- Cash & Cash Equivalents15%
- Exchange Traded Equities5%
- Non-Exchange Traded Equities5%
- Other5%
Owners & executives
1 of 1JOHN DAVIS
Chief MentorCRD 2105704
Contacts
3 of 3DANIEL CAREY
PresidentCRD 5308930
Daniel Kaster
Director Of TaxCRD 7789900
SARAH BODACH
Operations ManagerCRD 7091486
Wealth teams
FINTRXNewly hired reps
FINTRXRecent M&A activity
FINTRXRecent filings
FINTRXAwards
FINTRXLocation
CHICAGO, IL
COOK
Location
CHICAGO, IL
Headquartered in CHICAGO, IL, anchoring the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI metro in the Midwest.
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
- Region
- Midwest
- County
- COOK
- Address
- 823 W Superior St
- Time zone
- CT (UTC-6)
- Office locations
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