Leo V. Marzen
BRIDGEWATER ADVISORS | Founding Partner
NEW YORK, NY 10020
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CRD#: 2073985
Professional summary
Leo Vincent Marzen, CFP® is a registered financial advisor currently at BRIDGEWATER ADVISORS INC. located in New York, New York.
Leo is registered as an IAR (Investment Advisor Representative) and started their career in finance in 1990. Leo has worked at 2 firms and has passed the Series 63 and Series 7 exams.
Biography
Bridgewater Advisors is a private, independent firm dedicated to helping clients achieve their personal goals by providing exceptional wealth advisory services. We are fiduciaries for our clients and prize our clients’ trust and confidence in us. We’ve always believed investment management and financial planning are inseparable. Our approach to integrating the two disciplines is effective and fluid. It creates a picture of our clients’ financial well-being that is clear and understandable. Tax efficiency also is fundamental to every decision we make at Bridgewater.
We provide unbiased, meaningful advice to help clients make the best decisions possible. We deliver access to a full universe of investment options, and with it an entrée to strategies and market exposures that benefit clients. We are experienced investors and provide expertise in the selection of securities, managers and asset allocation.
Extraordinary personal service is the heart of what we do. We operate in the spirit of total partnership with our clients.
Leo Marzen is a founding partner of Bridgewater Advisors.
Leo has been working in the financial services industry for more than 30 years, joining Bridgewater Advisors as a Partner in 1993. He comes to investment management through the financial controls and auditing work he performed for securities firms early in his career at Coopers & Lybrand. Leo was also a manager at a CPA firm serving wealthy individuals prior to starting his own advisory firm.
Leo holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation (CFA). He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Certificant (CFP®). Leo received a BS in Accounting from the University of Scranton. He has been a member of the AICPA investment committee and the Greenwich Roundtable. He has also served as an instructor in portfolio management at the New York Institute of Finance, has been a member of the Board of Governors at the University of Scranton Alumni Society, and is currently on the Board of Trustees for Marian Catholic High School in Pennsylvania.
Question & Answer
What are your service offerings?
Financial planning
Executive services/Equity comp...
Trust & estate planning
Trading individual securities
Philanthropic services
Retirement planning
What is your current number of clients?
Greater than 100
What is your minimum asset requirement?
2M
Are you a "fiduciary"?
Yes
Aliases
None
Other business activities
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CRS (Client Relationship Summary) - RIA
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Certified licenses
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CFP®
Start date: 1989
Experience
Current
April 3, 2006 - Present
BRIDGEWATER ADVISORS INC.
Office #1: 600 Fifth Avenue 26th Floor, New York, NY, 10020RIA
CRD#: 109826
NEW YORK, NY
Past
July 16, 1990 - October 30, 1993
BUTTONWOOD SECURITIES, INC.
BD
CRD#: 18420
Primary Firm SEC Registration
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BRIDGEWATER ADVISORS INC.
BRIDGEWATER ADVISORS INC.
CRD#: 109826 / SEC#: 801-48380
RIA
Registered Investment Advisory firm - (1/1/1995 Approved)California
Registered Investment Advisory firm - (5/15/2001 Cancelled)State Registrations and Notice Filings
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IAR
means the advisor is registered as an Investment Advisor Representative in this state and is authorized to provide investment advice to clients there.Highlighted states indicate IAR registrations
IAR
New York(8/19/2021)
IAR
Virginia(4/3/2006)
Exams
State Security Law Exam
General Industry/Product Exam
Current Firm
BRIDGEWATER ADVISORS INC.
BRIDGEWATER ADVISORS INC.
CRD#: 109826 / SEC#: 801-48380
RIA
Registered Investment Advisory firm - (1/1/1995 Approved)California
Registered Investment Advisory firm - (5/15/2001 Cancelled)Upgrade to AdvisorCheck Premium
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Contact information
Main Address
600 Fifth Avenue 26th Floor, New York, NY, 10020
Mailing Address
Phone number
(212) 221-5300
Established
Firm type
Fiscal year end
# of Employees
22
SEC notice filing (19 States and Territories)
Documents
Regulatory assets under management
| Total Number of Accounts | 2,619 |
| AUM (Assets Under Management) | $ 2,136,285,351 |
Accountant surprise examination report
| Filing Date | Form ADV-E Cover | Form ADV-E Report |
|---|---|---|
| 08/19/2025 | ||
| 09/25/2024 | ||
| 01/02/2024 |
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Company Information
BRIDGEWATER ADVISORS INC.
Founding PartnerCRD#: 109826New York, NY 10020TRUST BUT VERIFY
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