Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC (New York)

Name: Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC
Address: 475 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY, 10018 1120
Telephone: 212-765-2500

Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $9.43 billion of regulatory assets for 7,214 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2005 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 47 other states.

Gilder Gagnon Howe & provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Gilder Gagnon Howe &: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC is $9.43 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 61% since the beginning of its operation, and $196.7 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $8.8 billion in discretionary accounts and $639.5 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $1.26 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $2.91 million.

Gilder Gagnon Howe & has custody of $234.17 thousand in cash and securities for 2 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 95% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 3% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in investment grade corporate bonds form 1% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and commissions. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Gilder Gagnon Howe & serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, charitable organizations, pooled investment vehicles, corporations or other businesses, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Gilder Gagnon Howe & is individuals with 6,429 clients and $7.78 billion of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Gilder Gagnon Howe & has the highest percentage of individuals out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $9.43 billion for 7,212 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 2% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Gilder Gagnon Howe & doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC

The company employs 82 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 29 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 6 employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Laura Michele Esposito joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Max Lewis Heckler	Srop/crop	1 Jun 1989	Other	241362
Thomas Arthur Borgeson	Operations principal	1 Jun 1996	Other	1463646
David Stewart Howe	Managing member	1 Jan 1999	Other	812707
Edith Braun	Member	1 Jan 1999	Other	29256
John L Colton	Member	1 Jan 1999	Other	1259804
Karen Legotte Langdon	Member	1 Jan 1999	Other	2145275
Sarah Nye Holmes	Member	1 Jan 1999	Other	857480
Walter Joseph Weadock	Member	1 Jan 1999	Other	1751024
Steven Edward Collopy	Financial officer	1 Jun 2000	Other	3248068
Mark Richard Jordan	Head trader/member	1 Jan 2001	Other	2076541
Annemarie Ferguson	Human resources director/member	1 Jan 2002	Other	1638981
Walter Joseph Weadock	Chief compliance officer	1 Apr 2003	Other	1751024
Shafqat Ali	Chief information security officer/member	1 Jan 2004	Other	6009773
Richard Gilder	Managing member	1 Mar 2005	25% - 50%	601565
Norman S Benzaquen	Managing member	1 Mar 2005	Other	18785
Travis Knapp Anderson	Chief executive officer/managing member	1 Mar 2005	Other	853424
Norman Salomon Benzaquen	Managing member	1 Mar 2005	Other	18785
Angelica Tal	Member	1 Jan 2008	Other	5846923
Scott Ives Noah	Chief legal officer	1 Jun 2009	Other	2334448
Scott Ives Noah	General counsel and chief compliance officer	1 Aug 2009	Other	2334448
Steven Edward Collopy	Chief financial officer	1 Nov 2010	Other	3248068
Bonnie Mae Haupt	Chief compliance officer/member	1 Dec 2010	Other	1254440
Shaiza M Rizavi	Managing member	1 Dec 2011	Other	2874858
James Michael Deutsch	Managing member	1 Dec 2011	Other	4565264
Shaiza Miriam Rizavi	Managing member	1 Dec 2011	Other	2874858
Shaiza Mariam Rizavi	Managing member	1 Dec 2011	Other	2874858
Michael Patrick Mccormick	Member	1 Jan 2012	Other	1857693
Francis Hunnewell Williams	Member	1 Jan 2012	Other	467699
Arthur Stephen Ferreri	Member	1 Jan 2012	Other	2452964
Anita Helene Marley	Member	1 Jan 2012	Other	1424196
Sanford Braun	Member	1 Jan 2012	Other	2903783
David Co Huynh	Controller	1 Dec 2013	Other	5443515
Arash Ganjian	Member	1 Jan 2014	Other	4898682
Victoria Ruth Ross	Member	1 Jan 2014	Other	3073531
Yaroslav Faybishenko	Member	1 Jan 2014	Other	4898703
Bonnie Mae Haupt	Member	1 Jan 2014	Other	1254440
Victoria R Ross	Member	1 Jan 2014	Other	3073531
David Co Huynh	Chief financial officer	1 Jun 2014	Other	5443515
Hitesh Shah	Member	1 Jan 2015	Other	4332315
Richard Gilder	Member	1 Jan 2018	Other	601565
Laura Michele Esposito	Chief compliance officer	1 Nov 2018	Other	6727167

Based in New York

The principal office where Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC performs its advisory services is located at 475 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 1120, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-765-2500. The normal business hours are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at gghc.com.