Brent Kessel
Brent Kessel is the Founder and CEO of Abacus Wealth Partners. He is a specialized impact advisor. As such, he helps his clients define their most important values and desired social outcomes, and then maps those values to available investments across all-cause areas, geographies, and asset classes, thereby increasing the effectiveness and alignment of their philanthropic grants and impact investments.
Brent Kessel Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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CEO and Co-Founder
Academic History
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BA, Economics
- Brent Kessel began investing in his own small account for social and environmental impact in 1993.
- His family’s personal investments and philanthropy are particularly focused on climate change, gender and racial justice, animal welfare, and poverty alleviation.
- He is evaluating how to reduce his family’s consumption creep and channel their surplus towards those in need with maximum effectiveness.
- FastCompany named Kessel one of the five most generous people on Wall Street.
- His book, It's Not About The Money, was named one of Kiplinger's Top Five Business books of the Year