Paul Burkemper was born and raised in St. Louis, MO and attended St. Louis Country Day School and then received a Bachelors degree in finance from the University of Arizona. After ski bumming in Jackson Hole for a couple of years, he moved back to St. Louis, married his wife, Heidi, and began working as the Marketing Director for Lawyer's Title. After three years, Paul resigned and to pursue a career in the financial industry. He joined A.G. Edwards and after nine years, left to open his own, independent wealth management firm, The Burkemper Group. Specializing in distribution planning and helping clients minimize volatility by diversifying their portfolios into different asset classes that have low correlation to one another, he was able to help design and implement financial plans designed to reduce risk without sacrificing returns. Paul's unique approach differentiated his firm from the competition and as such, he was able to grow his firm to $150 million in AUM in just six short years. After becoming one of the top 1% of independent financial planners in the country, he sold his firm and remained employed as a consultant helping train and recruit new advisors. In the meantime, Paul diversified by investing into commercial real estate, opening an Any Lab Test Now location in Chesterfield, MO. and co-founding two start-ups - Carmail and BarrelFish. Paul currently resides in Aspen, Colorado with his beautiful wife, Heidi and is the proud father of three amazing children, J.P., Crif and Katherine. He is an avid outdoorsman who loves to ski, mountain bike, fly fish, backpack and camp. He also continues to play hockey and is a member of the Aspen Rec Hockey League.

Skiing, backpacking, mountain biking, camping, fly fishing, travelling, fitness