F. Maximilian Kort
CFP® CIMA®

Founding Partner │ Wealth Advisor

Max is a Certified Financial Planner® and a Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA) charter holder, credentials he earned at Chicago Booth. These designations highlight his dedication to continuous learning and his unwavering commitment to prioritizing his clients’ best interests.

Before founding his own group and Cura Wealth Advisors, Max spent 11 years at UBS, where he worked with corporate executives, business owners, and multi-generational families, helping them navigate the complexities of investing and growing their wealth.

Max has extensive expertise in managing concentrated stock positions, 10b5-1 plans, Founders’ Stock, and Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS). He is driven by a passion for learning and regularly explores new insights, especially when it comes to understanding and addressing clients’ decision-making biases through the lens of behavioral science.

Max takes great pride in collaborating with CPAs and Estate Attorneys to deliver comprehensive, seamless solutions for his clients. His advisory work covers a wide range of wealth planning strategies, including multi-generational wealth transfer, next-generation education, philanthropy, asset allocation, credit management, and overall balance sheet management.

Certifications:

  • Certified Financial Planner® (CFP)
  • Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA)

Get to know me

Where can we find you outside of work?

  • Spending time with my three young sons and wife, Kim
  • Exploring our neighborhood of Old Town
  • Traveling with friends and family around the world
  • Biking around the city, which is how I commute to work all year around and how I drop the boys off at school
  • Searching for the best patisseries in the city, I have a serious sweet tooth
  • Going to Eataly before work

What’s top of your bucket list?

  • Completing a Swiss endurance ski touring race called Patrouille des Glaciers from Zermatt to Verbier
  • Participating in the Mille Miglia, a vintage car race
  • Captaining a sailboat with my family as we explore the coast and islands of Italy

Tell us something people may be surprised to learn about you…

  • I grew up in Munich, Germany
  • I have lived in five countries across three continents: Germany, England, Spain, China and the USA
  • I met my wife as an undergrad at Oxford University
  • I have competed in the Mackinac race three times
  • I have my Mediterranean Captain’s License
  • My first business was importing customized cigars and humidors into Germany, collaborating with LVMH at one point

 

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