Essex Woodlands Management, Inc. (The Woodlands)

Name: Essex Woodlands Management, Inc.
Address: 21 Waterway Avenue, The Woodlands, TX, 77380 3099
Telephone: 281-364-1555

Essex Woodlands Management, Inc. is a large advisory firm based in The Woodlands. It manages $2.52 billion of regulatory assets for 18 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2015 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, New York, and Texas.

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

Essex Woodlands Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Essex Woodlands Management, Inc. is $2.52 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 31% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $2.52 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $140.09 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Essex Woodlands Management, Inc. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Essex Woodlands Management serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Essex Woodlands Management is pooled investment vehicles with 18 clients and $2.52 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Essex Woodlands Management has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $2.52 billion for 18 clients. 28% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Essex Woodlands Management also advises several private funds. Namely, twelve private equity funds and six venture capital funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $1,000,000.

Careers at Essex Woodlands Management, Inc.

The company employs 19 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 79 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone 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.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Immanuel Nmn Thangaraj	Managing director	1 Nov 2003	Other	6029911
Martin Paul Sutter	President and secretary	1 Nov 2003	Other	6029921
James Lees Currie	Managing director	1 Nov 2003	Other	1964161
Petri Tapani Vainio	Treasurer and director	1 Nov 2003	Other	6029923
Jeff Sugita Himawan	Managing director	1 Nov 2003	Other	6029925
Guido Julius Neels	Managing director	1 Nov 2003	Other	6029926
Ron Welcome Eastman	Managing director	1 Nov 2003	Other	6029929
Stephen Ford Wiggins	Managing director	1 Nov 2003	Other	4348969
Richard Lee Kolodziejcyk	Cfo, cco	1 Nov 2003	Other	6029933
Richard Scott Barry	Managing director	1 Nov 2012	Other	6776868
Scott Barry	Managing director	1 Nov 2012	Other	6776868

Based in The Woodlands

The principal office where Essex Woodlands Management, Inc. performs its advisory services is located at 21 Waterway Avenue, The Woodlands, TX 77380 3099, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Palo Alto, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 281-364-1555 or by fax 281-364-9755. The normal business hours are 8 am - 5 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at essexwoodlands.com and its LinkedIn profile.