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At BigSur, we are the client's trusted advisor.

Our client list is purposely short.

Our relationships deep.

Our mission is to help clients build, preserve, enjoy & transfer their wealth.

For generations to come.

>$1B

Assets Under Supervision

18 Client-Families

2007

Year Founded

100%

Independent

About Us

We aim to provide the “single family office experience” through a "multi-family office platform."

Our objective is for families to feel as if they are our only client.

The Value of Independence

BigSur was founded at the request of its five anchor families, who approached the firm's founders looking for a better way to be served.

Our clients were discouraged by certain conflicts of interest inherent to banking platforms, such as:

excessive and non-transparent fee structures
a limited universe of investment products & solutions
a transactional nature for conducting business

BigSur provides clients with a personalized approach, a relationship founded upon unbiased advice, transparency, full customization and constant communication.

While Latin America has always been our core, we are proud to serve clients from all over the world. Our specialty is in managing complex, multi-jurisdictional relationships.

The "Insti-vidual"

We use the term "insti-viduals" to describe our clients, given that we invest their capital with the same mindset, level of service, and access of a high caliber institutional investor.

We are process driven and highly disciplined in our approach, similar to how large endowments, foundations and other institutions invest and preserve generational wealth.

As an example, BigSur has invested in over 50 alternative investment managers and direct co-investments across the United States, Europe and Asia. These investment opportunities are typically not available through banking platforms, are often oversubscribed, and require strong relationships to achieve access.

Since inception, BigSur clients in aggregate have committed more than $500 million to alternative investments, spanning numerous strategies within the real estate, private debt, private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure asset classes.

Team

Intellectual Capital

The BigSur Team

Ever since our founding, we have have attracted influential families and investment advisors in a controlled manner, always preserving the culture and service level that are a part of BigSur's DNA.

Over the years, we have built a team of seasoned professionals who share in BigSur’s core values. We are proud of their professional and academic achievements, as well as the caliber of intellectual capital they offer our clients.

Ignacio Pakciarz

Founding Partner | CEO | Investment Advisor

Rafael Iribarren, CFA

Founding Partner | Investment Advisor

Eduardo Barco

Partner | Relationship Manager

Partner | Senior Advisor

Celia Konig

Relationship Manager

Senior Advisor

eRIC c. cHUANG

Chief Compliance Officer

Carlos Hernandez-Artigas

Head of Investment Research & Products

Head of Alternative Investments

Olga Perez

Operations Manager

Milena Roa

Chief of Staff

Salvador J. Juncadella, IV

Office & Accounting Manager

Rene J. Negron

Portfolio & Research Analyst

Valentina Lamas

Senior Operations Analyst

Lynn Hane

Administrative Assistant

Susana Hernandez

Rosa Rincon

Emilia Moreira Dickey

Advisory

The Advisory Board

Gabriel Politzer

Chairman of the Advisory Board

Juan Carlos Pinilla

Partner | Advisory Board Member

Alfredo Gutierrez

Advisory Board Member

Amitabh Dutt

Advisory Board Member

Media & Press

In the news

BigSur is frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, and Bloomberg, among other notable publications.

BigSur has also been ranked numerous times as a Financial Times Top 300 Financial Advisor, which recognizes the top independent RIA firms from across the U.S.

As part of BigSur's "Event Series", we are committed to presenting top leaders, experts and academics across different sectors and industries to offer our clients and friends unique insights and compelling ideas.

New York Times

"Hispanic-Americans Work to Bolster Philanthropy at Home"

BigSur Partners

"BigSur & NYU Stern Co-Host event with “Wall Street’s Dean of Valuation”

Wall Street Journal

"Serving Latin America's Wealthy, American-Style"

Citywire Americas

"Rosa Rincon named in Citywire's Top 20 List of US OFfshore WOmen LeaderS"

Wall Street Journal

"When a Client Makes an Unusual Request"

Forbes / SHOOK Research

"Ignacio Pakciarz & BigSur Named in the Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors List 2022"

Barron's

"LATIN AMERICA EMBRACES BITCOIN. WHAT'S NEXT FOR CRYPTO IN EM?"

BigSur Partners

"BigSur & NYU Stern co-host event with Scott Galloway"

Wall Street Journal

"Investing Directly in Commercial Real Estate"

Bloomberg

"Millionaires See Real Estate as Top Investment"

Financial Times

"BigSur recognized by The Financial Times as a 2018 FT 300 Top Registered Investment Advisor"

Funds Society

"BigSur Closes its Eighth Commercial Real Estate Transaction in Five Years"

Financial Times

"BigSur recognized by The Financial Times as a 2016 FT 300 Top Registered Investment Advisor"

Funds Society

"Opportunistic Positioning for Multi-generational Wealth"

Funds Society

"Gabriel Politzer Joins BigSur Partners"

Financial Advisor Magazine

"Cultivating Foreign clients"

Thinking Man

The Thinking Man

Our Views

We believe it is important to always look at the world from different angles, to listen carefully to innovative thinkers, and to constantly challenge ourselves in staying ahead of the curve.

Given our commitment to collaboration with the top minds across our network, we internally created the “BigSur Intelligence Unit,” in which we strive to find the best ideas from our global independent research, as well as our relationships with academia and industry leaders.