Lightyear buys Allworth Financial at a white-hot valuation, despite short track record, after Scott Hanson cracks a marketing and comp code
Only founded as Allworth in 2017, the Sacramento, Calif., RIA with $10 billion of AUM looks like a growth machine that may have commanded as much as $800 million.
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Allworth Financial
Mergers and Acquisition Firm, RIA Serving Other RIAs, Advisory Firm
Top Executive: Scott Hanson and Pat McClain