Personal Capital

Personal Capital

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Finance
Founders	Bill Harris, Rob Foregger, Louie Gasparini, Paul Bergholm
Headquarters	Redwood Shores, CA
Area served	United States
Key people	Jay Shah (President)[1]
AUM	$21.9 billion [2]
Number of employees	1,193 [3]
Parent	Empower Retirement
Website	www.personalcapital.com

Personal Capital is an online financial advisor and personal wealth management company headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA with offices in San Francisco, CA, Denver, CO, Dallas, TX and Atlanta, GA.[4][5]

History

Personal Capital was founded by Bill Harris, Rob Foregger, Louie Gasparini and Paul Bergholm in 2009.[6][7] Personal Capital was formerly known as SafeCorp Financial Corp.[8] The name was changed in 2010 and publicly launched on September 9, 2011.[8][9] Since 2012, Personal Capital has been registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an investment advisor.[10]

In June 2016, National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) teamed up with Personal Capital through a financial education program.[11]

In December 2016, Personal Capital raised $25 million in Series E funding from IGM Financial, closing the round at $75 million.[12]

In July 2020, Canadian-owned, Denver-based Empower Retirement announced it would be purchasing Personal Capital for $825 million plus a contingency payout.[13][14]

In February 2023, Empower Retirement officially renamed Personal Capital and all of its products to Empower.[15]

Product

Since inception, Personal Capital has provided both free and paid wealth management products.[16]

Free registration has included a digital overview of user finances along with access to Personal Capital's financial analytic and planning tools.[17] Users link their banks, brokerages, 401(k)s, mortgages, credit cards, and loans. Analytics and planning advice is then automated through a 401(k) fee analyzer, retirement planner, mutual fund analyzer, an investment checkup, and cash flow tool.[16][17] A free Personal Capital app for iOS and Android devices has also been available to all users with the same monitoring, analytic, and planning functionalities as the web version.[18][19]

Managed accounts have been an available option for clients with a minimum of $100,000[20] in assets and include a team of financial advisors assigned to each account in exchange for a fee.[17]

Security

Personal Capital partners with Yodlee Interactive to store and secure customer brokerage credentials.[21][22]

References

1. "About Us – Personal Capital". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18.
2. "About Us – Personal Capital". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18.
3. "Personal Capital Company Profile". craft.co.
4. "Contact Us – Personal Capital". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18.
5. "Credit Karma". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
6. "17. Personal Capital:Online 360-degree personal finance platform". CNBC. 17 June 2014.
7. "Credit Karma". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
8. "Company Overview of Personal Capital Corporation". Bloomberg L.P. Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
9. Schonfeld, Erick (20 September 2011). "Former Intuit CEO Bill Harris Launches Personal Capital". TechCrunch. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
10. "PERSONAL CAPITAL ADVISORS CORPORATION". US Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
11. "NBPA Teams Up With Personal Capital App To Improve Player's Financial Skills". SportTechie. 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
12. "Personal Capital Receives $50M in Equity and Debt Funding". FinSMEs. 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
13. Kauflin, Jeff. "Fintech Personal Capital Sells To Canadian Insurer For $825 Million Plus Contingency Bonus". Forbes.com.
14. "Empower Retirement to acquire Personal Capital" (Press release). Empower Retirement. 2020-06-29.
15. "Personal Capital Changes Name to Empower". BestRoboAdvisors.org. 13 Feb 2023.
16. "18. Personal Capital". CNBC. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
17. Taulli, Tom. "When Personal Capital Talks, People Should Listen". Forbes.
18. Cannon, Andrea. "These 5 Apps Will Help You Finally Organize Your Money". WiseBread. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
19. Fontinelle, Amy. "BillGuard Vs. Mint Vs. SigFig Vs. Personal Capital". Investopedia. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
20. O'Shea, Arielle. "Online Advisor Personal Capital Lowers Account Minimum". nerdwallet. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
21. Bernard, Tara Siegel (22 September 2011). "Personal Capital Aims to Be Next-Generation Financial Adviser". New York Times.
22. Hope, Bradley (7 August 2015). "Provider of Personal Finance Tools Tracks Bank Cards, Sells Data to Investors". Wall Street Journal. Wall Street Journal.

External links

• Official websiteArchived 2001-04-28 at the Wayback Machine