Five Star award winner Michael Woitkoski

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

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Michael Woitkoski

Managing Partner & Personal CFO

The Wealth Consulting Group

7676 Hazard Center Dr. #1050

San Diego, CA 92108

Office: 6195466090

michael@wealthcg.com
www.mywealthcg.com

Professional Approach

Financial independence. Retirement. Investing. Things we know we should be focusing on, but that can be stressful and time consuming…

As your Personal CFO, my job is to help you pursue the freedom to make lifestyle decisions without financial stresses and burdens. By learning what is most important to you – what I call your personal definition of true wealth – I use my Personal CFO FORMula to work together to create your customized plan. A plan that allows you to pursue your unique dreams and goals so you can enjoy life while addressing your financial concerns.

I have been helping my clients put such plans in place to simplify their lives for over 25 years. After growing up in Western Massachusetts, I earned a B.A. in History from Trinity College in Hartford, CT and moved to San Diego to begin my financial services career, following in my Dad’s footsteps. Growing up, I watched the positive impact he had on the lives of his clients, helping them plan, save and invest in a disciplined manner, which helped give them confidence in their financial futures and the knowledge that they were in a good place to pursue their dreams and goals.

I spent over 16 years with a Fortune 100 company, and in the summer of 2014 decided, along with 3 colleagues, that we were going to move on and begin our own, independent firm, The Wealth Consulting Group. The main catalyst for this move was to gain independence to serve as investment fiduciaries and work in an environment where we represent our clients’ interests first and foremost while helping them work towards building their wealth. I am immensely proud of what we have accomplished in building The Wealth Consulting Group, and our entire focus – our mission – is to give our clients the freedom to make lifestyle decisions without financial stresses and burdens.

My wife Mary and I have a son, Joey, and two cats, Gelato and Spumoni. I am a member of the Advisory Committee of the FACE Foundation (the Foundation for Animal Care and Education), an organization that provides financial assistance to animal owners unable to afford the cost of emergency veterinary care. I am also on the Board of Directors for the United Way of San Diego, and also support other charitable organizations such as the San Diego Humane Society. In accordance with my own definition of true wealth, I love playing with Joey and coaching his baseball team, watching him play soccer, traveling with my family to new and exciting places and learning about their cultures, golfing, reading biographies and historical fiction, and watching baseball and football.

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This award was issued on 12/01/2023 by Five Star Professional (FSP) for the time period 2/13/2023 through 08/31/2023. Fee paid for use of marketing materials. Self-completed questionnaire was used for rating. This rating is not related to the quality of the investment advice and based solely on the disclosed criteria. 2,242 San Diego-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 197 (9% of candidates) were named 2024 Five Star Wealth Managers. The following prior year statistics use this format: YEAR: # Considered, # Winners, % of candidates, Issued Date, Research Period. 2023: 2,125, 211, 10%, 12/1/22, 3/21/22 - 9/16/22; 2022: 2,084, 223, 11%, 12/1/21, 4/12/21 - 10/15/21; 2021: 6,123, 459, 7%, 12/1/20, 3/30/20 - 10/16/20; 2020: 2,218, 231, 10%, 12/1/19, 3/1/19 - 10/18/19; 2019: 1,885, 224, 12%, 12/1/18, 3/23/18 - 10/15/18; 2018: 1,498, 228, 15%, 12/1/17, 3/22/17 - 10/17/17; 2017: 1,349, 349, 26%, 11/1/16, 2/25/16 - 10/14/16; 2016: 1,337, 349, 26%, 11/1/15, 6/2/15 - 10/23/15; 2015: 1,639, 350, 21%, 12/1/14, 6/2/14 - 10/23/14; 2014: 1,838, 368, 20%, 12/1/13, 6/2/13 - 10/23/13; 2013: 1,675, 417, 25%, 12/1/12, 6/2/12 - 10/23/12; 2012: 1,014, 284, 28%, 11/1/11, 6/2/11 - 10/23/11.

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Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. The award is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser (RIA) or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a RIA or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by FSP, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or FSP’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through FSP’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one client’s experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. FSP does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. The award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by FSP or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by FSP in the future. Visit www.fivestarprofessional.com.