Do what you do best
We serve the unique needs of families who dare to build something special.
Righthand Capital is an innovative multi-family office. We respect the precious gift of time, the power of family, and the value of business.
Our clients receive concierge service in the areas of wealth integration, portfolio management, advanced planning, and entrepreneur coaching.
We’re not for everyone.
Are we for you?
Services
Wealth Integration
What if you could get better outcomes in less time from your advisors? We’ll get everyone pulling together for you.
Portfolio Management
How do you mix and match assets and liabilities to minimize risk and maximize your return? We’ll plant the seeds, move at your speed, and manage the growth.
Advanced Planning
How do you share your wealth with your family and community? We’ll architect an enduring legacy for you.
Entrepreneur Coaching
Who do you trust when you are at the top? We’ll coach you from startup through liquidity, accelerating value creation and minimizing stress.
Tom quarterbacks the important client matters and works seamlessly with the other advisors. His knowledge and depth across personal issues, financial planning, and business expansion is unique and especially valuable.
I feel really good about the services you provide and the relationship we’ve developed over the years. Your team is on the ball, very proactive, much more than investment advisers.
We’ve been fortunate and I’m especially proud to be able to distribute a tremendous amount of money through our family trusts, family partnerships, and private foundations.
Tom is a real value creator with proven results and an excellent advisor to middle-market executives.
You laid out a plan to address my key goals: support my lifestyle, minimize taxes, and help my family. Working quickly and collaboratively, you put the plan in action.
The platform you have chosen is good. I can easily look at the portfolio. The monthly commentary is positive. You hope that things just run with a direction and a strategy and that’s what’s been happening for years.
We like the trains to run on time and they do. We also truly appreciate the personalized advice about cash flow as we get closer to retirement.
They’re amazingly good at using our values to build the big picture. They don’t just focus on the financials, but also what brings us happiness.
When we started working together, we were financing the business with our personal savings. Now we have a scalable financing platform, enjoyed a liquidity event, and eliminated the pressure of personal guarantees.
Your counseling has enabled us to enjoy some of the fruits of our labor at this “close to retirement” phase. Without this input we would not have had the confidence to this.
I’ve worked with other people, listened to their promises, and watched as they offer only what their company is telling them to sell. The team at Righthand Capital follows through and does it, instead of pretending to do it.
You are so responsive when we send an email. You know what you’re doing and make it easy on us. The setup of our charitable trust was straightforward, no drama.
Over the course of my career, I’ve worked with many advisors and coaches. Tom’s ability to prepare and guide entrepreneurs, focusing them on improving the critical elements that build value in the business, while staying in-tune with their unique personal and family considerations is special.
The thing that I like that you do is understanding my family situation. The level of investment in knowing what we have going on and documenting the history of our decisions is unique.
I want to sleep well, knowing that my money is watched and protected. I like the cadence, the amount of communication we have, so that I don’t have to think about it.
The annual reviews are incredibly helpful, especially when we are reminded of the reasons we made decisions years ago. This keeps us on track to our long-term goals. Your thoughtful approach demonstrates that you have our best interest at heart.
Tom’s check-ins, guidance, and conversations are always very helpful. Our monthly strategic planning meeting is extremely valuable.
When my company was acquired, it was invaluable to have a team in place to help me navigate the new waters of financial freedom.
Tom is very thorough and an ideal coach and advisor for entrepreneurs. He understands the stress of hyper-growth and fiercely protects his clients’ interests.
I’ve been very happy with what we’ve done together. It’s worked out unbelievably well. I don’t have any negatives. We’ve minimized growth in our estate and maximized value in the family trusts and foundations.
Team
Tom is the Founder and President of Righthand Capital and Righthand International. He is a coach at heart and enjoys contributing to the success of others. Like a Captain of a ship, he carefully charts a course and is prepared for any weather to ensure that your journey is pleasant, smooth, and speedy.
Fun Fact:
Tom is fascinated by things that are elegant in their simplicity. For example, he can opine about the versatility of wool for longer than you want to hear. And don’t get him started on the amazing adaptability of water…
Advice He Likes to Give:
“Wake early, stand tall, lend a hand.”
Favorite Saying:
“There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.” (Swedish)
Profound Advice He’s Received:
“Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible.” (John Wooden)
His Six Word Story:
Breathe believe
Wonder blunder
Laugh love
Mike is the Chief Investment Officer for Righthand Capital. His focus is harnessing financial markets on behalf of clients to meet their personal, business, and financial goals. He blends a deep appreciation for behavioral economic theory with a rigorous academic approach to planning and portfolio management. His views have been shaped by several leading thinkers including Harry Markowitz, Daniel Kahneman, and Immanuel Kant.
Fun Fact:
Mike is an avid cook and enjoys trying new recipes and techniques. In a profession where success is measured in years, he takes pleasure in creating a meal that can be shared with family and friends daily. His favorite food is tomatoes which he enjoys only in late summer at their peak.
Advice He Likes to Give:
“Hard lands breed hard men.” (Cyrus the Great)
Favorite Saying:
“Variety’s the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavor.” (William Cowper)
Profound Advice He’s Received:
“Know thyself.” (Delphic Maxim)
His Six Word Story:
Be prepared
Control yourself
Take courage
Betsy is a wealth manager at Righthand Capital. She is passionate about studying markets and when she’s not busy serving the role as professional problem solver for the team, she loves talking to clients about market trends and how they could be impacting their investments. Perpetually curious about economics and finance, she’s happiest when sharing information gleaned from the latest edition of The Economist.
She comes to the team with extensive experience in wealth management – working with advisory teams in a variety of roles including portfolio management, financial planning, and business development. Her career in wealth management started at Morgan Stanley after a couple stints at scrappy market research start-ups based in London.
Fun Fact:
A committed financial history nerd, Betsy wrote her Master’s dissertation on the origin of the financial adviser profession. Believe it or not, reading through early SEC records on financial advisers can be highly entertaining.
Advice She Likes to Give:
“Treat other people the way you want to be treated.”
Favorite Saying:
“If everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn’t thinking.” – George S. Patton
Profound Advice She’s Received:
“It’s quite possible things will turn out far better than you expected.”
Her Six Word Story:
Seek beauty
Work hard
Love others
Fred is the Managing Partner of Washing Pond Capital and an advisor with Righthand Capital. He previously spent almost 30 years at Fidelity Investments as an Analyst and Portfolio Manager where he managed the Fidelity High Income Fund as well as other retail and institutional assets. Fred received his MBA from Columbia Business School and his BA from Lafayette College. He is currently a board member at The Bulfinch Companies and an advisor at ConnectPay. He is on the Presidents Leadership Council at Middlebury College and the internship advisory board at Lafayette College. Fred is married and has three children. He is an avid cyclist and skier and a mediocre golfer.