Northwood Investors LLC (Denver)


Northwood Investors LLC is a large advisory firm based in Denver. It manages $7.33 billion of regulatory assets for 29 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, Colorado, and New York.

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Northwood Investors provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Northwood Investors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Northwood Investors LLC is $7.33 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 208% since the beginning of its operation, and $7.33 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.


The firm manages $6.9 billion in discretionary accounts and $429.14 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $265.39 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $143.05 million.

Investments

The firm invests in other assets the most. They account for 100% of the total AUM.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Northwood Investors LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients John Zavertnik Kukral serves?

The only and largest group of clients of John Zavertnik Kukral is pooled investment vehicles with 26 clients and $6.9 billion of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Northwood Investors has the 3rd lowest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.


The amount of regulatory assets under management is $6.9 billion for 26 clients. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Northwood Investors also advises several private funds. Namely, twenty eight real estate funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $500 to $20,000,000.

Careers at Northwood Investors LLC

The company employs 101 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 26 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There’s a single person with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

John Zavertnik Kukral has been acting as President since 1 Oct 2006. Jacob Meredith Reingardt joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Financial Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers



Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
John Zavertnik Kukral President/chief investment officer 1 Oct 2006 Other 2158611
Jonathan Scott Wang Managing director 1 Feb 2007 Other 4565302
Erwin K Aulis Chief operating officer 1 May 2007 25% - 50% 6031129
Ronald L Marmer Trustee - john z. kukral 1998 long term trust 1 May 2007 Other 6031926
John N Bain Trustee - john z. kukral 1998 long term trust 1 May 2007 Other 6031929
Brady Arnett Thurman Managing director 1 Jul 2007 Other 4738398
Michael P Sullivan Chief financial officer/chief compliance officer 1 Aug 2007 Other 5286099
Riverside Investment Holdings Llc Member 1 Dec 2007 25% - 50% 20-0415439
Ross Mcelwee Cowan Managing director 1 May 2008 Other 6031132
John Z. Kukral 1998 Long Term Trust Member 1 Aug 2009 25% - 50% 13-7140235
Khaled Waleed Kudsi Managing director 1 Feb 2010 Other 6031130
Michael Martin O'shaughnessy Managing director 1 Apr 2011 Other 6031131
Vivian Tongalson Managing director 1 Apr 2011 Other 4721761
Karin Bain Kukral Trustee - john z. kukral 1998 long term trust 1 Feb 2012 Other 1754728
Jerome Christian Anselme Managing director 1 Jun 2012 Other 6175062
Khaled Waleed Kudsi Senior managing director 1 Dec 2013 Other 6031130
Brian Whiting Crittendon Managing director 1 Dec 2014 Other 4974136
Michael Francis Megan Managing director 1 Dec 2014 Other 6031183
Shiva Viswanathan Managing director 1 Jan 2015 Other 4689539
Thomas Edward Mcgrath Chief compliance officer 1 Apr 2016 Other 6639195
Heather Paduck Chief financial officer 1 Sep 2016 Other 6714456
Marshall Whitehouse Nevins Managing director 1 Jan 2017 Other 5753929
Jordan Reid Kornberg Managing director 1 Jan 2017 Other 5358659
Michael Francis Profenius Chief operating officer 1 Sep 2017 Other 2398071
Florian Michael Schaefer Senior managing director 1 Oct 2018 Other 7062557
Jacob Meredith Reingardt Chief financial officer 1 Jan 2019 Other 7062169
James Wronski Geskey Managing director 1 Jan 2019 Other 7062538
Daniel Michael Palmieri Managing director 1 Jan 2019 Other 5283263
Olivier Marguin Managing director 1 Jan 2019 Other 7062553

Based in Denver

The principal office where Northwood Investors LLC performs its advisory services is located at 1819 Wazee Street, Denver, CO 80202, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Los Angeles, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 303-293-7140. The normal business hours are 9 am - 5 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at northwoodinvestors.com.