WEIL History
1963
Chris Weil enters the securities business as a registered representative with IDS.
1971
Chris starts his own
broker-dealer firm and names it
Christopher Weil & Company, Inc.
The original Christopher Weil & Company was a mostly transactional firm, apropos of the times. But Chris' interest in people and their lives planted the seed for our eventual move into financial planning, and ultimately, wealth management and advisory services.
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Also in the early 70s, Chris started two affiliated firms whose business was forming limited partnerships (eventually LLCs) that owned and operated commercial real estate properties. This enabled the firm to offer alternative investments to clients so that their investment holdings might be augmented by greater diversification.
Chris sells Christopher Weil & Company to a NYSE-listed company, acting as Chairman of the Board until 1988.
1985
1990
Armed with the credo "We've been big and we've been small, and I like small better" Chris forms The Weil Company. Shortly thereafter he adopts the DBA: Christopher Weil & Company, Inc.
Having recognized the conflict of interest present in a commission-based client relationship, Chris became an early adopter of the AUM fee-based model, and makes Christopher Weil & Company a Registered Investment Advisor in order to enact this more appropriate compensation model.
2025
At the age of 88 after 63 years in the financial services industry, and much to the astonishment of practically everyone who knows him, Chris retires his duties at Christopher Weil & Company, Inc., and accepts the honorific title, Chairman Emeritus.
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No moss grows on Chris. Chris' retirement is spent finding important and impactful ways to dispense the funds being held in public trust by the Patricia & Christopher Weil Family Foundation, and partnering with other philanthropists working to solve some of our community's most pressing needs.
TODAY
Today Christopher Weil & Company is a well-orchestrated ensemble of talented, competent and thoughtful people utilizing technological leverage as well as professional and personal experience to navigate the opportunities and challenges of the future on behalf of our clients. Always front of mind are the words of our Founder and Chairman Emeritus:
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"Take care of the client and success will follow."
- Chris Weil
