Validus Capital Expands Team with a Senior Tax Partner from Ernst & Young LLP, Gino Sasso, CPA

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Validus Capital announced that the firm has expanded its team by adding Gino Sasso as a Strategic Advisor to the firm. Gino was a senior tax partner at Ernst & Young in Los Angeles, where he spent over 38 years serving public companies and family enterprise groups with global operations. He has extensive experience providing tax planning and family office advisory strategies for closely held businesses, stakeholders, and multigenerational families.

Based in Los Angeles, Validus Capital is an independent firm with a team leveraging decades of combined experience to help successful entrepreneurs and multigenerational families manage the challenges and complexities of wealth through comprehensive advisory, wealth management, private fund solutions, and bespoke family office services.

CEO & Founder John M Krambeer “Gino’s extensive and deep experience in business and tax planning strategies will further Validus’s reach, breadth, and ability to guide and service our clients. His level of sophistication and instructive approach will be invaluable as we help our family office clients and multigenerational families plan for the future in an ever-changing tax and financial landscape. He is creative and wise, and like the Validus team, Gino is dedicated to serving the best interest of clients.”

“I am excited to collaborate with the very talented Validus team and leverage their comprehensive solutions for families with complex wealth and life management needs. We share the same vision and values about delivering personalized family office services through trusted relationships. The firm’s family office services are grounded in a state-of-the-art information technology reporting platform with custom planning support for multigenerational families, to help them realize their financial wellness and legacy goals.”

Mr. Sasso will play an integral role in strengthening Validus Capital’s family office capabilities. The firm intends to use his extensive tax and advisory background to help wealthy clients and families navigate the complexities of their financial picture. Mr. Sasso will be based at the firm’s headquarters in Los Angeles.

StevenDouglas, a leading boutique search and interim resources firm, and Ballard Spahr, a leading law firm with a national footprint specializing in business transactions, finance, IP, litigation and real estate, were instrumental in supporting Validus's expansion of their wealth management platform with this new hire.

Validus is led by John Krambeer, Matthew Schulz, and Sean Chen, who average over 23 years of financial advisory experience. Krambeer has been recognized by Barron’s as a Top 100 Independent Wealth Adviser and one of America’s Top Financial Advisers.

Mr. Sasso will be based at the firm’s headquarters in Los Angeles.

About Validus Capital

Validus Capital is an independent SEC-registered investment advisory firm with a team combining decades of experience helping successful entrepreneurs and multi-generational families manage the complexities of wealth through comprehensive advisory, wealth management, private investments and bespoke family office services.