Chris Cook

CHRIS COOK, entrepreneur and investment manager, is a strong proponent of improving investing outcomes with the application of scientific fundamentals. He’s founder and president of Dayton, Ohio–based Beacon Capital Management, a leading consultant to and award-winning asset manager for financial advisors and institutional investors in developing globally diversified portfolios to optimize long-term performance.

His firm, Beacon Capital Management, has been recognized as one of the most innovative investment advisory firms in the industry by Wealth & Finance International, and it directly manages more than $2 billion in assets. Beacon also was honored by Financial Times as a Top Registered Investment Advisor of 2016 and was named as one of the Top 100 RIA Firms of 2016 by RIA Channel. In 2017, it has been named one of the ten fastest-growing U.S.-based RIA firms by Wealth Management Magazine and one of Inc. Magazine’s 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies.

Cook holds a variety of licenses from FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority), including Series 7 (General Securities Representative Qualification Examination), Series 4 (Registered Options Principal Examination), Series 24 (General Securities Principal Qualifications, applicable to supervisory manage- ment of a general securities broker-dealer), and Series 53 (Municipal Securities Principal Qualification Examination); and from NASAA (North American Securities Administrators Association), Series 63 (Uniform Securities State Law Examination) and Series 65 (Investment Advisers Law Examination).

He is a graduate of Bowling Green State University with a bachelor of science in business administration and a concentration in finance.