James Thornton
Advisor at Elevate Wealth Advisors, LLC
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Advisor at Elevate Wealth Advisors, LLC
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Location
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Credentials
Series 63, Series 65
Industry experience
5 years
James Thornton is a financial advisor with Elevate Wealth Advisors, LLC in Newport Beach, CA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has five years of industry experience. Prior to joining Elevate Wealth Advisors, he has worked at several firms including Park Avenue Securities and Northwestern Mutual. In addition to his advisory role, Thornton serves as Chief Financial Planner at Elevate Financial & Insurance Services, LLC. Elevate Wealth Advisors, LLC provides discretionary investment management and portfolio services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs an active, adaptive investment approach focused on fundamental analysis and manages both separate accounts and private investment vehicles, including a pooled private fund utilizing an ETF call-option long/short strategy.
Based on Elevate Wealth Advisors, LLC
$0 - $1,000,000: 1.00% $1,000,001 - $5,000,000: 0.80% $5,000,001 - $10,000,000: 0.65% $10,000,000+: 0.50%
Up to 20% of net profits in private investment vehicles managed by the firm.
Assets Under Advisement service at $50/month.
20251 Sw Acacia Street, Suite 200
Newport Beach, CA 92660
California · Delaware · Texas · Wyoming
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2024 - Present (2 years)
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2023 - Present (3 years)
Park Avenue securities
2022 - 2022 (1 year)
Elevate Financial & Insurance Services, LLC
2021 - Present (5 years)
Park Avenue securities
2021 - 2022 (1 year)
Guardian Life Insurance of America
2021 - 2022 (1 year)
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company
2021 - 2021 (1 year)
Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC
2020 - 2021 (1 year)
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
2019 - 2021 (2 years)
Stephen Peterson
2019 - 2019 (1 year)
ROCK Institute
2016 - 2020 (4 years)
Tony Thornton Training
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
Corona Del Mar High School
2014 - 2019 (5 years)
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