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Taking the helm from famous founder, Jay Shah gets Personal Capital out of Vanguard's shadow with new shape, new deals and a 70% leap in assets

Still $93 billion-plus in arrears to Vanguard's $100 billion RIA, the new virtual-RIA CEO is making strides in the kinds of startup details that a venture capitalist can love

Author Oisin Breen July 6, 2018 at 8:20 PM
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Jay Shah: One of the first things I did as CEO was introduce a tiered service model … Our average initial client investment has grown 37% since last year, and our average client has more than $400k in a personalized portfolio.


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