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Augustus Wealth is a firm specializing in professional financial planning and analysis. Our mission? Helping tech and space industry experts who own employee stock options maximize their wealth. We are aware that the only guarantee in the world of investment planning is change, which is why we’re always at the forefront of innovation, ensuring you evolve with the changing trends of the global markets.

Our certified financial planners use an agile planning approach for implementing effective solutions, combining ongoing service with comprehensive planning. With our niche solutions, you will gain insights on how to get maximum results. Not sure if you’re getting the most out of your equity? Schedule a free initial consultation with our financial advisors in El Segundo and see for yourself how we work.

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Everything you need to unlock the full potential of your equity.

Equity Strategy

Equity planning that delivers recommendations when it matters most.

  • Same-day response
  • Answer equity questions from A to Z
  • Maximize outcomes for equity decisions

Wealth Strategy

Financial planning and portfolio management that aligns your equity with your financial goals.

  • White-glove service
  • Equity driven comprehensive advice
  • Unlock new possibilities with big picture planning

Why choose Augustus Wealth?

"Simply put, we find your missed opportunities and start planning for new ones"

Derek Munchow, Founder

Maximize Tax Savings

A critical factor in optimizing your wealth is reducing tax drag. Our insights will act as a springboard toward building a tax smart financial plan.

Build Net Worth

Strengthen your net worth by fully leveraging your equity compensation plan. You'll be amazed at how much juice is left in the squeeze.

See Big Picture

Holistic planning with stock options is like trying to finish a puzzle with a thousand pieces. The clearer we can make the picture, the easier it will be for you to maximize your net gains.

Fast Track Life Goals

The holy grail of a successful advisory relationship is reaching financial freedom. Our goal is for you to walk away feeling a heck of a lot more confident about your future.

Customized stock portfolio management in El Segundo

Having experienced traditional wealth management and carefully analyzed its weaknesses as practitioners, we understand where the opportunities exist with an agile approach. From the ashes of the old we’ve created a framework built around agile financial planning and investment management, a process aimed at empowering you to reach financial freedom. Our practice rests on the ideals of transparency, continual development, and constant progress to make sure you never fall behind.

Utilize our tailored wealth management to grow your assets

Equity stock compensation is a valuable component of your portfolio, but harnessing its full potential requires careful planning and strategic execution. Our financial advisors in El Segundo work with professionals from diverse sectors, including Tech and Space industries, to navigate the intricacies of employee stock options and other equity incentives. We’ll work closely with you to create a comprehensive roadmap that aligns with your career trajectory, risk tolerance, and long-term aspirations.

Partner with us to pave the way toward a secure future

Benefits Packages

Our focus lies in devising a holistic approach that merges with your equity compensation while aiding you in vital decision-making. We stand ready to offer our expertise at every crucial turning point.

Tax Navigation

Our expertise in tax management involves customized strategies aimed at minimizing tax liabilities while leveraging the benefits linked to employee stock options.

Liquidation Events

Count on our experienced team of diligent specialists for professional assistance in managing pre-IPO share buybacks, SPAC transactions, and IPOs, ensuring favorable results in your equity ventures.

Realize your financial aspirations with our wealth management

Frequently Asked Questions

It’s easy to give a populistic answer to this question, something along the lines of “right now” or “yesterday”. Truth be told, even such an overly simplistic conclusion wouldn’t be far from the truth, as customized financial planning can take a bit of time to yield proper results, meaning the more you delay the more you could fall behind.

However, taking the time to adequately assess your finances, deliberate your options and choose your financial planners in El Segundo is also a good course of action, ensuring maximum professionalism.

One big truth is that you shouldn’t consider hiring experts only when you start thinking about retirement. By then, it can be too late. Instead, when you start earning a sufficient income and when you have a bit of maneuvering space, it’s time to start thinking about investing in your financial future. So, if you’re thinking about it, it’s time, and the less you delay, the more time you have to capitalize in your investment.

We understand, wealth management is often a complicated and elusive topic, especially for individuals with little-to-no contact with the world of finance. However, even if you’re not completely familiar with the intricacies of this service, you can get to know it better by assessing the benefits it provides to you, as well as to your finances. Some of the biggest ones are:

  • Assistance in big life changes: If we’re to get philosophical for a second, in life, nothing’s certain. Change does come, change often requires money, and change happens abruptly. You might move, change your home, pivot your career, or decide to retire, all situations which demand you’re financially prepared for them. This is where experts can help. They can help deal with the financial aspect of your major life change, allowing you to have an easier time dealing with it while preparing for the future.
  • Retirement preparation: Speaking of the future, retirement is a time dedicated to reaping the literal fruits of your labor, and agile financial planning in El Segundo helps you do just that. Professionals will provide guidance alongside long-term planning of your retirement, ensuring you maximize your funds for the golden years of your life. Sounds corny, well aware, but also rings true.
  • Setting financial goals: Directly tied to our previous points, our experts work together with you to first set and then fulfill your financial goals. We don’t operate in a vacuum, but work in line with your requirements to make your wishes apparate. We’ll create milestones, keeping you in the loop as we reach them, making sure you’re constantly on the right path with an upward trajectory.
  • Expert advice: Through it all, you can expect advice from experienced professionals whenever you need it. We’re here to get in touch, offering our evidence-based guidance with anything you need. Our goal is to work as a team, keeping you in the loop, not in isolation.

“Isn’t that a million dollar question?” is what we would say without the many years of collective experience. However, it is that very experience that prevents us from providing a single, unified, certain answer to this question. The truth is very anticlimactic – it depends.

The best time to exercise your stock options depends on your unique financial situation which we’d have to assess in order to provide a solid answer to this question. This is why it’s best to get in touch and give us the necessary info. Without that, we wouldn’t be comfortable giving a definitive answer.

Stock portfolio management plays a pivotal role in overseeing and managing the investments within a stock portfolio. Their primary responsibilities include:

  • Portfolio construction: They design and create stock portfolios by selecting individual stocks and other securities that align with the portfolio’s objectives.
  • Research and analysis: These experts conduct thorough due diligence to identify potential stocks into the portfolio. This involves financial planning and analysis, keeping an eye on market trends, and company performance.
  • Risk management: Managers will assess and manage the risk of a client’s portfolio. This may involve risk diversification to reduce risk exposure and ongoing monitoring to ensure the portfolio aligns with that of the investor’s risk and overall goals.
  • Client communication: This entails keeping open and constant communication with the client and keeping them informed about their portfolio’s performance, strategy, and changes.

If you’re a professional working in the Space or Tech industries, on the lookout for expert financial planners to help you get the most out of your employee stock options, there’s one name that rings true – Augustus Wealth. With our wealth of experience, no pun intended, and clients from some of the biggest companies today, including SpaceX, Tesla, Amazon, Relativity Space, and many others, you know your wealth is in good hands.

We offer a boutique service with a personal touch, ensuring you receive the treatment you deserve and continual updates on our progress. In fact, we guarantee such peace of mind that you’ll be able to completely unwind at the location of your leisure, be it El Segundo Beach or Dockweiler State Beach, knowing your money is not just safe, but also in capable hands.

We work with clients from across Los Angeles County, offering specialized services to professionals working across the region. Give us a call if you require:

  • Professional wealth management services in West Los Angeles
  • In-depth investment portfolio management in Culver City
  • Tailored financial planning solutions in Playa Vista

The first step? That’s easy, all you have to do is get in touch with our certified financial planners (CFPs) in El Segundo or check out our offer here. From there, it’s up to us. Reach out today!